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US 2006/0233712 A1Published application
Magnetic nanoparticles
AssigneesConsejo Superior de Investigacione Cientificas, Midatech Limited
InventorsSoledad Penades, Manuel Martin-Lomas, Jesus Martines De La Fuente, Thomas Rademacher
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Abstract
Materials and methods for making small magnetic particles, e.g. clusters of metal atoms, which can be employed as a substrate for immobilising a plurality of ligands. Also disclosed are uses of these magnetic nanoparticles as therapeutic and diagnostic reagents, and in the study of ligand-mediated interactions.
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A magnetic nanoparticle having a core of metal atoms, wherein the core is covalently linked to a plurality of ligands and has a diameter of less than 2.5 nm.
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