Simple synthesis and characterization of Li0.5Fe2.5O4, LiMg0.5Fe2O4 and LiNi0.5Fe2O4, and investigation of their photocatalytic and anticancer properties on hela cells line

• Published in: Journal of materials science. Materials in electronics Vol. 30; no. 22; pp. 19691 - 19702
• Main Authors: Gandomi, Faezeh, Peymani-Motlagh, Seyed Mahdi, Rostami, Mojtaba, Sobhani-Nasab, Ali, Fasihi-Ramandi, Mahdi, Eghbali-Arani, Mohammad, Ahmadian, Roohollah, Gholipour, Nazila, Rahimi-Nasrabadi, Mehdi, Ganjali, Mohammad Reza
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01-11-2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anticancer properties; Cancer; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy; Dyes; Infrared spectroscopy; Light irradiation; Lithium ferrite; Magnesium; Magnetic properties; Materials Science; Nanoparticles; Nickel; Nickel ferrites; Optical and Electronic Materials; Photocatalysis; Photocatalysts; Photoluminescence; Pollutants; Sol-gel processes; Spectrum analysis; Ultraviolet reflection; X-ray diffraction
• ISSN: 0957-4522; 1573-482X
• DOI: 10.1007/s10854-019-02320-x

In the present work, the anticancer, photocatalytic and magnetic qualities of nanocrystalline nickel or magnesium-doped nanoparticles of lithium-ferrite samples, formed through sol–gel auto-combustion process were investigated. The products were studied by FT-IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) technique, X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), photoluminescence (PL) spectra, and vibrating sample magnetometery (VSM). XRD results showed that the nano-photocatalytic samples lithium ferrite (Li
0.5
Fe
2.5
O
4
), lithium-magnesium ferrite (LiMg
0.5
Fe
2
O
4
) and lithium-nickel ferrite (LiNi
0.5
Fe
2
O
4
) are nano-photocatalytic samples, which are in good crystalline form. The LiMg
0.5
Fe
2
O
4
nano-photocatalyst showed the highest photocatalytic performance for removal of methyl orange (MO) and removed 99.9% of pollutant within 25 min under ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation. Magnetic characterization revealed that the M
r
and M
s
of LiNi
0.5
Fe
2
O
4
nano-photocatalyst decreases with doping Ni or Mg. Finally, in vitro cytotoxic effect of synthesized nanoparticles was evaluated on Hela cell line.