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Synthesis and Surface Modification of Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticles (Gd2O3) for MRI Contrast Agent
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Madaah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor)
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In recent years, much attention has been paid to the development of biofunctionalized nanoparticles with special magnetic properties for using in clinical imaging. Targeted magnetic materials with high MRI signal intensity can be used in tissue imaging and molecular and cellular detection as valuable tools. The aim of this study has been to synthesize the nanocomposite including the functional gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3) nanoaprticles for MRI contrast agent. Synthesis and in-situ surface modification of ultrasmall Gd2O3 nanoparticles (2.5nm) with PVP was performed by a microwave modified polyol in 5 min. The structure and size of synthesized nanoparticles were studied using X-ray diffraction...
Designing and Improving Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles as a MRI Contrast Agent
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Maddah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor)
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In this thesis, manganese oxide nanoparticles with about 5 nm size were synthesized via solvothermal to maximize surface and active sites for proton relaxation. The synthesized nanoparticles were coated with gentisic acid to acquire suitable colloidal stability and biocompatibility. The nanoparticles showed low cytotoxicity in MTT assay. Electrosteric mechanisim was employed for colloidal stability. This mechanisim doesn’t need high surface charge and thick coat which are vital for particles functionality. Then by cell culture eliminating and adding protamine sulfade, nanoparticles uptake were increased tremendously. In this thesis for first time Prussian blue was utilized for staining...
Synthesis and Characterization of Colloidal Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide and Iron/Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as MRI Contrast Agent
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Madaah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor) ; Seyed Reyhani, Morteza (Supervisor)
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As contrast enhancement agent, two different structures of superparamagnetic nanoparticles were synthesized. Iron oxide nanoparticles were prepared through an alkaline coprecipitation method of Iron (II) and (III) ions. PEG-6000 was used as biocapping material and its effect on particle size, colloidal stability and cytotoxicity was evaluated. On the other hand, novel core/shell structures were produced by NaBH4 reduction process of iron (III) in an aqueous media following by further oxidation by two different methods using (CH3)3NO oxygen transferring agent and exposure to oxygen flow. In both cases, structural examinations were conducted via X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and...
Synthesis and Characterization of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Via Microemulsion (Reverse Micelle) Method as MRI Contrast Agents
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Madah Hosseini, Hamid Reza (Supervisor)
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Iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesized using microemulsion technique as MRI contrast agents. Utilization of nanoparticles for biological applications and in this case as MRI contrast agents needs particles to be of small size and also narrow size distribution. For this aim, the effect of several parameters on size and size distribution has been studied. These parameters include water/surfactant ratio, precursor’s concentration and amount of polymer employed to improve nanoparticles colloidal stability. XRD, FE-SEM and TEM results reveal that the synthesized nanoparticles had small size (about 10 nm iron oxide core and 20 nm overall diameter) and possessed narrow size distribution (15-21...
An investigation on the optimum conditions of synthesizing a magnetite based ferrofluid as MRI contrast agent using Taguchi method
, Article Materials Science- Poland ; Volume 31, Issue 2 , 2013 , Pages 253-258 ; 01371339 (ISSN) ; Hosseini, H. R. M ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
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In this study, some stabilized magnetite based ferrofluids were synthesized using Dextran as a stabilizing agent. In order to achieve optimum experimental conditions for synthesizing ferrofluids as MRI contrast agents, the Taguchi method was used. This approach was employed to design and minimize the number of required experiments. By using the Taguchi orthogonal (L16) array, four parameters including solution temperature and alkalinity, reaction temperature and stirring rate were selected at four predetermined levels for 16 experiments. Synthesizing processes established based on this set of experimental conditions were carried out and the obtained ferrofluids were characterized using PCS,...
Synthesis of pseudopolyrotaxanes-coated superparamagnetic Iron oxide nanoparticles as new MRI contrast agent
, Article Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces ; Volume 103 , March , 2013 , Pages 652-657 ; 09277765 (ISSN) ; Panahifar, A ; Adeli, M ; Amiri, H ; Lascialfari, A ; Orsini, F ; Doschak, M. R ; Mahmoudi, M ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
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Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs) were synthesized and coated with pseudopolyrotaxanes (PPRs) and proposed as a novel hybrid nanostructure for medical imaging and drug delivery. PPRs were prepared by addition of α-cyclodextrin rings to functionalized polyethylene glycol (PEG) chain with hydrophobic triazine end-groups. Non-covalent interactions between SPIONs and PPRs led to the assembly of SPIONs@PRs hybrid nanomaterials. Measurements of the 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) relaxation times T1 and T2 allowed us to determine the NMR dispersion profiles. Comparison between our SPIONs@PRs hybrid nano-compound and the commercial SPION compound, Endorem®, showed a higher...
