Magnetic nanoparticle assemblies on denatured DNA show unusual magnetic relaxivity and potential applications for MRI

被引:56
作者
Byrne, SJ
Corr, SA
Gun'ko, YK [1 ]
Kelly, JM
Brougham, DF
Ghosh, S
机构
[1] Univ Dublin Trinity Coll, Dept Chem, Dublin 2, Ireland
[2] Dublin City Univ, Sch Chem Sci, Natl Inst Cellular Biotechnol, Dublin 9, Ireland
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10.1039/b409603g
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O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
摘要
Denatured ( substantially single-stranded) herring sperm DNA acts as a template for the preparation of magnetic nanowires, forming stable aqueous suspensions, which exhibit unprecedentedly high relaxivity at low field, suggesting that the material may be a potentially useful reagent for MRI.
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页码:2560 / 2561
页数:2
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