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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Small. 2013 Apr 24;9(20):3523–3531. doi: 10.1002/smll.201300198

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Synthesis of Gd-PSQ nanoparticles in reverse microemulsions. Two different Gd-chelates (1 and 2) were used to afford PSQ-1 and PSQ-2 particles with high r1 MR relaxivities. PSQ-2 was further functionalized with PEG or anisamide-PEG via the surface carboxy groups.