title: Gold-Speckled Multimodal Nanoparticles for Noninvasive Bioimaging.
abstract: Multimodal Gold-speckled silica nanoparticles as contrast agents for noninvasive imaging with magnetic resonance imaging and photoacoustic tomography have been prepared in a simple one-pot synthesis using nonionic microemulsions. Magnetic resonance contrast is provided through gadolinium incorporated in the silica matrix, whereas the photoacoustic signal originates from nonuniform, discontinuous gold nanodomains speckled across the silica surface.
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering and Particle Engineering Research Center, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Biomedical Engineering, Physiology and Functional Genomics, and Department of Surgery, University of Florida, P.O. Box 116135 Gainesville, Florida 32611, and NanoScience Technology Center, Chemistry and Biomolecular Science Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32826.
authors.forename: Parvesh
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authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Scott C
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authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Niclas
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authors.lastname: Bengtsson
authors.forename: Qizhi
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authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Glenn A
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authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Stephen R
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authors.lastname: Grobmyer
authors.forename: Swadeshmukul
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authors.lastname: Santra
authors.forename: Huabei
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authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Edward W
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authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Brij M
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authors.lastname: Moudgil