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Lai J, Luo Z, Chen L, Wu Z. Advances in nanotechnology-based targeted-contrast agents for computed tomography and magnetic resonance. Sci Prog 2024; 107:368504241228076. [PMID: 38332327 PMCID: PMC10854387 DOI: 10.1177/00368504241228076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
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X-ray computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are essential tools in modern medical diagnosis and treatment. However, traditional contrast agents are inadequate in the diagnosis of various health conditions. Consequently, the development of targeted nano-contrast agents has become a crucial area of focus in the development of medical image-enhancing contrast agents. To fully understand the current development of nano-contrast agents, this review provides an overview of the preparation methods and research advancements in CT nano-contrast agents, MR nano-contrast agents, and CT/MR multimodal nano-contrast agents described in previous publications. Due to the physicochemical properties of nanomaterials, such as self-assembly and surface modifiability, these specific nano-contrast agents can greatly improve the targeting of lesions through various preparation methods and clearly highlight the distinction between lesions and normal tissues in both CT and MR. As a result, they have the potential to be used in the early stages of disease to improve diagnostic capacity and level in medical imaging.
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- Jianjun Lai
- Institute of Intelligent Control and Robotics, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Intelligent Control and Robotics, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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Baabu PRS, Kumar HK, Gumpu MB, Babu K J, Kulandaisamy AJ, Rayappan JBB. Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: A Review on the Province of Its Compounds, Properties and Biological Applications. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 16:ma16010059. [PMID: 36614400 PMCID: PMC9820855 DOI: 10.3390/ma16010059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Materials science and technology, with the advent of nanotechnology, has brought about innumerable nanomaterials and multi-functional materials, with intriguing yet profound properties, into the scientific realm. Even a minor functionalization of a nanomaterial brings about vast changes in its properties that could be potentially utilized in various applications, particularly for biological applications, as one of the primary needs at present is for point-of-care devices that can provide swifter, accurate, reliable, and reproducible results for the detection of various physiological conditions, or as elements that could increase the resolution of current bio-imaging procedures. In this regard, iron oxide nanoparticles, a major class of metal oxide nanoparticles, have been sweepingly synthesized, characterized, and studied for their essential properties; there are 14 polymorphs that have been reported so far in the literature. With such a background, this review's primary focus is the discussion of the different synthesis methods along with their structural, optical, magnetic, rheological and phase transformation properties. Subsequently, the review has been extrapolated to summarize the effective use of these nanoparticles as contrast agents in bio-imaging, therapeutic agents making use of its immune-toxicity and subsequent usage in hyperthermia for the treatment of cancer, electron transfer agents in copious electrochemical based enzymatic or non-enzymatic biosensors and bactericidal coatings over biomaterials to reduce the biofilm formation significantly.
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- Priyannth Ramasami Sundhar Baabu
- School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur 613 401, Tamil Nadu, India
- School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur 613 401, Tamil Nadu, India
- Acrophase, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620 015, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Centre for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials (CeNTAB), SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur 613 401, Tamil Nadu, India
- School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur 613 401, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Centre for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials (CeNTAB), SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur 613 401, Tamil Nadu, India
- School of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur 613 401, Tamil Nadu, India
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Konwar K, Sharma N, Pranjali P, Guleria A, Kaushik SD, Dutta A, Mukhopadhyay R, Sen D, Gao W, Deb P. Structure-Correlated Magnetic Resonance Transverse Relaxivity Enhancement in Superparamagnetic Ensembles with Complex Anisotropy Landscape. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:11087-11098. [PMID: 36041119 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The aim of the work is to explore structure-relaxivity relationship by observing transverse relaxivity enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of differently organized superparamagnetic complex ensembles of zinc ferrite isotropic/anisotropic nanosystems. We observe that superparamagnetic systems show a correlation of MRI-transverse relaxivity, r2/r1, with spatial arrangement of nanoparticles, as well as magnetic easy axes and thermal-energy-dependent anisotropy energy landscape. The presence of highly random/partially aligned easy axes with enhanced anisotropy constant leads to modulation in transverse relaxation. As a result, we achieve highest contrast efficiency in compact ensemble of isotropic nanoparticles and hollow core ensemble. Indeed, core-shell ensemble with combined effect of aligned and randomly oriented easy magnetic axes shows a reduction in MRI contrast efficiency. However, we address a hypothesis for transverse contrast efficiency where we depict the correlation among MRI-transverse contrast efficiency with structural complexity of ensembles, differently arranged primary nanoparticles/magnetic easy axes, anisotropy constant, and collective magnetic behavior. In consequence, we simplify the limitation of quantum mechanical outer-sphere diffusion model of magnetic resonance relaxivity by neglecting the contribution of magnetization and introducing an anisotropy constant contribution with complex structure landscape of easy axes.
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- Korobi Konwar
- Department of Physics, Tezpur University (Central University), Tezpur-784028, India
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Centre of Biomedical Research, SGPGIMS Campus, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Centre of Biomedical Research, SGPGIMS Campus, Lucknow 226014, India
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre, R-5 Shed, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University (Central University), Tezpur-784028, India
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University (Central University), Tezpur-784028, India
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- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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- Department of Physics, Tezpur University (Central University), Tezpur-784028, India
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Tian M, Ma C, Huang X, Lu G, Feng C. Supramolecular-micelle-directed preparation of uniform magnetic nanofibers with length tunability, colloidal stability and capacity for surface functionalization. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00168j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We report a versatile and efficient platform to prepare uniform magnetic nanofibers with length tunability, colloidal and morphological stability, capacity for surface functionalization and enhanced T2 contrast.
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- Mingwei Tian
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules
- Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis
- Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Li Y, Wang N, Huang X, Li F, Davis TP, Qiao R, Ling D. Polymer-Assisted Magnetic Nanoparticle Assemblies for Biomedical Applications. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2019; 3:121-142. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Yuhuan Li
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Xiang C, Zhong X, Yang W, Majeed MI, Wang J, Yu J, Hu J, Xu Z, Tan B, Zhang B, Yan W. Fe 3O 4 Nanoparticles Functionalized with Polymer Ligand for T 1-Weighted MRI In Vitro and In Vivo. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E882. [PMID: 31091782 PMCID: PMC6572598 DOI: 10.3390/polym11050882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 05/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has gained wide interest in early accurate diagnoses due to the high resolution and low toxicity of magnetic nanoparticles. In order to develop potential alternatives of toxic Gd- or Mn-based chelating agents, we report the synthesis of water soluble ultra-small Fe3O4 nanoparticles by a modified co-precipitation method as T1-weighted positive contrast agents. The magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MIONs) were functionalized by polymer ligand dodecanthiol-polymethacrylic acid (DDT-PMAA) to enhance their colloidal stability. These MIONs have high longitudinal relaxivity (r1 = 8.18 mM-1·S-1) and exhibited good results in the in vitro and in vivo MR imaging. No toxicity was observed in cytotoxicity assay and histology toxicity analysis. The MIONs@DDT-PMAA(magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles @ dodecanthiol-polymethacrylic acid) present great potential as positive contrast agents for tumor diagnosis.
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- Chenyang Xiang
- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
- The Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Nano Science, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200443, China.
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
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- The Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Nano Science, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200443, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- The Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Nano Science, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200443, China.
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- The Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Nano Science, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200443, China.
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui 230026, China.
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- The Institute for Biomedical Engineering & Nano Science, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200443, China.
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- Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organic Chemical Materials, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Green Preparation and Application for Functional Materials, Hubei Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, School of Materials Science & Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China.
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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