As a continuation of our work employing polyphenylene-dicarbonitrile molecules and in particular the terphenyl derivative 1 (TDCN), we have synthesized a novel ditopic terphenyl-4,4"-di(propiolonitrile) (2) linker for the self-assembly of organic monolayers and metal coordination at interfaces. The structure of the organic linker 2 was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD...

DOTA-based complexes of gadolinium (Gd) bearing a thiol moiety on a propyl or hexyl arm were synthesized. It was hypothesized that these complexes would form reversible covalent linkages with human serum albumin (HSA), which contains a reactive thiol at cysteine-34. The binding constant of the hexyl complex to HSA was measured to be 64 mM(-1) and decreased to 17, 6.1, and 3.6 mM(-1) in the pres...

conclusion using standard imaging parameters, each mri sequence reaches its maximum si in a specific contrast concentration, which is highest in se and least in ir in a comparison between se, fse and ir sequences. results this study shows that maximum si will appear at different ranges in different sequences. the maximum si can be seen at concentrations of 5.95, 4.96 and 3.98mmol/l for se, fse ...

Biomedical investigations with small animals using 0.5-T and 7-T MRI scanners adjusted on the Larmor frequencies of different nuclei 1H, 2H, 11B, 13C, 19F, 23Na, 31P, 35Cl are described. Experiments on registration of signals 19F from the fluorocarbons injected in laboratory animals are discussed. They give presentation on the application of fluorocarbon compounds as blood substitutes and contr...

Recently, the "glymphatic system" of the brain has been discovered in rodents, which is a paravascular, transparenchymal route for clearance of excess brain metabolites and distribution of compounds in the cerebrospinal fluid. It has already been demonstrated that intrathecally administered gadolinium (Gd) contrast medium distributes along this route in rats, but so far not in humans. A 27-year...

The reactivity of a fuel assembly including burnable absorbers can become the largest at low burnup, so accuracy calculations for such systems is important. To investigate this issue, impact gadolinium isotopes’ nuclear data on neutron multiplication factor k quantified. Sensitivities to are calculated from 0 20 GWD/t BWR 3 × multicell model. Sensitivity gadolinium-157 (n,γ) cross section becom...

The mass transfer performance of a pulsed disc and doughnut column for extraction of samarium and gadolinium from aqueous nitrate solution with D2EHPA was investigated. The effects of operating parameters such as pulsation intensity, continuous and dispersed phase velocities on column performance were investigated. The axial dispersion model was used to obtain the overall mass transfer coef...

A series of dendritic gadolinium complexes based on dendrimers with 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane as the core were synthesized. Both diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid and pyridoxamine were incorporated to the amine groups on the surface to give the dendritic ligands. These dendritic ligands were then reacted with gadolinium chloride to yield the corresponding dendritic gadolinium complexes. T...

A new amphiphilic molecule bearing poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and quaternary ammonium group, was designed and synthesized to encapsulate paramagnetic Gd(III)-containing polyoxometalate (Gd-POM) through electrostatic interaction for obtaining a water-soluble organic-inorganic hybrid building block based on POM. The yielding organic cation-encapsulated Gd-POM (OCEP-Gd) complex exhibited water-sol...

A Possible Harbinger of Gadolinium Neurotoxicity? Gadolinium chelates are relatively safe agents, with occasional hypersensitivity reactions and systemic toxicity with predominantly extracellular distribution and primarily glomerular clearance. Neurotoxicity has been estimated at approximately 1% on initial studies regarding the pharmacokinetics of gadolinium. We recently encountered a patient ...