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A molecular–mechanical link in shear-induced self-assembly of a functionalized biopolymeric fluid (2023)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Sodium‐Ion Batteries (2022)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores the use of 2D 23 Na MRI and 23 Na nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, in combination with 3D 1 H magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in investigating dendrite growth in a sodium metal cell and the evolution of sodium spe... Read More about Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Sodium‐Ion Batteries.

Advances in magnetic resonance tomography (2022)
Book Chapter

This chapter sets out the most promising modern directions of research in the field of magnetic resonance imaging. These include multinuclear studies aimed at the exploration of magnetic resonance (MR) image contrast induced by exogeneous (fluorine-1... Read More about Advances in magnetic resonance tomography.

Matrix-Bound Growth Factors are Released upon Cartilage Compression by an Aggrecan-Dependent Sodium Flux that is Lost in Osteoarthritis (2021)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

© 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.

Growth factor release upon cartilage injury is due to aggrecan-dependent sodium flux that is lost in osteoarthritis (2020)
Journal Article

In Situ Monitoring of Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation via 129Xe NMR Spectroscopy and Proton MRI (2019)
Journal Article

Accelerated 19F·MRI Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2/-9 through Responsive Deactivation of Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement (2019)
Journal Article

Paramagnetic gadolinium ions (Gd III), complexed within DOTA-based chelates, have become useful tools to increase the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast in tissues of interest. Recently, " on/off " probes serving as 19 F·MRI biosensor for targ... Read More about Accelerated 19F·MRI Detection of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2/-9 through Responsive Deactivation of Paramagnetic Relaxation Enhancement.

Magnetic resonance imaging on sodium nuclei: potential medical applications of 23Na MRI (2018)
Journal Article

Sodium is a key element in a living organism. The increase of its concentration is an indicator of many pathological conditions. 23Na magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a quantitative method that allows to determine the sodium content in tissues and... Read More about Magnetic resonance imaging on sodium nuclei: potential medical applications of 23Na MRI.

Fluid flow in a porous medium with transverse permeability discontinuity (2018)
Journal Article

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) velocimetry methods were used to study fully developed axially symmetric fluid flow in a model porous medium of cylindrical symmetry with a transverse permeability discontinuity. Spatial mapping of fluid ow resulted i... Read More about Fluid flow in a porous medium with transverse permeability discontinuity.

Nanoscale engineering of hybrid magnetite–carbon nanofibre materials for magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents (2017)
Journal Article

Magnetic nanomaterials show significant promise as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We have developed a new highly efficient one-step procedure for the synthesis of magnetically- functionalised hollow carbon nanofibres, where (i)... Read More about Nanoscale engineering of hybrid magnetite–carbon nanofibre materials for magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.

Probe-Specific Procedure to Estimate Sensitivity and Detection Limits for 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Taylor et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are cre... Read More about Probe-Specific Procedure to Estimate Sensitivity and Detection Limits for 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Molecular hydrogen and catalytic combustion in the production of hyperpolarized 83Kr and 129Xe MRI contrast agents (2016)
Journal Article

Hyperpolarized (hp) 83Kr is a promising MRI contrast agent for the diagnosis of pulmonary diseases affecting the surface of the respiratory zone. However, the distinct physical properties of 83Kr that enable unique MRI contrast also complicate the pr... Read More about Molecular hydrogen and catalytic combustion in the production of hyperpolarized 83Kr and 129Xe MRI contrast agents.

Statistics of highly heterogeneous flow fields confined to three-dimensional random porous media (2016)
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© 2016 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and t... Read More about Statistics of highly heterogeneous flow fields confined to three-dimensional random porous media.

Molecular sensing with hyperpolarized 129Xe using switchable chemical exchange relaxation transfer (2015)
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A new approach for hyperpolarized 129Xe molecular sensors is explored using paramagnetic relaxation agents that can be deactivated upon chemical or enzymatic reaction with an analyte. Cryptophane encapsulated 129Xe within the vicinity of the paramagn... Read More about Molecular sensing with hyperpolarized 129Xe using switchable chemical exchange relaxation transfer.