Issue 32, 2011

Hot-injection synthesis of iron/iron oxide core/shell nanoparticles for T2 contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging

Abstract

Here we report a new, bench-top synthesis for iron/iron oxide core/shell nanoparticlesvia the thermal decomposition of Fe(η5-C6H3Me4)2. The iron/iron oxide core/shell nanoparticles are superparamagnetic at room temperature and show improved negative contrast in T2-weighted MR imaging compared to pure iron oxides nanoparticles, and have a transverse relaxivity (r2) of 332 mM−1 s−1.

Graphical abstract: Hot-injection synthesis of iron/iron oxide core/shell nanoparticles for T2 contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Jun 2011
Accepted
29 Jun 2011
First published
15 Jul 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 9221-9223

Hot-injection synthesis of iron/iron oxide core/shell nanoparticles for T2 contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging

D. A. J. Herman, P. Ferguson, S. Cheong, I. F. Hermans, B. J. Ruck, K. M. Allan, S. Prabakar, J. L. Spencer, C. D. Lendrum and Richard. D. Tilley, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 9221 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13416G

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