Cyano-bridged coordination polymer nanoparticles with high nuclear relaxivity: toward new contrast agents for MRI

Yannick Guari≠, Joulia Larionova≠, M. Corti, Alessandro Lascialfari, Massimo Marinone, G. Poletti, Karine Molvinger, Christian Guérin

Dalton Transactions · 2008 · 74 citations · 27 references

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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.

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