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Carbon coated coreshell multifunctional fluorescent SPIONs

Carbon coated coreshell multifunctional fluorescent SPIONs Due to their unique magnetic properties, multiple surface functionality and biocompatibility, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) show very promising characteristics as magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agents in biomedical applications. However, a lack of fluorescence makes SPIONs inappropriate for multimodal bioimaging. SPIONs surface functionalized by either organic fluorescent molecules or semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have been reported as bioimaging probes but subsequent deterioration of the fluorescent dyes due to low photostability and quick photobleaching limits their long term practical application. In addition, QDs are found to be toxic in nature. Here, we present a novel one step method to synthesize non-toxic carbon coated highly photostable coreshell magnetic and fluorescent SPIONs with long-lasting fluorescence alongside a superior magnetic resonance (MR) imaging ability. Apart from the highly comparable superparamagnetic properties of the SPIONs, the optical response of the material is much better than commonly used Rhodamine or cyanine dyes. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nanoscale Royal Society of Chemistry

Carbon coated coreshell multifunctional fluorescent SPIONs

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Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Copyright
This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN
2040-3364
DOI
10.1039/c8nr01941j
pmid
29845158
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Abstract

Due to their unique magnetic properties, multiple surface functionality and biocompatibility, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) show very promising characteristics as magnetic resonance (MR) contrast agents in biomedical applications. However, a lack of fluorescence makes SPIONs inappropriate for multimodal bioimaging. SPIONs surface functionalized by either organic fluorescent molecules or semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) have been reported as bioimaging probes but subsequent deterioration of the fluorescent dyes due to low photostability and quick photobleaching limits their long term practical application. In addition, QDs are found to be toxic in nature. Here, we present a novel one step method to synthesize non-toxic carbon coated highly photostable coreshell magnetic and fluorescent SPIONs with long-lasting fluorescence alongside a superior magnetic resonance (MR) imaging ability. Apart from the highly comparable superparamagnetic properties of the SPIONs, the optical response of the material is much better than commonly used Rhodamine or cyanine dyes.

Journal

NanoscaleRoyal Society of Chemistry

Published: May 30, 2018

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