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. 2001 May;80(5):2483–2486. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)76217-0

Magnetic resonance of a dextran-coated magnetic fluid intravenously administered in mice.

L M Lacava 1, Z G Lacava 1, M F Da Silva 1, O Silva 1, S B Chaves 1, R B Azevedo 1, F Pelegrini 1, C Gansau 1, N Buske 1, D Sabolovic 1, P C Morais 1
PMCID: PMC1301436  PMID: 11325747

Abstract

Magnetic resonance was used to investigate the kinetic disposition of magnetite nanoparticles (9.4 nm core diameter) from the blood circulation after intravenous injection of magnetite-based dextran-coated magnetic fluid in female Swiss mice. In the first 60 min the time-decay of the nanoparticle concentration in the blood circulation follows the one-exponential (one-compartment) model with a half-life of (6.9 +/- 0.7) min. The X-band spectra show a broad single line at g approximately 2, typical of nanomagnetic particles suspended in a nonmagnetic matrix. The resonance field shifts toward higher values as the particle concentration reduces, following two distinct regimes. At the higher concentration regime (above 10(14) cm(-3)) the particle-particle interaction responds for the nonlinear behavior, while at the lower concentration regime (below 10(14) cm(-3)) the particle-particle interaction is ruled out and the system recovers the linearity due to the demagnetizing field effect alone.

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