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High‐Contrast Paramagnetic Fluorescent Mesoporous Silica Nanorods as a Multifunctional Cell‐Imaging Probe
Author(s) -
Tsai ChihPin,
Hung Yann,
Chou YiHsin,
Huang DongMing,
Hsiao JongKai,
Chang Chen,
Chen YaoChang,
Mou ChungYuan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.200700457
Subject(s) - nanorod , mesoporous silica , fluorescence , paramagnetism , contrast (vision) , nanotechnology , mesoporous material , materials science , magnetic resonance imaging , computer science , chemistry , physics , optics , artificial intelligence , organic chemistry , medicine , quantum mechanics , radiology , catalysis
A real contrast : Multifunctional fluorescent and paramagnetic mesoporous silica nanorods can be used to label both phagocytic and nonphagocytotic cells. The cells can be detected simultaneously by a fluorescence technique and the T 1 ‐ or T 2 ‐weighted modes of magnetic resonance imaging (see picture).