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Luminescent Gold Nanoparticles with Efficient Renal Clearance

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Going to waste: Renal clearance of 2 nm glutathione-coated luminescent gold nanoparticles (GS-AuNPs) was more than 10 to 100 times better than that of the similarly sized nonluminescent AuNPs coated by bis(p-sulfonatophenyl)phenylphosphine and cysteine. Urinary excretion of the particles was imaged with X-ray computed tomography (see picture of a mouse after injection of GS-AuNPs) and luminescence techniques in real time.

Source: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201007321

Authors: Chen Zhou, Michael Long, Yanping Qin, Xiankai Sun, Jie Zheng

Institutions: The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications

Subfield: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering