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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 1421-1428Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201202670
Keywords
chelates; contrast agents; lanthanides; nanoparticles; surface functionalization
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- Regione Piemonte (Nano-IGT Project)
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The optimization of the physico-chemical properties of both GdIII chelates and nanocarriers is of great importance for the development of effective nanosystems for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications. With this aim, macrocyclic GdIII chelates were selectively attached to the pendant amino groups exposed to the external surface of spheroidal mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs). This was achieved by treating the metal complexes with MSNs that contained the templating surfactant molecules confined within the silica channels (hexadecyltrimethylammonium (CTA)/MSN), followed by extraction of the surfactant. The nanoparticles showed greatly improved 1H relaxometric efficiency relative to corresponding systems that also feature GdIII chelates conjugated inside the pores. A further significant relaxivity enhancement was observed after chemical transformation of the free amino groups into amides. The ionic relaxivity of the final nanoparticles (r1p=79.1 mM-1?s-1; 0.5 T, 310 K) is one of the highest reported so far.
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