Cobalt ferrite nanowhiskers as T 2 MRI contrast agent

A novel, one-step synthesis of one-dimensional cobalt ferrite nanowhiskers (CfW) is reported. SQUID studies confirmed that the monodispersed surfactant-free CfW exhibit superparamagnetic behaviour. This characteristic makes CfW an ideally suited contrast agent for T 2 -weighted MRI, thus proving to...

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Published inRSC advances Vol. 5; no. 22; pp. 17223 - 17227
Main Authors Ravichandran, M., Oza, Goldie, Velumani, S., Ramirez, Jose Tapia, Garcia-Sierra, Francisco, Andrade, Norma Barragán, Garza-Navarro, Marco A., Garcia-Gutierrez, Domingo I., Lara-Estrada, Rafael, Sacristán-Rock, Emilio, Yi, Junsin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2015
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Summary:A novel, one-step synthesis of one-dimensional cobalt ferrite nanowhiskers (CfW) is reported. SQUID studies confirmed that the monodispersed surfactant-free CfW exhibit superparamagnetic behaviour. This characteristic makes CfW an ideally suited contrast agent for T 2 -weighted MRI, thus proving to be very effective for biomedical applications.
ISSN:2046-2069
2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/C4RA11934G