Cubic Iron Core–Shell Nanoparticles Functionalized to Obtain High-Performance MRI Contrast Agents |
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| Authors: | Maria Volokhova,Anna Shugai,Masahiko Tsujimoto,Anna-Liisa Kubo,Sven Telliskivi,Mait Nigul,Peep Uudekü ll,Heiki Vija,Olesja M. Bondarenko,Jasper Adamson,Anne Kahru,Raivo Stern,Liis Seinberg |
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| Abstract: | Nanoparticles with SiO coating were synthesized to have a cubic iron core. These were found to have saturation magnetization very close to the highest possible value of any iron-containing nanoparticles and the bulk iron saturation magnetization. The in vitro toxicology studies show that they are highly biocompatible and possess better MRI contrast agent potential than iron oxide NPs. |
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| Keywords: | nanomaterials synthesis magnetic properties MRI contrast agents toxicity ROS |
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