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    Biofunctionalization of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles
    (2011) Sülek, Selim
    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has attracted intensive interest due to its non-invasive monitoring capacity. Gadolinium based contrast agents, most widely used CA, suffer from high level of toxicity and high threshold of detection. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) based contrast agents (CA) are good alternatives for gadolinium based CAs, since they have extraordinary magnetic properties within nanometer size and relatively low toxicity. Surface active group of SPIONs are mostly responsible for these advantages. In this thesis, we studied biofunctionalization of iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles with variety of peptide molecules for the solubilization and biofunctionalization of SPIONs. Particle synthesis was carried out via two methods: co-precipitation and thermal decomposition and they were compared by means of size and stability. Several characterization methods, such as Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Circular Dichroism (CD), Rheology, X-ray diffraction (XRD) X-ray photon spectroscopy (XPS), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) were used in order to fully characterized the SPIONs prepared.methods were used in order to fully characterize the SPIONs. Thermal decomposition is the best method to control the particle size and avoid aggregation problems. Peptide amphiphile molecules are used to non-covalently functionalize SPIONs synthesized by thermal decomposition method to provide water solubility and biocompatibility. Particles are found to be around 35 nm with r2 values of 100.4 and 93.7 s-1mM-1 which are comparable with commercially available SPIONs. In vitro cell culture experiments revealed that peptide-SPION complexes are biocompatible and are localized around the cells due to their peptide coating. Finally, SPIONs were evaluated in terms of their potential use as MRI contrast agent.
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    Transmission Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy Investigation on Cellular Uptake Behavior of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
    (2012) Zhang, Y.; Kyle J.R.; Penchev, M.; Yazdanpanah V.; Yu J.; Li, Y.; Yang, M.; Budak G.; Özbay, Ekmel; Ozkan, M.; Ozkan, C.S.
    Cellular uptake behavior of iron oxide nanoparticles is investigated using a transmission near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) without the need of fluorescent labeling. By using the transmission NSOM system, we could simultaneously explore the near-field optical analysis of the cell interior and record the topographic information of the cell surface. The cell endocytosis of iron oxide nanoparticles by normal breast MCF10A cells is first studied by this transmission NSOM system, and this dual functional nanoscale-resolution microscopy shows the capability of mapping the spatial localization of nanoparticles in/outside cell surface without the need of fluorescence labeling. Nanoscale optical signature patterns for iron oxide nanoparticle-loaded vesicles inside the cells were observed and analyzed. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012.