Graphene/cobalt nanocarrier for hyperthermia therapy and MRI diagnosis
, Article Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces ; Volume 146 , 2016 , Pages 271-279 ; 09277765 (ISSN) ; Ahadian, M. M ; Ghiass, M. A ; Iraji zad, A ; Saber, R ; Parseh, B ; Oghabian, M. A ; Shanehsazzadeh, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier
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Graphene/cobalt nanocomposites are promising materials for theranostic nanomedicine applications, which are defined as the ability to diagnose, provide targeted therapy and monitor the response to the therapy. In this study, the composites were synthesized via chemical method, using graphene oxide as the source material and assembling cobalt nanoparticles of 15 nm over the surface of graphene sheets. Various characterization techniques were then employed to reveal the morphology, size and structure of the nanocomposites, such as X-ray diffraction analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy and...
Ultrasonic-assisted synthesis of magnetite based MRI contrast agent using cysteine as the biocapping coating
, Article Materials Chemistry and Physics ; Volume 131, Issue 1-2 , 2011 , Pages 170-177 ; 02540584 (ISSN) ; Malek, M ; Hosseini, H. R. M ; Shokrgozar, M. A ; Oghabian, M. A ; Masoudi, A ; Gu, N ; Zhang, Y ; Sharif University of Technology
2011
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Magnetite nanoparticles (mean particle size ranging from 10 to 20 nm) were prepared by a biomoleculeassisted solution-phase approach under ultrasonic irradiation. Cysteine was used as the capping agent in the solution. The results show that cysteine could be an efficient biocapping agent in producing Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The crystal structure and magnetic properties of the nanoparticles were characterized by XRD and VSM techniques, respectively. FT-IR was used to investigate the presence of cysteine on the nanoparticles surface. The influence of pH value of the solution on the size distribution and hydrodynamic size of nanoparticles were studied by TEM and DLS methods, respectively. The MTT...
Synthesizing and staining manganese oxide nanoparticles for cytotoxicity and cellular uptake investigation
, Article Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects ; Vol. 1840, Issue. 1 , 2014 , pp. 428-433 ; ISSN: 03044165 ; Oghabian, M. A ; Ahmadi, R ; Shahbazi, N ; Hosseini, H. R. M ; Shanehsazzadeh, S ; Zangeneh, R. N ; Sharif University of Technology
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Background For decades, contrast agents have been used to reduce longitudinal (T1) or transverse (T2) relaxation times. High toxicity of gadolinium-based contrast agents leads researchers to new T1 contrast agents. Manganese oxide (MnO) nanoparticle (NP) with the lower peril and good enough signal change ability has been offered as a new possibility for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods The synthesized NPs were investigated for physicochemical and biological properties by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, transmission electron microscope, dynamic light scattering (DLS), inductively coupled plasma, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and 3 T magnetic resonance...
The effect of poly(ethylene glycol) coating on colloidal stability of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as potential MRI contrast agent
, Article International Journal of Pharmaceutics ; Volume 433, Issue 1-2 , 2012 , Pages 129-141 ; 03785173 (ISSN) ; Madaah Hosseini, H. R ; Shokrgozar, M. A ; Ahmadi, R ; Oghabian, M. A ; Sharif University of Technology
2012
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Superparamganetic iron oxide-based contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have offered new possibility for early detection of lymph nodes and their metastases. According to important role of nanoparticle size in biodistribution, magnetite nanoparticles coated with different polyethylene glycol (PEG) concentrations up to 10/1 PEG/iron oxide weight ratio in an ex situ manner. To predict the PEG-coated nanoparticle behavior in biological media, such as blood stream or tissue, colloidal stability evaluation was performed to estimate the coating endurance in different conditions. Accordingly, optical absorbance measurements were conducted in solutions with different values of pH and...
Controlled temperature-mediated curcumin release from magneto-thermal nanocarriers to kill bone tumors
, Article Bioactive Materials ; Volume 11 , 2022 , Pages 107-117 ; 2452199X (ISSN) ; Jahanmard, F ; Madaah Hosseini, H. R ; Bagheri, R ; Dabbagh, A ; Weinans, H ; Amin Yavari, S ; Sharif University of Technology
KeAi Communications Co
2022
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Systemic chemotherapy has lost its position to treat cancer over the past years mainly due to drug resistance, side effects, and limited survival ratio. Among a plethora of local drug delivery systems to solve this issue, the combinatorial strategy of chemo-hyperthermia has recently received attention. Herein we developed a magneto-thermal nanocarrier consisted of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) coated by a blend formulation of a three-block copolymer Pluronic F127 and F68 on the oleic acid (OA) in which Curcumin as a natural and chemical anti-cancer agent was loaded. The subsequent nanocarrier SPION@OA-F127/F68-Cur was designed with a controlled gelation temperature of...