Synthesis and characterization of PVP-coated large core iron oxide nanoparticles as an MRI contrast agent

• Published in: Nanotechnology Vol. 19; no. 16; p. 165101
• Main Authors: Lee, Ha-Young, Lee, Sang-Hoon, Xu, Chenjie, Xie, Jin, Lee, Jin-Hyung, Wu, Bing, Leen Koh, Ai, Wang, Xiaoying, Sinclair, Robert, Wang, Shan X, Nishimura, Dwight G, Biswal, Sandip, Sun, Shouheng, Cho, Sun Hang, Chen, Xiaoyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 23.04.2008

The purpose of this study was to synthesize biocompatible polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-coated iron oxide (PVP-IO) nanoparticles and to evaluate their efficacy as a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent. The PVP-IO nanoparticles were synthesized by a thermal decomposition method and character...