Lanthanide nanoparticles: from design toward bioimaging and therapy

H Dong, SR Du, XY Zheng, GM Lyu, LD Sun… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Lanthanides refer to the 15 elements located at the sixth period and IIIB group in the periodic
table, ranging from lanthanum to lutetium, with the electronic configuration of [Xe] 4f n–1 5d …

Customizing delivery nano-vehicles for precise brain tumor therapy

YB Miao, W Zhao, G Renchi, Y Gong, Y Shi - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Although some tumor has become a curable disease for many patients, involvement of the
central nervous system (CNS) is still a major concern. The blood–brain barrier (BBB), a …

Paramagnetic nanoparticle T 1 and T 2 MRI contrast agents

W Xu, K Kattel, JY Park, Y Chang, TJ Kim… - Physical Chemistry …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
There is no doubt that magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents (MRI CAs) can play a
vital role in diagnosing diseases. Therefore, demand for new MRI CAs with an enhanced …

Single Ho3+‐Doped Upconversion Nanoparticles for High‐Performance T2‐Weighted Brain Tumor Diagnosis and MR/UCL/CT Multimodal Imaging

D Ni, W Bu, S Zhang, X Zheng, M Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Multimodal bio‐imaging has attracted great attention for early and accurate diagnosis of
tumors, which, however, suffers from the intractable issues such as complicated multi‐step …

Fine Tuning of the Relaxometry of γ-Fe2O3@SiO2 Nanoparticles by Tweaking the Silica Coating Thickness

SLC Pinho, GA Pereira, P Voisin, J Kassem… - ACS …, 2010 - ACS Publications
We report the fine-tuning of the relaxometry of γ-Fe2O3@ SiO2 core− shell nanoparticles by
adjusting the thickness of the coated silica layer. It is clear that the coating thickness of …

MRI contrast agents based on dysprosium or holmium

M Norek, JA Peters - Progress in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, 2011 - Elsevier
Although MRI produces images with an unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution,
early experiments showed that the diagnostic value might be improved significantly by …

A Facile Synthesis, In vitro and In vivo MR Studies of d-Glucuronic Acid-Coated Ultrasmall Ln2O3 (Ln = Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, and Er) Nanoparticles as a New Potential …

K Kattel, JY Park, W Xu, HG Kim, EJ Lee… - … applied materials & …, 2011 - ACS Publications
A facile one-pot synthesis of d-glucuronic acid-coated ultrasmall Ln2O3 (Ln= Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho,
and Er) nanoparticles is presented. Their water proton relaxivities were studied to address …

[HTML][HTML] Engineering lanthanide-based materials for nanomedicine

Y Zhang, W Wei, GK Das, TTY Tan - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Multifunctional lanthanide-based nanomaterials are envisioned to create a huge impact in
nanomedicine through improved diagnosis and treatment of diseases. This review focuses …

[HTML][HTML] Major advances in geostationary fire radiative power (FRP) retrieval over Asia and Australia stemming from use of Himarawi-8 AHI

W Xu, MJ Wooster, T Kaneko, J He, T Zhang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Characterising the highly variable temporal dynamics of landscape-scale fire activity is best
achieved using geostationary satellites, and the Himawari-8 Advanced Himawari Imager …

Tuning of the Size of Dy2O3 Nanoparticles for Optimal Performance as an MRI Contrast Agent

M Norek, E Kampert, U Zeitler… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The transverse 1H relaxivities of aqueous colloidal solutions of dextran coated Dy2O3
nanoparticles of different sizes were investigated at magnetic field strengths (B) between 7 …