Radiometals possess an exceptional breadth of decay properties and have been applied to
medicine with great success for several decades. The majority of current clinical use …

Conspectus Complexes of lanthanide (III) ions are being actively studied because of their
unique ground and excited state properties and the associated optical and magnetic …

The chemistry of the less familiar elements is a fascinating topic especially for the inorganic
minded. The lanthanides, or rare earths, comprise the 5d block of the periodic table and …

Optical probes that provide information about local chirality have been developed based on
changes to the circular polarisation of emitted light. Highly emissive complexes of lanthanide …

Over the past 10 years there has been a resurgence of interest in the coordination chemistry
of lanthanide complexes in aqueous solution. Excitement in this work may be related to an …

The simplest reaction on a metal ion in aqueous or nonaqueous solution is the exchange of
a solvent molecule between the first and second coordination shells (eq 1). This reaction is …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been immensely valuable in diagnostic clinical
imaging over the last few decades owing to its exceptional spatial and anatomical …

Magnetic resonance imaging is a commonly used diagnostic method in medicinal practice
as well as in biological and preclinical research. Contrast agents (CAs), which are often …

I. General remarks 173 II. Contribution to the relaxivity 176 A. Inner-sphere contribution to
the relaxivity 178 B. Outer-sphere contribution to the relaxivity 184 C. Second-sphere …

Over the last twenty-five years 1, 4, 7, 10-tetraazacyclododecane-1, 4, 7, 10-tetraacetic acid
(DOTA) has made a significant impact on the field of diagnostic imaging. DOTA is not the …