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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Deepak Balaji Thimiri Govinda Raj, Leuven, BE;
Liesbet Lagae, Leuven, BE;
Wim Annaert, Kontich, BE;
Gustaaf Borghs, Leuven, BE;
Deepak Balaji Thimiri Govinda Raj, Leuven, BE;
Liesbet Lagae, Leuven, BE;
Wim Annaert, Kontich, BE;
Gustaaf Borghs, Leuven, BE;
IMEC, Leuven, BE;
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U. Leuven R&D, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a population of monodisperse magnetic nanoparticles with a diameter between 1 and 100 nm which are coated with a layer with hydrophilic end groups. Herein the layer with hydrophilic end groups comprises an inner layer of monosaturated and/or monounsaturated fatty acids bound to said nanoparticles and bound to said fatty acids, an outer layer of a phospholipid conjugated to a monomethoxy polyethyleneglycol (PEG) comprising a hydrophilic end group, or comprises a covalently bound hydrophilic layer bound to said nanoparticles.