Dysprosium and holmium vanadate nanoprobes as high-performance contrast agents for high-field magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging

A wet chemical method for the synthesis of uniform and well-dispersed dysprosium vanadate (DyVO4) and holmium vanadate (HoVO4) nanoparticles with almost spherical shape and a mean size of ⁓ 60 nm and their functionalization with polyacrylic acid is described. The transverse magnetic relaxivity of bo...

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Autores: Gómez-González, Elisabet, Núñez, Nuria O., Caro, Carlos, García-Martín, María L., Fernández-Afonso, Yilian, Fuente, Jesús M. de la, Balcerzyk, Marcin, Ocaña, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/229433
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/229433
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Holmium vanadate
Dysprosium vanadate
Poliol
Nanoparticles
High field MRI
Computed tomography
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Sumario:A wet chemical method for the synthesis of uniform and well-dispersed dysprosium vanadate (DyVO4) and holmium vanadate (HoVO4) nanoparticles with almost spherical shape and a mean size of ⁓ 60 nm and their functionalization with polyacrylic acid is described. The transverse magnetic relaxivity of both systems at 9.4 T is analyzed on the basis of magnetic susceptibility and magnetization measurements in order to evaluate their potential for applications as high field MRI contrast agent. In addition, the X-ray attenuation properties of these systems are also studied to determine their capability as computed tomography contrast agent. Finally, the colloidal stability under physiological pH conditions and the cytotoxicity of the functionalized NPs is also addressed to assess their suitability for bioimaging applications