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Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Zirconia-doped nanoparticles: organic coating, polymeric entrapment and application as dual-imaging agents†

Valentina Rebuttini,b   Andrea Pucci,ab   Paolo Arosio,d   Xue Bai,b   Erica Locatelli,a   Nicola Pinna,*c   Alessandro Lascialfari*de  and  Mauro Comes Franchini*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Industrial Chemistry, “Toso Montanari”, University of Bologna, V. Risorgimento 4, Bologna, Italy
E-mail: mauro.comesfranchini@unibo.it
Fax: +39 0512093654

b Department of Chemistry, CICECO, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

c Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Str. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
E-mail: nicola.pinna@hu-berlin.de

d Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, and Consorzio INSTM, unità di Milano, Milano, Italy

e Dipartimento di Fisica “A.Volta”, Università di Pavia, Via Bassi 6, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
E-mail: alessandro.lascialfari@unipv.it

Abstract

Zirconia nanoparticles doped with Eu3+, Tb3+ and Gd3+ ions have been synthesized following the benzyl alcohol route. The nanoparticles were coated with N-hydroxydodecanamide and encapsulated in PLGA-b-PEG-COOH nanomicelles. The magnetic and fluorescent properties of these hybrid nanocarriers were investigated, proving them to be potential dual-imaging contrast agents.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2TB00208F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
05 Oct 2012
Accepted
17 Dec 2012
First published
09 Jan 2013

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013,1, 919-923

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Zirconia-doped nanoparticles: organic coating, polymeric entrapment and application as dual-imaging agents

V. Rebuttini, A. Pucci, P. Arosio, X. Bai, E. Locatelli, N. Pinna, A. Lascialfari and M. C. Franchini, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1, 919 DOI: 10.1039/C2TB00208F

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