Structure and dynamics of the hydration shells of citrate-coated GdF3 nanoparticles

Fabio Carniato; Kalaivani Thangavel; Lorenzo Tei; Mauro Botta

doi:10.1039/C3TB20174K

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Structure and dynamics of the hydration shells of citrate-coated GdF₃ nanoparticles†

Fabio Carniato,^a Kalaivani Thangavel,^a Lorenzo Tei^a and Mauro Botta*^a

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Abstract

The ¹H and ¹⁷O relaxometric behaviour in aqueous solution of GdF₃ nanoparticles (<5 nm) coated with citrate molecules (Gd-NPs) was investigated as a function of magnetic field strength and temperature in order to unravel the mechanisms underlying their magnetic interaction with water molecules.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C3TB20174K
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 05 Feb 2013
Accepted: 01 Apr 2013
First published: 03 Apr 2013

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J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013,1, 2442-2446

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Structure and dynamics of the hydration shells of citrate-coated GdF₃ nanoparticles

F. Carniato, K. Thangavel, L. Tei and M. Botta, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1, 2442 DOI: 10.1039/C3TB20174K

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