Mechanisms of gadographene-mediated proton spin relaxation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 16263-16273

  Hung, Andy H ^a   Duch, Matthew C ^b   Parigi, Giacomo ^c   Rotz, Matthew W ^a   Manus, Lisa M ^a   Mastarone, Daniel J ^a   Dam, Kevin T ^a   Gits, Colton C ^b   MacRenaris, Keith W ^a   Luchinat, Claudio ^c   Hersam, Mark C ^b   Meade, Thomas J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUND WATER MOLECULES; CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HYDRATION NUMBER; MECHANISM OF ACTION; RELAXOMETRIC PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL LIMITS; WATER RESIDENCE TIME;

GRAPHENE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

PROTONS;

EID: 84881443919     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406909b     Document Type: Article

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