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Synthesis of Nine-atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions of Germanium and their Functionalization with Organic Groups
Published on: February 11, 2012
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Intermetallic cobalt-gallium targets for production of germanium radioisotopes
C J Kutyreff1, T E Barnhart1, Y H Lo1
1University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medical Physics, USA.
Abstract:
Increasing interest in targeted radionuclide therapy motivates the development of new radionuclides. The unique emission spectrum from 71Ge make it an ideal candidate for probing microdosimetric effects of low energy electrons absent confounding photon dose. This work reports a novel intermetallic target of Co and Ga for accelerator production of no-carrier-added 69/71Ge and a new method to isolate the Ge in high yields and purities.
Keywords:
(69)Ge(71)GePositron emission tomographyRadionuclidesTargeted radionuclide therapyTheranostic
