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Disease Diagnosis: Multifunctional PEGylated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Blood Pool and Tumor MR Imaging (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 10/2014)
Author(s) -
Wen Shihui,
Zhao Qinghua,
An Xiao,
Zhu Jingyi,
Hou Wenxiu,
Li Kai,
Huang Yunpeng,
Shen Mingwu,
Zhu Wei,
Shi Xiangyang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced healthcare materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.288
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 2192-2659
pISSN - 2192-2640
DOI - 10.1002/adhm.201470049
Subject(s) - materials science , polyethylene glycol , carbon nanotube , nanotechnology , microsphere , biomedical engineering , blood circulation , chemical engineering , medicine , engineering , traditional medicine
Long‐circulating multifunctional Gd(III)‐loaded multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) modified with polyethylene glycol are designed and synthesized by W. Zhu, X. Shi, and colleagues on page 1568. The formed MWCNTs are water‐dispersible, stable, and have good cytocompatibility and antifouling property. With the low r 2 /r 1 relaxivity ratio and relatively long blood circulation time, the multifunctional MWCNTs are able to be used as a platform for enhanced blood pool and tumor MR imaging.