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Single-walled carbon nanotubes as anisotropic relaxation probes for magnetic resonance imaging†

Arisbel Cerpa,a   Mariana Köber,b   Daniel Calle,c   Viviana Negri,d   Jose María Gavira,e   Antonio Hernanz,e   Fernando Briones,b   Sebastián Cerdánc  and  Paloma Ballesteros*d  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Electromechanics and Materials, Universidad Europea de Madrid, C/Tajo, s/n. Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid-28670, Spain
E-mail: arisbel.cerpa@uem.es
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Tel: +34 912115658

b IMM, Institute of Microelectronics of Madrid, CNM, CSIC, Madrid-28760, Spain
E-mail: mariana.koeber@imm.cnm.csic.es
Fax: +34 948060701
Tel: +34 918060700

c Institute of Biomedical Research “Alberto Sols”, CSIC, Madrid-28029, Spain
E-mail: scerdan@iib.uam.es
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Tel: +34 915854444

d Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and MRI, Faculty of Sciences, UNED, Associated Unit CSIC, Madrid-28040, Spain
E-mail: pballesteros@ccia.uned.es
Fax: +34 913986697
Tel: +34 913987117

e Department of Experimental Physico-Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, UNED, Madrid-28040, Spain
E-mail: ahernanz@ccia.uned.es
Fax: +34 913986697
Tel: +34 913987377

Abstract

We report on the preparation and characterization of magnetically oriented single-walled carbon nanotube arrangements as novel nanoprobes to enhance anisotropically water relaxation as detected by magnetic resonance imaging methods. SWCNT suspensions immobilized in agarose gels showed evident magnetic anisotropy with significantly longer T2 in the parallel than in the perpendicular orientations.

Graphical abstract: Single-walled carbon nanotubes as anisotropic relaxation probes for magnetic resonance imaging

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3MD20235F
Article type
Concise Article
Submitted
09 Aug 2012
Accepted
04 Feb 2013
First published
05 Feb 2013

Med. Chem. Commun., 2013,4, 669-672

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Single-walled carbon nanotubes as anisotropic relaxation probes for magnetic resonance imaging

A. Cerpa, M. Köber, D. Calle, V. Negri, J. M. Gavira, A. Hernanz, F. Briones, S. Cerdán and P. Ballesteros, Med. Chem. Commun., 2013, 4, 669 DOI: 10.1039/C3MD20235F

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