A general approach to silicate nanoshells: gadolinium silicate and gadolinium silicate:europium nanoshells for dual-modality optical and MR imaging.
A general approach involving a solvothermal method was developed to synthesize a series of silicate nanoshells (<100 nm) where both Gd silicate and Gd silicate:Eu nanoshells were further demonstrated to exhibit dual-modality MRI and optical imaging functions.
Huang
Chih-Chia
CC
Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan.
Huang
Wileen
W
Su
Chia-Hao
CH
Feng
Chieh-Ning
CN
Kuo
Wen-Shuo
WS
Yeh
Chen-Sheng
CS
D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D005063:Europium; D005682:Gadolinium; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000737:chemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D036103:Nanotechnology; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D010422:Pentanones / Q000737:chemistry; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D014709:Vero Cells
D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D010422:Pentanones; D017640:Silicates; C049529:acetyl acetonate; D005063:Europium; D005682:Gadolinium