A multiple gadolinium complex decorated fullerene as a highly sensitive T1 contrast agent†
Abstract
We report a simple strategy to construct a multiple gadolinium complex decorated fullerene (CGDn) as an enhanced T1 contrast agent. The CGDn exhibits much higher T1 relaxivity (∼49.7 mM−1 s−1) than individual Gd-DOTA, and shows excellent T1 contrast enhancement ability both in vitro and in vivo.