Contrast agents endohedral fullerenes

In particular for fullerenes, antioxidant properties and photodynamic activity are presented in detail, together with the analysis of gadolinium endohedrals as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents. Moreover, drag delivery based on carbon nanomaterials has been illustrated. [Pg.414]

Some proposed applications of endohedral fullerenes include MRI contrast agents, radiopharmaceuticals, photo-voltaics, and quantum computing. While some of the proposed applications have been recently achieved, a problem that has to be overcome for most applications is the insolubility of... [Pg.495]

Trimetallic nitride endohedral fiiUerenes have been sought for use in MRl contrast agent ( Lanthanides Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and optoelectronic devices because of the wide variety of trimetallic nitride clusters that can be encapsulated in the fullerene, which can be used to tune properties of the material. ... [Pg.498]

Endohedral metallofullerenes were presented as a new family of Gd complexes, in which Gd + cations are nicely encapsnlated inside fullerene cages. Since the Gd cation is protected from chemical attack, the Gd +-fullerenes are chemically stable and less toxic (Wilson, 1999). Water-soluble Gd + endohedral metallofullerene 99 (scheme 20), was characterized as an MRI contrast agent (Kato et al., 2003). Its water proton relaxivity r was estimated as being... [Pg.326]

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