Self-assembled peptide amphiphile nanofibers conjugated to MRI contrast agents

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Bull, Steve R ^a   Guler, Mustafa O ^a   Bras, Rafael E ^b   Meade, Thomas J ^a,c   Stupp, Samuel I ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC RELAXATION; PARAMAGNETIC AGENTS; SELF-ASSEMBLED PEPTIDES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADHESION; ALCOHOLS; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CROSSLINKING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONOMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PROTEINS; SCAFFOLDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

POLYPEPTIDES;

CHELATING AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; NANOMATERIAL; PEPTIDE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHELATING AGENTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PEPTIDES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 12844286898     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0484898     Document Type: Article

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