Water-soluble ultra-small manganese oxide surface doped gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3@MnO) nanoparticles for MRI contrast agent

Eun Sook Choi, Ja Young Park, Myung Ju Baek, Wenlong Xu, Krishna Kattel, Joo Hyun Kim, Jae Jun Lee, Yongmin Chang, Tae Jeong Kim, Ji Eun Bae, Kwon Seok Chae, Kyung Jin Suh, Gang Ho Lee

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Abstract

We have developed ultra-small gadolinium oxide (Gd2O 3) nanoparticles, which are surface-doped with manganese oxide (MnO) (abbreviated as Gd2O3@MnO). The surface-doped nanoparticles ranged from 1 to 2 nm in diameter. They were further coated with hydrophilic biocompatible lactobionic acid. In-vitro tests of the sample solution indicated clear dose-dependent contrast enhancements in both T 1 and T2 map images, showing that the nanoparticles may be used as both T1 and T2 MRI contrast agents. Their performance as a T1 MRI contrast agent was proved in vivo through T1 MR images of a mouse.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4555-4560
Number of pages6
JournalEuropean Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Issue number28
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2010

Keywords

  • Colloids
  • Imaging agents
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanotechnology

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