Key Parameters on the Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles for MRI Contrast Agents

Figure 3

TEM images of magnetite nanoparticles obtained by microwave (MW) and thermal decomposition (TD), using different solvents (dibenzyl ether (a and b), octadecene (d), and benzyl alcohol (c)). Nanoparticles coated with DMSA. Descriptions of the samples are included in Table 2.

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