Abstract #3889

Synthesis of CuO Doped Gd2O3 Nanoparticles as T1 MRI Contrast Agent

Badrul Alam Bony¹, Krishna Kattel¹, Wenlong Xu¹, Woo Choul Heo¹, Tirusew Tegafaw Mengesha¹, Md. Wasi Ahmad¹, Cho Rong KIM¹, Yongmin Chang², Gang Ho LEE¹

¹Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea; ²School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea

CuO doped Gd₂O₃ nanoparticles can be used as a MRI contrast agent clinically because of its enhanced relaxivity and less toxicity. The r₁ value of CuO doped Gd₂O₃ nanoparticles is 13.8 mM^-1s^-1 which is more than double of ordinary Gd₂O₃ nanoparticles. That is why, CuO doped Gd₂O₃ nanoparticles can be a novel candidate for T₁ MRI contast agent.