Nanocomposites of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Oxide and Manganese Oxide for Photodynamic Therapy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Materials
4.2. Preparation of Mn3O4 Nanoparticles
4.3. Preparation of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Oxide (NDG)
4.4. Preparation of Nanocomposites of NDG and Mn3O4 (NDG-Mn3O4)
4.5. Characterization of Nanoparticles
4.6. Cell Viability Analysis
4.7. In-Vitro Photodynamic Therapy
4.8. Analysis of Singlet Oxygen Generation
4.9. MRI Relaxivity Analysis
4.10. Statistics
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Khan, H.A.; Lee, Y.-K.; Shaik, M.R.; Alrashood, S.T.; Ekhzaimy, A.A. Nanocomposites of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Oxide and Manganese Oxide for Photodynamic Therapy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 15087. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232315087
Khan HA, Lee Y-K, Shaik MR, Alrashood ST, Ekhzaimy AA. Nanocomposites of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Oxide and Manganese Oxide for Photodynamic Therapy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(23):15087. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232315087
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhan, Haseeb A., Yong-Kyu Lee, Mohammed Rafi Shaik, Sara T. Alrashood, and Aishah A. Ekhzaimy. 2022. "Nanocomposites of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Oxide and Manganese Oxide for Photodynamic Therapy and Magnetic Resonance Imaging" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 23: 15087. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232315087