Abstract
New water-soluble paramagnetic Gd-containing cyano-bridged metallic coordination polymer nanoparticles with a chitosan shell show high nuclear relaxivity in acidic water which is up to six times higher than that of the actually used Gd-chelates.
MeSH terms
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Contrast Media / chemistry*
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Gadolinium / chemistry
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
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Magnetics
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Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
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Nitriles / chemistry*
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Polymers / chemistry*
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Temperature
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Water / chemistry
Substances
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Contrast Media
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Nitriles
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Polymers
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Water
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Gadolinium