Relaxometry of water-metal ion interactions

Content: Cover -- ADVISORY BOARD -- copyright -- table of contents -- PREFACE -- ERRATUM -- INTRODUCTION: GENERAL THEORY OF NUCLEAR RELAXATION -- I. What is Nuclear Relaxation? -- A. LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION -- B. TRANSVERSE RELAXATION -- C. THE ROTATING FRAME ... -- D. CROSS-RELAXATION ... -- E. CROSS-CORRELATION ... -- II. Relaxation Mechanisms -- A. INTERACTION WITH RAN ... -- B. RELAXATION BY CHEMIC ... -- C. SCALAR RELAXATION OF ... -- D. RELAXATION BY DIPOLAR ... -- E. QUADRUPOLAR RELAX ... -- III. Water NMRD in Diamagnetic Systems -- A. PUREWATER -- B. WATER IN PROTEIN SOL ... -- REFERENCES 1 -- NMR RELAXATION IN SOLUTION OF PARAMAGNETIC COMPLEXES:RECENT THEORETICAL PROGRESS FOR S=1 -- I. Introduction -- II. The ''Classical'' Theory -- A. THE SOLOMONB̂LOEMB ... -- B. THE MODIFIED SOLOMON ... -- C. VALIDITY OF THE POINT- ... -- D. THE REDFIELD RELAX ... -- III. The Curie-Spin Relaxation and Related Topics -- A. THE CURIE-SPIN RELAX ... -- B. PARAMAGNETIC CROSS ... -- IV. The General (Slow-Motion) Theory -- A. THE REDFIELD LIMIT AND ... -- B. THE LATTICE AND THE ZFS -- C. THE EFFECTS OF ZFS ... -- V. Electron Spin Relaxation and the PRE in Some Limiting Cases -- A. HIGHLY SYMMETRIC SYS ... -- B. SLOWLY-ROTATING, LOW ... -- C. RAPIDLY-ROTATING SYS ... -- D. ELECTRON SPIN DYNA ... -- VI. Spin-Dynamics Models -- VII. Outer-Sphere Relaxation -- A. GENERAL ASPECTS -- B. OUTER-SPHERE PRE AND ... -- C. OUTER-SPHERE RELAX ... -- D. CHEMICAL EXCHANGE -- VIII. Molecular Vibrations, Electron Spin Relaxation and the PRE -- IX. Concluding Remarks -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 2 -- REFERENCES 2 -- 1H NMRD PROFILES OF PARAMAGNETIC COMPLEXES AND METALLOPROTEINS -- I. From the NMRD Profile to the Electron Relaxation Mechanism -- A. DEPENDENCE OF THE ... -- B. THE ORIGIN OF ELECT ... -- C. ELECTRON RELAXATION ... -- II. From the NMRD Profile to the Structural and Dynamic Parameters -- A. DEPENDENCE OF THE ... -- B. COPPER COMPLEXES ... -- C. IRON COMPLEXES AND ... -- D. MANGANESE COMPLEX ... -- E. OTHER TRANSITION ... -- F. GADOLINIUM COMPLEXES ... -- III. Magnetic Coupled Systems -- A. NUCLEAR AND ELECT ... -- B. EXAMPLES -- IV. Conclusions -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3 -- REFERENCES 3 -- Gd(III)-BASED CONTRAST AGENTS FOR MRI -- I. General Remarks -- II. Contributions to the Relaxivity -- A. INNER-SPHERE CONTRI ... -- B. OUTER-SPHERE CONTRI ... -- C. SECOND-SPHERE CONTR