Environmentally responsive MRI contrast agents

GL Davies, I Kramberger, JJ Davis - Chemical Communications, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomedical imaging techniques can provide a vast amount of anatomical information,
enabling diagnosis and the monitoring of disease and treatment profile. MRI uniquely offers …

Mesoporous carbon in biomedicine: Modification strategies and biocompatibility

Y Zhang, Z Li, Z Zhao, Y Li, Z Liu, S Sun - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
As a new inorganic material, mesoporous carbon (MCNs) nanomaterials integrate the
advantages of a mesoporous structure and carbonaceous composition, and have shown …

Scaling behaviour for the water transport in nanoconfined geometries

E Chiavazzo, M Fasano, P Asinari, P Decuzzi - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
The transport of water in nanoconfined geometries is different from bulk phase and has
tremendous implications in nanotechnology and biotechnology. Here molecular dynamics is …

A Microfluidic Platform to design crosslinked Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles (cHANPs) for enhanced MRI

M Russo, P Bevilacqua, PA Netti, E Torino - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Recent advancements in imaging diagnostics have focused on the use of nanostructures
that entrap Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Contrast Agents (CAs), without the need to …

Gadolinium oxide nanoplates with high longitudinal relaxivity for magnetic resonance imaging

M Cho, R Sethi, SS Lee, DN Benoit, N Taheri… - Nanoscale, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular-based contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are often
characterized by insufficient relaxivity, thus requiring the systemic injection of high doses to …

Geometrically confined ultrasmall gadolinium oxide nanoparticles boost the T 1 contrast ability

K Ni, Z Zhao, Z Zhang, Z Zhou, L Yang, L Wang, H Ai… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
High-performance magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents and novel contrast
enhancement strategies are urgently needed for sensitive and accurate diagnosis. Here we …

Thermal and concentration effects on 1 H NMR relaxation of Gd 3+-aqua using MD simulations and measurements

TJP Dos Santos, AV Parambathu… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Gadolinium-based contrast agents are key in clinical MRI for enhancing the longitudinal
NMR relativity (r1) of hydrogen nuclei (1H) in water and improving the contrast among …

Novel intrapolymerization doped manganese‐eumelanin coordination nanocomposites with ultrahigh relaxivity and their application in tumor theranostics

H Liu, C Chu, Y Liu, X Pang, Y Wu, Z Zhou… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
While magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents have potential in noninvasive image‐
guided tumor treatment, further developments are needed to increase contrast …

The emerging role of nanotechnology in cell and organ transplantation

E Tasciotti, FJ Cabrera, M Evangelopoulos… - …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Transplantation is often the only choice many patients have when suffering from end-stage
organ failure. Although the quality of life improves after transplantation, challenges, such as …

Albumin-based nanoparticles loaded with hydrophobic gadolinium chelates as T 1–T 2 dual-mode contrast agents for accurate liver tumor imaging

L Wang, H Lin, L Ma, J Jin, T Shen, R Wei, X Wang… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnetic resonance contrast agents with T1–T2 dual mode contrast capability have
attracted considerable interest because they offer complementary and synergistic diagnostic …