A method for synthesis and functionalization of ultrasmall superparamagnetic covalent carriers based on maghemite and dextran

Stéphane Mornet (1) , Josik Portier (1) , Etienne Duguet (1)

1 ICMCB - Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux

A new generation of susceptibility contrast agents for MRI and based on maghemite cores covalently bonded to dextran stabilizing macromolecules was investigated...

Mots clés: Ferrofluid; Infrared spectroscopy; MRI; Contrast agent; PEGylation; Silanation; Transmission electron microscopy; Zeta potential; Photon correlation spectroscopy; USPIO; VUSPIO; Aminopropyltrimethoxysilane; α; Amino poly(ethylene glycol); ω; Diamino telechelic poly(ethylene glycol); Dextran; Maghemite

Domaines: Matériaux

Stéphane Mornet, Josik Portier, Etienne Duguet. A method for synthesis and functionalization of ultrasmall superparamagnetic covalent carriers based on maghemite and dextran. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2005, vol. 293, n° 1, p. 127-134. ⟨10.1016/j.jmmm.2005.01.053⟩. ⟨hal-00022639⟩