Nanostructured Fluorinated Materials as Smart Reporter Agents in 19F MRI

This research program aims to design, synthesize and characterize new fluorinated nanostructured materials as intelligent reporters in 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging (19F-MRI). The nanostructured molecular reporter agents, target of this project, will be obtained via the self-assembly in solution of fluorinated molecular building blocks specifically designed to possess optimal magnetic properties. Such nanostructured reporter agents will allow to confine within nanoscale cages (~ 5 nm) fluorinated moieties, thus making them insensitive to environmental changes which could cause a reduced quality of resonance images. Objectives of the project are the understanding and full implementation into real-world applications of the technological potential of self-assembly processes in order to obtain fluorinated nanostructured materials with optimized magnetic properties to be used as smart molecular probes in 19F imaging.

Research Fields

Chemistry

Selection process

In order to participate in the selection, please read the notice of selection (“bando”) available at the following website: http://www.polimi.it/lavora-con-noi/collaborazioni-di-ricerca/assegnidiricerca/

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Programme Description

Eligible destination country/ies for fellows	All
Eligibility of fellows: country/ies of residence	All
Eligibility of fellows: nationality/ies	All
Website of Fellowship Programme	http://www.polimi.it/lavora-con-noi/collaborazioni-di-ricerca/assegnidiricerca/

Fellowship's Details

Career Stage	Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate), Experienced researcher or 4-10 yrs (Post-Doc)
Research Profile	Not defined