Method of forming a drug nanocarrier having a magnetic shell

Abstract

The invention discloses the synthesis and manufacturing of a novel core-shell nano-carrier with a drug-containing nanocomposite core surrounding with a single crystalline magnetic iron oxide shell. With a unique core-shell configuration, active agents such as drugs and biomolecules encapsulated in the core with an outer single-crystalline thin iron oxide shell can be perfectly protected from environmental damages and in the meantime, eliminating un-desirable release due to un-controllable diffusion of the active molecules from the nanocapsules during the course of delivery in patient's body, before reaching the disease sites.