Facile preparation and bifunctional imaging of Eu-doped GdPO4 nanorods with MRI and cellular luminescence

Qijun Du, Zhongbing Huang, Zhi Wu, Xianwei Meng, Guangfu Yin, Fabao Gao, Lei Wang
2015 Dalton Transactions  
Eu-doped GdPO4 NRs coated by silk fibroin have been prepared in a template of silk fibroin (SF) peptides via a mineralization process. A growth mechanism of SF-NRs is proposed to explain their stronger luminescence, better cyto-compatibility and higher longitudinal relaxivity r1.
doi:10.1039/c4dt03444a pmid:25630852 fatcat:o4weqsco3zb5nbfvuf6ow3okl4