Preparation and characterization of nontoxic magnetic-luminescent nanoprobe
Yin Nai-Qiang (尹乃强)a, Liu Ling (刘玲)a, Lei Jie-Mei (雷洁梅)a, Liu Yan-Song (刘艳松)a, Gong Mao-Gang (公茂刚)a, Wu Yi-Zhi (吴以治)a, Zhu Li-Xin (朱立新)b, Xu Xiao-Liang (许小亮 )a
a Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China; b Center Laboratory, First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022, China
Abstract A novel nontoxic, magnetic, and luminescent nanoprobe is prepared by using complex nanoparticles, which are composed of Fe3O4 nanoparticles and Mn-doped ZnS quantum dots (QDs). The nanocomposite probe can provide visible optical and magnetic resonance images simultaneously. Compared with the previously toxic cadmium and mercury based QDs, the superiority of the Mn-doped ZnS QDs is little virulence. The structure and the properties of the particles are characterized by energy dispersive X-ray analysis spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, and vibrating sample magnetometer.
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