Publications by Joao Bruno Livramento Fig.

A benzene-core trinuclear GdIII complex: towards the optimization of relaxivity for MRI contrast agent applications at high magnetic field

André Merbach, Lothar Helm, Eva Jakab Toth, Joao Bruno Livramento Fig.

A novel ligand, H12L, based on a trimethylbenzene core bearing three methylenediethylenetriamine-N,N,N,N- tetraacetate moieties (–CH2DTTA4–) for Gd3+ chelation has been synthesized, and its trinuclear Gd3+ complex [Gd3L(H2O) 6]3– investigated with respect ...

2008

In vivo MRI assessment of a novel GdIII-based contrast agent designed for high magnetic field applications

André Merbach, Lothar Helm, Eva Jakab Toth, Joao Bruno Livramento Fig.

Gd3L is a trinuclear Gd3R complex of intermediate size, designed for contrast agent applications in high field magnetic resonance imaging (H12L is based on a trimethylbenzene core bearing three methylene-diethylenetriamine-N,N,N00,N00-tetraacetate moieties ...

2008

New strategies for highly efficient MRI contrast agents : concentrating relaxivity into a small molecular space

Joao Bruno Livramento Fig.

The 2003 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology has been awarded for discoveries concerning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a technique that revolutionalized medical diagnostics over the last two decades. Such spectacular development would not have been p ...

EPFL2006

First in vivo MRI assessment of a self-assembled metallostar compound endowed with a remarkable high field relaxivity

André Merbach, Lothar Helm, Eva Jakab Toth, Joao Bruno Livramento Fig.

{Fe[Gd2bpy(DTTA)2(H2O)4]3}4- is a self-assembled, metallostar-structured potential MRI contrast agent, with six efficiently relaxing Gd3+ centers confined into a small mol. space. Its proton relaxivity is particularly remarkable at very high magnetic field ...

2006

A Starburst-Shaped Heterometallic Compound Incorporating Six Densely Packed Gd3+ Ions

André Merbach, Alain Borel, Eva Jakab Toth, Joao Bruno Livramento Fig.

The heterotritopic ligand [bpy(DTTA)2]8- has two diethylenediamine-tetraacetate units for selective lanthanide(III) coordination and one bipyridine function for selective FeII coordination. In aqueous solution and in the presence of these metals, the ligan ...

2006

High Relaxivity Confined to a Small Molecular Space: A Metallostar-Based, Potential MRI Contrast Agent

André Merbach, Alain Borel, Eva Jakab Toth, Joao Bruno Livramento Fig.

Good things come in small packages: For its moderate molecular weight, the metallostar complex [Fe{Gd2L(H2O)4}3]4− (see picture; L is a bipyridine–poly(aminocarboxylate) derivative) displays exceptionally high proton relaxivity, which is explained in terms ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH2005