| Literature DB >> 23350651 |
Tonya M Atkins1, Maja C Cassidy, Menyoung Lee, Shreyashi Ganguly, Charles M Marcus, Susan M Kauzlarich.
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We describe the synthesis, materials characterization, and dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) of amorphous and crystalline silicon nanoparticles for use as hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) agents. The particles were synthesized by means of a metathesis reaction between sodium silicide (Na₄Si₄) and silicon tetrachloride (SiCl₄) and were surface functionalized with a variety of passivating ligands. The synthesis scheme results in particles of diameter ∼10 nm with long size-adjusted ²⁹Si spin-lattice relaxation (T₁) times (>600 s), which are retained after hyperpolarization by low-temperature DNP.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23350651 PMCID: PMC3612549 DOI: 10.1021/nn305462y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Nano ISSN: 1936-0851 Impact factor: 15.881