title: Multifunctional nanoparticles for dual imaging.
abstract: For imaging with different modalities, labels, which provide contrast for all modalities, are required. Colloidal nanoparticles composed out of an inorganic core and a polymer shell offer progress in this direction. Both, the core and the polymer shell, can be synthesized to be fluorescent, magnetic, or radioactive. When different cores are combined with different polymer shells, different types of particles for dual imaging can be obtained, as for example, fluorescent cores with radioactive polymer shells. Properties and perspectives of such nanoparticles for multimodal imaging are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Physik and Wissenschaftliches Zentrum für Materialwissenschaften, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Abbasi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arosio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lascialfari
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Casula
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wenk
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kreyling
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Plapper
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seidel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Niessner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knöll
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seubert
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Parak
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D008280:Magnetics; D057054:Molecular Imaging; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011108:Polymers