Clusters of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles encapsulated in a hydrogel: A particle architecture generating a synergistic enhancement of the T2 relaxation

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3104-3112

  Paquet, Chantal ^a   De Haan, Hendrick W ^b   Leek, Donald M ^a   Lin, Hung Yu ^a   Xiang, Bo ^a   Tian, Ganghong ^a,c   Kell, Arnold ^a   Simard, Benoit ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

contrast agent; hydrogel; particle coating; pH responsive; superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles; transverse relaxation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST AGENT; PARTICLE COATINGS; PH-RESPONSIVE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION;

COATINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDROGELS; IRON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; RESONANCE; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

IRON OXIDES;

EID: 79955406836     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2002272     Document Type: Article

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