abstract |
The present invention relates to magnetic particles, wherein each particle comprises a polymer matrix and at least one magnetic core (M), wherein the polymer matrix comprises at least one cross-linked polymer, and wherein the magnetic particles have a size of 1-60 microns particle size in the range of , further, the present invention relates to a method for preparing such particles, and particles obtainable or obtained by said method. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of these magnetic particles for the qualitative and/or quantitative determination of at least one analyte in a fluid. Further, the present invention relates to a method for the determination of at least one analyte in a fluid sample, comprising combining magnetic particles of the present invention or magnetic particles obtained by the method of the present invention with a fluid comprising or suspected of comprising at least one analyte sample contact. |