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   ANM 2010
    3rd International Conference on Advanced Nano Materials
    12-15 September 2010 - Agadir, Morocco

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   Abstract


ANMM103
SYNTHESIS OF HIGH CONCENTRATION COLLOID SOLUTION OF SILICA-COATED AGI NANOPARTICLES
Yoshio KOBAYASHI, Marie MINATO, Kazuaki IHARA, Tomohiko NAKAGAWA, Kohsuke GONDA, Motohiro TAKEDA, Noriaki OHUCHI, Atsuo KASUYA
Department of Biomolecular Functional Engineering, College of Engineering, Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Ibaraki 316-8511, Japan
Division of Surgical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
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We have studied on preparation of silica-coated AgI (AgI/SiO2) nanoparticles toward new X-ray contrast agents.   The preparation method is composed of preparation of AgI nanoparticles and silica-coating them.   Colloid solution of the AgI particles was prepared by mixing AgClO4 aqueous solution and KI aqueous solution, and silica-coating was performed by adding 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, tetraethylorthosilicate/ethanol solution and NaOH to the AgI colloid solution.   In our recent works, AgI/SiO2 particles could be prepared at an AgI concentration of 10-3 M, which was, however, still low compared with that of the commercial contrast agent.   The aim of the present work is to examine various methods for synthesizing high concentration AgI/SiO2 particle colloid that reveals X-ray contrast property as well as the commercial X-ray contrast agent does.   The first was a single step-method, which was to perform our previous method for preparing AgI/SiO2 particle colloid at an AgI concentration of not 10-3 but 5×10-3 M.   The second was a multiple step-method, which was to repeat a step for our previous method 5 times for adjusting a final AgI concentration to 5×10-3 M.   In the two methods, dominant particle aggregation took place, though core-shell particles were also produced.   The third was a salting out-method, which was to salt out AgI/SiO2 particles in their colloid solution prepared at an AgI concentration of 10-3 M, remove supernatant by decantation, and redisperse the particles in saline.   AgI/SiO2 particles with an AgI concentration as high as 0.05 M were successfully prepared with the salting out-method, and their core-shell structure was not damaged during the salting-out.
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