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A standardized MRI phantom for dissolved phase 129Xe MRI (2024)
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Filkins, M., Harrison, A., Collier, G. J., Norquay, G., Wild, J. M., Rigby, S. P., Pavlovskaya, G. E., & Meersmann, T. (2024). A standardized MRI phantom for dissolved phase 129Xe MRI. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 21, Article 100175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmro.2024.100175

Pulmonary MRI of hyperpolarized xenon-129 (hp129Xe) dissolved in the lung parenchyma and vascular phase is gaining increasing attention for clinical assessment of gas exchange in multiple diseases. These conditions can involve thickening of barrier t... Read More about A standardized MRI phantom for dissolved phase 129Xe MRI.

A molecular–mechanical link in shear-induced self-assembly of a functionalized biopolymeric fluid (2023)
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Pavlovskaya, G. E., & Meersmann, T. (2023). A molecular–mechanical link in shear-induced self-assembly of a functionalized biopolymeric fluid. Soft Matter, 19(17), 3228-3237. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm01381a

23Na multiple quantum filtered (MQF) rheo-NMR methods were applied to probe the molecular foundation for flow induced self-assembly in 0.5% κ-carrageenan fluid. This method is sensitive enough to utilize an endogenous sodium ion concentration of appr... Read More about A molecular–mechanical link in shear-induced self-assembly of a functionalized biopolymeric fluid.

Novel perspectives of sodium handling in type 2 diabetes mellitus (2022)
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Hanson, P., Arkill, K. P., Merry, C. L., Hussain, M. S., Meersmann, T., Randeva, H. S., Pavlovskaya, G. E., O’Hare, P., & Barber, T. M. (2022). Novel perspectives of sodium handling in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 17(4), 333-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/17446651.2022.2092094

Introduction: As a key regulator of body water, sodium homeostasis forms an essential component of human physiology. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2D)-associated sodium overload stems from chronic renal retention of sodium, contributing toward the devel... Read More about Novel perspectives of sodium handling in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Matrix-Bound Growth Factors are Released upon Cartilage Compression by an Aggrecan-Dependent Sodium Flux that is Lost in Osteoarthritis (2021)
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Keppie, S. J., Mansfield, J. C., Tang, X., Philp, C. J., Graham, H. K., Önnerfjord, P., Wall, A., McLean, C., Winlove, C. P., Sherratt, M. J., Pavlovskaya, G. E., & Vincent, T. L. (2021). Matrix-Bound Growth Factors are Released upon Cartilage Compression by an Aggrecan-Dependent Sodium Flux that is Lost in Osteoarthritis. Function, 2(5), Article zqab037. https://doi.org/10.1093/function/zqab037

Articular cartilage is a dense extracellular matrix-rich tissue that degrades following chronic mechanical stress, resulting in osteoarthritis (OA). The tissue has low intrinsic repair especially in aged and osteoarthritic joints. Here, we describe t... Read More about Matrix-Bound Growth Factors are Released upon Cartilage Compression by an Aggrecan-Dependent Sodium Flux that is Lost in Osteoarthritis.

Sodium in the dermis colocates to glycosaminoglycan scaffold, with diminishment in type 2 diabetes mellitus (2021)
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Hanson, P., Philp, C. J., Randeva, H. S., James, S., O’Hare, J. P., Meersmann, T., Pavlovskaya, G. E., & Barber, T. M. (2021). Sodium in the dermis colocates to glycosaminoglycan scaffold, with diminishment in type 2 diabetes mellitus. JCI insight, 6(12), Article e145470. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.145470

BACKGROUND. Dietary sodium intake mismatches urinary sodium excretion over prolonged periods. Our aims were to localize and quantify electrostatically bound sodium within human skin using triple-quantum-filtered (TQF) protocols for MRI and magnetic r... Read More about Sodium in the dermis colocates to glycosaminoglycan scaffold, with diminishment in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Imaging Sodium Dendrite Growth in All‐Solid‐State Sodium Batteries using 23Na T2‐weighted MRI (2020)
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Rees, G. J., Spencer Jolly, D., Ning, Z., Marrow, T. J., Pavlovskaya, G., & Bruce, P. G. (2021). Imaging Sodium Dendrite Growth in All‐Solid‐State Sodium Batteries using 23Na T2‐weighted MRI. Angewandte Chemie, 133(4), 2138-2143. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202013066

Two‐dimensional, Knight‐shifted, T2‐contrasted 23Na magnetic resonance imaging of an all‐solid‐state cell with Na electrode and a ceramic electrolyte is employed to directly observe Na microstructural growth. A spalling dendritic morphology is observ... Read More about Imaging Sodium Dendrite Growth in All‐Solid‐State Sodium Batteries using 23Na T2‐weighted MRI.

Hyperpolarised xenon MRI and time-resolved X-ray computed tomography studies of structure-transport relationships in hierarchical porous media (2020)
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Hill-Casey, F., Hotchkiss, T., Hardstone, K. A., Hitchcock, I., Novak, V., Schlepütz, C. M., Meersmann, T., Pavlovskaya, G. E., & Rigby, S. P. (2021). Hyperpolarised xenon MRI and time-resolved X-ray computed tomography studies of structure-transport relationships in hierarchical porous media. Chemical Engineering Journal, 405, Article 126750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.126750

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Catalysed diesel particulate filter (DPF) monoliths are hierarchical porous solids, as demonstrated by mercury porosimetry. Establishing structure-transport relationships, including assessing the general accessibility of the cata... Read More about Hyperpolarised xenon MRI and time-resolved X-ray computed tomography studies of structure-transport relationships in hierarchical porous media.

Structural and chemical heterogeneity in ancient glass probed using gas overcondensation, X-ray tomography, and solid-state NMR (2020)
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Rigby, S. P., Stevens, L., Meersmann, T., Pavlovskaya, G. E., Rees, G. J., Henderson, J., Bryant, S. J., Edler, K. J., & Fletcher, R. S. (2020). Structural and chemical heterogeneity in ancient glass probed using gas overcondensation, X-ray tomography, and solid-state NMR. Materials Characterization, 167, Article 110467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2020.110467

Rare ancient glasses have complex, multi-scale structures requiring more sophisticated and non-destructive pore characterisation techniques than usual. Homotattic patch models for nitrogen adsorption gave better fits to the isotherm data, more accura... Read More about Structural and chemical heterogeneity in ancient glass probed using gas overcondensation, X-ray tomography, and solid-state NMR.

Operando visualisation of battery chemistry in a sodium-ion battery by 23Na magnetic resonance imaging (2020)
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Kendrick, E., Bray, J. M., Doswell, C. L., Pavlovskaya, G. E., Chen, L., Kishore, B., Au, H., Alptekin, H., Titirici, M. M., Meersmann, T., & Britton, M. M. (2020). Operando visualisation of battery chemistry in a sodium-ion battery by 23Na magnetic resonance imaging. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 2083. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15938-x

© 2020, The Author(s). Sodium-ion batteries are a promising battery technology for their cost and sustainability. This has led to increasing interest in the development of new sodium-ion batteries and new analytical methods to non-invasively, directl... Read More about Operando visualisation of battery chemistry in a sodium-ion battery by 23Na magnetic resonance imaging.