Abstract
Gold nanoparticles with carbohydrate ligands attached on their surface have been synthesized and characterized with various techniques. The new nanoparticle conjugates have shown great potentials as a contrast agent for opto-acoustic imaging. Hemocompatibility measurements of human blood for the carbohydrate-gold nanoparticles have shown that the conjugates are feasible for in vivo testing. Preliminary quantitative flow measurements using the conjugates were also studied in this work based on the indicator-dilution theory. In vitro phantom experiments were designed and conducted, and results were discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 103-108 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords
- Carbohydrate-AuNPs
- Opto-acoustic imaging
- Time-intensity curve
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry