Mixed Metal Metal-Organic Frameworks Derived Carbon Supporting ZnFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/C for High-Performance Magnetic Particle Imaging.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Recently, magnetic particle imaging (MPI) has shown diverse biomedical applications such as cell tracking, lung perfusion, image-guided hyperthermia, and so forth. However, the currently reported MPI agents cannot achieve the possible theoretical detection limit of MPI (20 nM). A previous theoretical study has shown that the MPI performance of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) can be enhanced by carbon supporting and metal doping. In the current study, a series of mixed metal metal-organic framework-derived carbon supporting SPIONs were synthesized by pyrolysis. Among the synthesized SPIONs, the MPI signal intensity of ZnFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/C@PDA was found to be 4.7 times higher than the commercial MPI contrast (Vivotrax) having the same Fe concentration. ZnFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>/C@PDA also showed the highest MPI intensity in tumor-bearing-mice among all tested samples. Furthermore, they were found highly biocompatible and showed linear cell quantification. This work can open new avenues for the design and development of novel and high-performance MPI agents.