title: Magnetite nanoparticles for nonradionuclide brachytherapy.
abstract: Magnetite nanoparticles possess several properties that can make them useful for targeted delivery of radiation to tumors for the purpose of brachytherapy. Such particles are biodegradable and magnetic and can emit secondary radiation when irradiated by an external source. In this work, the dose distribution around a magnetite particle of 10 nm diameter being irradiated by monochromatic X-rays with energies in the range 4-60 keV is calculated.
authors.affiliation: Research Center 'Space Materials Science', Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademicheskaya 8, Kaluga, 248640, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Safronov
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre 'Kurchatov Institute', Akademika Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sozontov
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre 'Kurchatov Institute', Akademika Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182, Russian Federation.
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polikarpov
keywords: brachytherapy; magnetite; nanoparticles