Figure 14.
Final steps in the synthesis of AGuIX nanoparticles: (a) nanoparticles after transfer in water; (b) addition of DTPA ligands; (c) chelation of Gd3+ previously trapped in NODAGA ligands; (d) possibility of radiolabelling with 68Ga on accessible NODAGA ligands. On the left is the dynamic light scattering distribution of AGuIX and on the right is their mass distribution determined by deconvolution with a multiplicative correlation algorithm. Adapted with permission from 85, copyright 2011Wiley-VCH.