Mixed Metal Metal-Organic Frameworks Derived Carbon Supporting ZnFe2O4/C for High-Performance Magnetic Particle Imaging

Zhenqi Jiang, Xiao Han, Yang Du, Yanying Li, Yong Li, Juan Li, Jie Tian, Aiguo Wu

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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 ZnFe2O4/C@PDA was found to be 4.7 times higher than the commercial MPI contrast (Vivotrax) having the same Fe concentration. ZnFe2O4/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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2730-2737
Number of pages8
JournalNano Letters
Volume21
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Apr 2021

Keywords

  • Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer
  • High-Temperature Pyrolysis
  • Magnetic Particle Imaging
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks

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