Facile solvothermal synthesis and functionalization of polyethylene glycol-coated paramagnetic Gd2(CO3)3 particles and corresponding Gd2O3 nanoparticles for use as MRI contrast agents

Synthesis products of gadolinium car- bonate particles have a high T1 under clinical external magnetic fields [17] , and silica coated Gd 2 (CO 3 ) 3 particles have been reported as a mul[r]