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Microwave‐Assisted Seeded Growth of Lanthanide‐Based Nanoparticles for Imaging and Therapy
Author(s) -
Mayer Florian,
Peters Joop A.,
Djanashvili Kristina
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201200472
Subject(s) - lanthanide , nanoparticle , microwave , nanotechnology , computer science , nanometre , materials science , seeding , chemistry , physics , telecommunications , ion , composite material , thermodynamics , organic chemistry
Size control : Particles designed for imaging and therapy need to be size tunable to ensure their optimal performance. A highly reproducible procedure for the preparation of uniform, spherical, lanthanide‐based nanoparticles (NPs) was developed. The size of the particles can be predefined to an accuracy of up to a few nanometers by microwave‐generated temperature control and the choice of aging time (see figure).