Ultrasmall lanthanide-doped nanoparticles as multimodal platforms

Brian G. Yust; Francisco J. Pedraza; Dhiraj K. Sardar

doi:10.1117/12.2037389

7 March 2014 Ultrasmall lanthanide-doped nanoparticles as multimodal platforms

Brian G. Yust, Francisco J. Pedraza, Dhiraj K. Sardar

Proceedings Volume 8956, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications VI; 895608 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037389
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Recently, there has been a great amount of interest in nanoparticles which are able to provide a platform with high contrast for multiple imaging modalities in order to advance the tools available to biomedical researchers and physicians. However, many nanoparticles do not have ideal properties to provide high contrast in different imaging modes. In order to address this, ultrasmall lanthanide doped oxide and fluoride nanoparticles with strong NIR to NIR upconversion fluorescence and a strong magnetic response for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been developed. Specifically, these nanoparticles incorporate gadolinium, dysprosium, or a combination of both into the nano-crystalline host to achieve the magnetic properties. Thulium, erbium, and neodymium codopants provide the strong NIR absorption and emission lines that allow for deeper tissue imaging since near infrared light is not strongly absorbed or scattered by most tissues within this region. This also leads to better image quality and lower necessary excitation intensities. As a part of the one pot synthesis, these nanoparticles are coated with peg, pmao, or d-glucuronic acid to make them water soluble, biocompatible, and bioconjugable due to the available carboxyl or amine groups. Here, the synthesis, morphological characterization, magnetic response, NIR emission, and the quantum yield will be discussed. Cytotoxicity tested through cell viability at varying concentrations of nanoparticles in growth media will also be discussed.

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Brian G. Yust, Francisco J. Pedraza, and Dhiraj K. Sardar "Ultrasmall lanthanide-doped nanoparticles as multimodal platforms", Proc. SPIE 8956, Reporters, Markers, Dyes, Nanoparticles, and Molecular Probes for Biomedical Applications VI, 895608 (7 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2037389

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