Table 4.

Examples of recently developed metal-based nanosystems for application in cancer magnetic hyperthermia.

Material	Morphology	Properties	Ref.
Carbothermal treated iron oxide	Nanospheres with oxygen vacancies	▪Size range: 5.1–225.6 nm ▪Saturation magnetization: 5.8–31.3 emu/g ▪Specific absorption rate: up to 71.6 W/g	[157]
Magnetite	Nanospheres (coated with dextran)	▪Average size: 10 nm ▪Saturation magnetization: 40–60 emu/g ▪Specific power absorption: 132 W/g	[158]
Zn-substituted magnetite	Irregular hexagonal nanoparticles (coated with citric acid and pluronic F127)	▪Mean hydrodynamic size: 436–626 nm ▪Specific loss power: up to 539 W/g ▪Intrinsic loss power: up to 7.26 nHm2kg−1	[159]
Gd-doped maghemite	Nanoparticles of almost spherical shape along with some aggregation	▪Size range: 8.73–11.06 nm ▪Saturation magnetization: 39.35–52.13 emu/g ▪Specific absorption rate: up to 140 W/g	[160]
Silver-iron oxide composite	Irregular-shaped particles agglomerated to some extent	▪Size range: 2–24 nm ▪Specific loss power: up to 43 W/g ▪Intrinsic loss power: up to 0.81 nHm2kg−1	[161]
Iron oxide	Cuboidal-shaped nanoparticles (functionalized with CTAB)	▪Average edge length: ~80 nm ▪Saturation magnetization: 71 emu/g ▪Specific loss power: up to ~1036 W/g	[162]
Cobalt ferrite	Nanospheres (coated with chitosan)	▪Average size: 13 nm ▪Saturation magnetization: ~62 emu/g ▪Specific absorption rate: up to 105 W/g	[163]
Copper ferrite	Mesoporous spherical structures	▪Hydrodynamic size: ~91.2 nm ▪Saturation magnetization: ~32.7 emu/g ▪Specific absorption rate: up to ~192 ± 7 W/g	[164]
Copper ferrite	Pseudo-cubical shaped particles	▪Hydrodynamic size: ~25.6 nm ▪Saturation magnetization: ~24.5 emu/g ▪Specific absorption rate: up to ~116 ± 6 W/g	[164]
Manganese ferrite	Uniform nanospheres with some agglomeration	▪Average size: ~25 nm ▪Saturation magnetization: 54.18–59.67 emu/g ▪Specific absorption rate: 217.62 W/g	[165]