Fe3O4/SiO2 Core/Shell Nanocubes: Novel Coating Approach with Tunable Silica Thickness and Enhancement in Stability and Biocompatibility

Mohamed Abbas^1,2, Sri Ramulu Torati¹, Chang Soo Lee³, Carlos Rinaldi⁴ and CheolGi Kim^1*

¹Department of Emerging Material Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, South Korea

²Ceramics Department, National Research Centre, 12311Cairo, Egypt

³Chemical Engineering Department, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea

⁴J.Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-6131, USA