. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Biol Inorg Chem. 2013 Oct 29;19(2):247–258. doi: 10.1007/s00775-013-1054-9

Table 1.

Properties of MDIO, SDIO, and DIO.

Nanop- articles	Iron Oxide Core size (nm)	Coating Materials	Average hydrodynamic diameter (nm)	Relaxivity (mM⁻¹s⁻¹) (1.4 T, 37 °C)		% iron	ζ (mV)
Nanop- articles	Iron Oxide Core size (nm)	Coating Materials	Average hydrodynamic diameter (nm)	r ₁	r ₂	% iron	ζ (mV)
MDIO	7-8	Maleylated	62.7	16.8	83.9	10.48	− 37.65
		Dextran
SDIO	7-8	Sufated	62.4	18.1	95.8	11.34	− 40.05
		Dextran
DIO	7-8	Dextran	38.1	15.7	89.2	17.53	− 14.70

SDIO data is from reference [30].