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Preparation, Purification, and Characterization of Lanthanide Complexes for Use as Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published on: July 21, 2011
A hexanuclear gadolinium-organic octahedron as a sensitive MRI contrast agent for selectively imaging glucosamine in
Cheng He1, Xiao Wu, Jichuan Kong
1State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116012, China.
Abstract:
A hexanuclear gadolinium octahedral nanocage was self-assembled as an efficient multimeric magnetic resonance probe for selectively responding glucosamine. The rigid facial bridging ligands provided additional enhancements for the proton relativity around gadolinium ions, ensuring the application of MRI in vivo.
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