Controlled self-assembly of small molecule gadolinium (Gd) complexes into nanoparticles (GdNPs) is emerging as an effective approach to design activatable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) probes and amplify the r₁ relaxivity. Herein, we employ a reduction-controlled macrocyclization reaction and self-assembly to develop a redox activated Gd-based MRI probe for sensing a reducing environment. Up...

Clustering of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) is perhaps the most effective, yet intriguing strategy to enhance T2 relaxivity in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, the underlying mechanism is still not fully understood and the attempts to generalize the classic outersphere theory from single particles to clusters have been found to be inadequate. Here we show that clustering of MNPs enhan...

Three bimodal MRI/optical nanosized contrast agents with high per-nanoparticle relaxivity (up to 2523 mM(-1) s(-1) at 35 MHz and 932 mM(-1) s(-1) at 200 MHz) have been prepared connecting up to 115 tris-aqua Gd(III) complexes to fluorescent non-toxic InP/ZnS quantum dots. The structure of the linker has an important effect on the relaxivity of the final multimeric contrast agent.

Abstract In this study, gadolinium (Gd) doped MgAl layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were synthesized via a ‘bottom-up’ method and fully characterized by X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy relaxivity measurements. Two cytotoxic agents then intercalated ion-exchange. diffraction patterns exhibit expanded interlayer spacings as result of successful drug intercalation. Infrared spectra also s...

Inorganic nanoprobes with ultrasmall size have the advantage of kidney clearance, which was very meaningful for achieving clinical application. In this article, Mn2+-doped gold nanoclusters (Mn-AuNCs) were synthesized, by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and tumor-microenvironment-responsive chemodynamic therapy (CDT) photodynamic (PDT) achieved. The results showed that...

We present a facile synthesis of europium-doped gadolinium sulfide (GdS:Eu(3+)) opto-magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) via sonochemistry. Their photoluminescence and strong paramagnetic properties enable these NPs to be utilized as an in vitro cell imaging and in vivo T(1)-weighted MR imaging probe. The GdS:Eu(3+) NPs have a prominent longitudinal (r(1)) relaxivity value, which is a critical paramet...

Introduction: Manganese Enhanced MRI (MEMRI) has been increasingly used in animal neuroimaging thanks to its T1 shortening properties and the fact that it can enter active voltage gated calcium channels [1]. With the higher magnetic field strengths, while the longitudinal and transverse relaxivity as a function of Mn concentration, r1 and r2*, remain virtually unchanged, the tissues R1 and R2* ...

A variety of mechanisms have been proposed for detecting inorganic ions using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. In the most widely explored approach, analyte binding to a paramagnetic metal chelate withdraws ligand(s), increasing the number (q) of inner sphere sites available for water coordination at the paramagnetic center. As a consequence, the longitudinal relaxivity (r1) of...

MRI contrast properties of self-aggregated nanoparticles made from GdIII and 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(pyrazol-1-yl-methyl-3-carboxylate)benzene (L) are investigated. Viscosity of GdL2 suspensions and size-characteristics of GdL2 nanoparticles allow an estimate of their large rotational correlation time. Moreover, two to three H2O molecules are bound, on average, to GdIII ions, as deduced from 17O NMR t...

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) have received immense interest for biomedical applications, with the first clinical application as negative contrast agent in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). However, the first generation MRI contrast agents with dextran-enwrapped, polydisperse iron oxide nanoparticle clusters are limited to imaging of the liver and spleen; this is related to...