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Silicon for the future

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Hyperpolarized silicon particles show high potential for in vivo magnetic resonance imaging.

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Figure 1: The applicability of imaging agents is often limited by short agent-activity lifetime.

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  1. Joseph J. H. Ackerman is in the Department of Chemistry, Washington University, Campus Box 1134, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, USA,

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Ackerman, J. Silicon for the future. Nature Nanotech 8, 313–315 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.82

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