Mesoporous gadolino-aluminosilicate nanoparticles as magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents

J Mater Chem B. 2013 Mar 7;1(9):1219-1222. doi: 10.1039/c3tb00034f. Epub 2013 Jan 30.

Abstract

Enhanced T1 MRI contrast was observed in mesoporous gadolinosilicates co-doped with aluminium. The effect of gadolinium and aluminium dopant concentration was explored using a high-throughput workflow. The T1 relaxivity increases with lower gadolinium and higher aluminium loadings.