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Shape-shifting MRI probes

Tiny, environmentally responsive, magnetic resonance active nanostructures serve as shape-changing MRI sensors.

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  1. Zabow, G. et al. Shape-changing magnetic assemblies as high-sensitivity NMR-readable nanoprobes. Nature 520, 73–77 (2015).

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Doerr, A. Shape-shifting MRI probes. Nat Methods 12, 386 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3388

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