Metal carbonyls supported on iron oxide nanoparticles to trigger the CO- gasotransmitter release by magnetic heating

Magnetic iron oxide, maghemite (Fe2O3) nanoparticleswith covalent surface-bound CO-releasing molecules (CORMs) can be triggered to release CO through heating in an alternating magnetic field. In the proof-of-concept study the rate of CO-release from [RuCl(CO3)(mu-DOPA)]@ maghemite nanoparticles was doubled upon exposure to an external alternating magnetic field (31.7 kAm(-1), 247 kHz, 25 degrees C, 39.9 mTesla, DOPA = dioxyphenyl-alaninato).