title: Magnetically engineered smart thin films: toward lab-on-chip ultra-sensitive molecular imaging.
abstract: Magnetically responsive engineered smart thin films of nanoferrites as contrast agent are employed to develop surface based magnetic resonance imaging to acquire simple yet fast molecular imaging. The work presented here can be of significant potential for future lab-on-chip point-of-care diagnostics from the whole blood pool on almost any substrates to reduce or even prevent clinical studies involve a living organism to enhance the non-invasive imaging to advance the '3Rs' of work in animals-replacement, refinement and reduction.
authors.affiliation: Polymer and Surface Engineering Lab, Department of Materials Engineering, School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), NUST H-12 Campus, Islamabad-44000, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Mudassara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saqib
authors.forename: Haseeb
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: Nasir M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Abdelhamid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elaissari
mesh_terms: D048271:Chitosan / Q000737:chemistry; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D056656:Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008280:Magnetics / Q000379:methods*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013696:Temperature; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D005290:Ferric Compounds; C001215:ferrite; D048271:Chitosan