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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Silica-Based NIR Nano-Emitters for Applications in Vivo and Process for Production Thereof

Simonpietro AgnelloRoberto BoscainoMarco CannasFranco Mario GelardiMaurizio LeoneValeria Militello

subject

Near Infrared nanoprobeSettore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale

description

Production of paramagnetic and phosphorescent nanoprobes, obtainable starting from nanometric silica particles by methods of synthesis and enrichment with O2 following suitable thermal treatments in a controlled environment. The nanoprobes thus obtained display emission in the near infrared (NIR), are excitable in the visible and in the NIR, and are characterized by a lifetime of the order of one second. These nanoprobes have considerable scientific and commercial potential in the market of the confocal spectroscopy for bio-imaging and in the market of the medical pharmaceutical applications of drug labelling and drug delivery.

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2011-01-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/96051