A facile approach to prepare silica hybrid, spin-crossover water-soluble nanoparticles as potential candidates for thermally responsive MRI agents
Patroula Gkolfi, Dimitra Tsivaka, Ioannis Tsougos, Katerina Vassiou, Ondřéj Malina, Michaela Polášková, Christina D. Polyzou, Christos T. Chasapis, V. Tangoulis
Abstract
2 values, indicating their potential use as smart MRI agents, while lyophilization of NP dispersions in water yielded powders with a preserved but modified thermal hysteretic magnetic profile.
Topics & Concepts
NanoparticleAqueous solutionMaterials scienceSpin crossoverNanotechnologyChemical engineeringChemistryOrganic chemistryInorganic chemistryEngineeringMagnetism in coordination complexesLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesElectron Spin Resonance Studies