High magnetic relaxivity in a fluorescent CdSe/CdS/ZnS quantum dot functionalized with MRI contrast molecules

Abstract

Fluorescent quantum dots functionalized with Gd(iii) MRI contrast agents produce an unprecedentedly high T1 relaxivity per particle (6800 mM−1 s−1).

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Source ID
10.1039/c7cc05537d

Entities

People

  • David J. Lewis
  • E. A. Lewis
  • Floriana Tuna
  • Paul D McNaughter
  • Paul O'Brien
  • S. G. Mcadams
  • Sarah Jane Haigh

Organizations

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
  • Medical Research Council
  • School of Materials, University of Manchester
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Manchester

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Medical Imaging.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing