Susceptibility investigation of the nanoparticle coating-layer effect on the particle interaction in biocompatible magnetic fluids

AC susceptibility was used to investigate the effect of the surface-coating layer in two biocompatible, magnetite-based, magnetic fluid samples. Dextran and dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) were the surface coating species. The temperature and frequency dependence of the peak susceptibility was discussed using the Vogel-Fulcher relation, from which the typical energy barrier (temperature correction) values of 1340±20 K (70±3 K) and 1230±30 K (86±5 K) were obtained for the dextran- and DMSA-coated nanoparticles, respectively