Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Poly(amino acid) functionalized maghemite and gold nanoparticles. |
| Authors: |
Perego, Davide1,2, Masciocchi, Norberto2, Guagliardi, Antonietta2,3, Domínguez-Vera, José Manuel1, Gálvez, Natividad1 ngalvez@ugr.es |
| Source: |
Nanotechnology. 2013, Vol. 24 Issue 7, p4-6. 6p. |
| Subjects: |
Gold nanoparticles, Maghemite, Nanomedicine, Amino acids, Imino acids |
| Abstract: |
Bimodal MRI/OI imaging probes are of great interest in nanomedicine. Although many organic polymers have been studied thoroughly for in vivo applications, reports on the use of poly(amino acid)s as coating polymers are scarce. In this paper, poly-(D-glutamic acid, D-lysine) (PGL) has been used for coating maghemite and gold nanoparticles. An advantage of this flexible and biocompatible polymer is that, once anchored to the nanoparticle surface, dangling lysine amino groups are available for the incorporation of new functionalities. As an example, Alexa Fluor derivatives have been attached to PGL-coated maghemite nanoparticles to obtain magnetic/fluorescent materials. These dual-property materials could be used as bimodal MRI/OI probes for in vivo imaging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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