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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2010
Yun-ming Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ting-jung Chen, Yongkang, TW;
Yun-Ming Wang, Hsinchu, TW;
Ting-Jung Chen, Yongkang, TW;
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A nanoparticle contains a core including superparamagnetic nanoparticles and having an outer surface, and siloxanyl moieties covalently coupled to the outer surface of the core and having Formula (I): In formula (I): Xand Xindependently represent methylene, ethylene or propylene; R represents an optionally substituted pyridyl group, or —S—R is a group derived from a targeting ligand containing —SH group and effective to bind specifically with a predetermined targeted cell in an object; n and m independently represent an integer ranging from 1 to 3; and p represents an integer ranging from 9 to 45. The nanoparticles are suitable for use as a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent.