PEGylated Polypyrrole Nanoparticles Conjugating Gadolinium Chelates for Dual-Modal MRI/Photoacoustic Imaging Guided Photothermal Therapy of Cancer

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 25; no. 9; pp. 1451 - 1462
• Main Authors: Liang, Xiaolong, Li, Yanyan, Li, Xiaoda, Jing, Lijia, Deng, Zijian, Yue, Xiuli, Li, Changhui, Dai, Zhifei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 04.03.2015
• Subjects: Cancer; Chelates; Gadolinium; gadolinium complex; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nanoparticles; photoacoustic imaging; photothermal therapy; polypyrrole nanoparticles; Polypyrroles; Therapy; Tumors

Polypyrrole nanoparticles conjugating gadolinium chelates were successfully fabricated for dual‐modal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and photoacoustic imaging guided photothermal therapy of cancer, from a mixture of pyrrole and pyrrole‐1‐propanoic acid through a facile one‐step aqueous dispersion...