Polymer-gold nanohybrids with potential use in bimodal MRI/CT: Enhancing the relaxometric properties of Gd(III) complexes
We present a new synthetic strategy to produce Gd(III)-decorated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for potential use as bimodal contrast agents (CA) for computed X-ray tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The hybrid AuNPs exhibit high molar relaxivities (>12 000 mM−1 s−1 per particle),...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14095 |