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Synthesis and development of hydrophilic iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications

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Wei, He, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry.
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Moungi G. Bawendi.
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Abstract
Uniformly sized superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) with inorganic diameters of 3-35 nm were synthesized. New surface ligand coatings were designed and synthesized, and the resulting hydrophilic SPIONs in biological buffers were found to be compact, stable, highly magnetic, and biocompatible. Furthermore, the hydrophilic SPIONs were stable in vitro in serums and cells as well as in vivo in mice. Functionalized SPIONs demonstrated the ability of specific labeling. Finally, the hydrophilic SPIONs have potential as a non-toxic alternative to Gadolinium based contrast agents for T₁-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and they have shown potential in multicolor MRI as well as magnetic particle imaging.
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Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, 2014.
 
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-136).
 
Date issued
2014
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96451
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Chemistry.

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