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Fabrication of uniform cylindrical nanoshells and their use as spectrally tunable MRI contrast agents

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Author(s)

Gary Zabow, John M. Moreland

Abstract

A new form of tunable magnetic resonance imaging agent based on precisely dimensioned hollow cylindrical magnetic nanoshells is introduced. Using top-down prepatterned substrates, the requisite nanoshells are fabricated by exploiting what is usually regarded as a detrimental processing side-effect, namely the redeposition of material back-sputtered during ion-milling. The resulting nanostructures' well-resolved nuclear magnetic resonance peaks attest to the level of fabrication control and the feasibility of such sputter redeposition for parallel fabrication of various other self-supporting monodisperse nanostructures.
Citation
Nanotechnology
Volume
20
Issue
38

Keywords

MRI, NMR, contrast agent, nanoparticle, nanostructure, magnetic particle

Citation

Zabow, G. and Moreland, J. (2009), Fabrication of uniform cylindrical nanoshells and their use as spectrally tunable MRI contrast agents, Nanotechnology, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=902406 (Accessed April 25, 2024)
Created August 28, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017