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Self-assembly of high-nuclearity lanthanide-based nanoclusters for potential bioimaging applications
Xiaoping Yang1, Shiqing Wang, Desmond Schipper
1College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.
Abstract:
Two series of Cd-Ln and Ni-Ln clusters [Ln8Cd24L12(OAc)44(48)Cl4(0)] and [Ln8Ni6L6(OAc)24(EtOH)6(H2O)2] were constructed using a flexible ligand. The Cd-Ln clusters exhibit interesting nano-drum-like structures which allows direct visualization by TEM. Luminex MicroPlex Microspheres loaded with the Cd-Sm cluster were visualized using epifluorescence microscopy. Cytotoxicity studies on A549 and AGS cancer cell lines showed that the materials have mild to moderate cytotoxicity.
