Research Article

A Library of Potential Nanoparticle Contrast Agents for X-Ray Fluorescence Tomography Bioimaging

Table 1

Details on the characteristics of the investigated nanomaterials.

ElementCompoundSynthetic routeAvg. particle size (nm)Remarks

YY(OH)CO3Hydrothermal350Spherical
ZrZrO2Hydrothermal<50Clusters
NbNb2O5Hydrothermal<20Nanorods
MoMoOx29Hydrothermal10 nmClusters
RuRuReduction in solution4Spherical
RhRhReduction in solution8Polygonal