A method of purifying metal oxide particles and uses thereof

A method of purifying a plurality of metal oxide particles produced from a synthesis process is disclosed. The method comprises the step of washing a plurality of metal oxide particles in a first solvent composition comprising of at least one aliphatic ether, and at least one flocculant. In one embodiment, the plurality of metal oxide particles are iron oxide particles produced from a thermal decomposition synthesis process between an iron-oleate complex and oleic acid in 1-octadecene, wherein the first solvent composition comprises a 1:1 (vol/vol) ratio of an aliphatic ether in the form of diethyl ether and a flocculant in the form of methanol. The washed iron oxide particles are further washed in a second solvent composition comprising a 1:1 (vol/vol) ratio of hexane and ethanol, and then finally dispersed in hexane. The resulting iron oxide particles find use as a contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or as magnetic particles in magnetic separation, magnetism-directed targeting or magnetism-induced heating..

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Patent

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Europäisches Patentamt - (2022) vom: 08. Sept. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

ANDERSON AMANDA [VerfasserIn]
BANSAL VIPUL [VerfasserIn]
CAMPBELL JOS LAURIE [VerfasserIn]
RAMANATHAN RAJESH [VerfasserIn]
ARORA JYOTI [VerfasserIn]
SHUKLA RAVI [VerfasserIn]

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Source: www.epo.org (no modifications made), First posted: 2022-09-08, Last update posted on www.tib.eu: 2023-09-18, Last updated: 2023-09-22

Patentnummer:

AU2017326745

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

EPA004878892