Bio-compatible exothermic nanoparticles development and their exothermic performance evaluation

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K14136
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Production engineering/Processing studies
• Research Institution: Aichi Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: NAMAZU Takahiro 愛知工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (90347526)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 三宅 修吾 神戸市立工業高等専門学校, その他部局等, 准教授 (60743953)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 自己伝播発熱素材 / ナノ粒子 / 機能性材料 / 発熱性能

Outline of Final Research Achievements

For future cancer treatment with noninvasive hyperthermia technique, we have successfully produced self-propagating exothermic nanoparticles made of silica and titanium. First, the slips with silica nanopowders, polystyrene balls and pure water were atomized. Then, the atomized slips passed through furnaces; consequently porous silica nanoparticles could be made. By changing several parameters, it was possible to control the particle’s size, pore size, and porosity. With molten salt electrochemical processes, oxygen content in the silica particles could be reduced to around 27at%. Ti-coated silica nanoparticles could show self-propagating exothermic reaction.

Free Research Field

ナノテクノロジ，機能性材料，MEMS