Frequency shift of gradient-echo MRI provides valuable information for assessing brain tissues. Recent studies suggest that the frequency and susceptibility contrast depend on white matter fiber orientation. However, the molecular underpinning of the orientation dependence is unclear. In this study, we investigated the orientation dependence of susceptibility of human brain in vivo and mouse br...

Superparamagnetic nanoparticles (SPIOs) and magnetic microparticles (MPIOs) are used as contrast enhancers in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [1, 2]. Compared to nanofabricated contrast agents, micrometer-sized agents can benefit from higher magnetic moments. As a result, susceptibility artifact (hypointense signal) is increased and visibility improves in MR images [3]. Magnetic moment of a mi...

Since the time of Faraday, several researchers have studied the effects of magnetic fields on flames. In his time, Faraday realized that the application of certain magnetic field configurations to a burning candle resulted an equatorial elongation of the combustion zone [1]. Recent researchers have confirmed what Faraday observed over a century earlier by showing that flames bent to escape magn...

A simple zero-velocity method to determine the particle magnetic susceptibility by measuring the magnetophoretic velocity was proposed. The principle is that the magnetophoretic velocity of a particle in a liquid medium must be zero when the magnetic susceptibilities of the medium and the particle are equal, or the gravity force and the magnetophoretic force are balanced. By changing the medium...

We have recently synthesized [Ni (MAP) ] complex [H-MAP= 2- (methylamino) pyridine]. 2- (Methy1amino)pyridine reacts with MeLi in THF and generates the lithium salt (Li-MAP). Further reaction of NiCl with two equivalent of this ligand in THF leads to the formation of a dark red solution. Analytical data, molecular weight, and magnetic susceptibility of this complex confirm the formula [N...

2-(methylamino) pyridine (hmap) reacts with meli in thf and generates the lithium salt (limap). further reaction of [cu(tmeds)2][cucl2] (tmeda=tetramethylethylenediamine) with one equivalent of this ligand in thf leads to the formation of a yellow dimeric cu(i) complex, [cu(map)]2. analytical data, molecular weight, and magnetic susceptibility measurements, confirm the formula [cu(map)]2 .

Magnetic susceptibility was measured for 700 samples of drill core from thirteen drill holes in the porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit of the Stinkingwater mining district in the Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming. The magnetic susceptibility measurements, chemical analyses, and alteration class provided a database for study of magnetic susceptibility in these altered rocks. The distribution of the ma...

Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique in which the magnetic susceptibility characteristic of molecular and cellular components, including iron and myelin, is quantified. Rapid iron accumulation in subcortical nuclei and myelination of the white matter tracts are two important developmental processes that contribute to cognitive functions. Both...

As indicated by several recent studies, magnetic susceptibility of the brain is influenced mainly by myelin in the white matter and by iron deposits in the deep nuclei. Myelination and iron deposition in the brain evolve both spatially and temporally. This evolution reflects an important characteristic of normal brain development and ageing. In this study, we assessed the changes of regional su...