Abstract
Nano-assembled capsules can incorporate large payloads of high relaxivity Gd3+, permitting the development of highly detectable molecular imaging agents for MRI. A new encapsulating shell, based upon cross-linked peptides, is found to afford smaller capsules (127 nm average diameter) with exceptionally high per-Gd3+ relaxivities (70.7 s-1 mmolal-1).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 6355-6358 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 47 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Catalysis
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Chemistry(all)
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials Chemistry