Mauro Botta

Research.com Recognitions

• 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Lanthanide(III) chelates for NMR biomedical applications

  Silvio Aime;Mauro Botta;Mauro Fasano;Enzo Terreno

  889
  Citations

• Conformational and Coordination Equilibria on DOTA Complexes of Lanthanide Metal Ions in Aqueous Solution Studied by 1H-NMR Spectroscopy

  Silvio Aime;Mauro Botta;Mauro Fasano;M. Paula M. Marques

  444
  Citations

• Gd(III)-BASED CONTRAST AGENTS FOR MRI

  Silvio Aime;Mauro Botta;Enzo Terreno

  423
  Citations

• NMR study of solution structures and dynamics of lanthanide(III) complexes of DOTA

  Silvio Aime;Mauro Botta;Giuseppe Ermondi

  422
  Citations

• The Selectivity of Reversible Oxy-Anion Binding in Aqueous Solution at a Chiral Europium and Terbium Center: Signaling of Carbonate Chelation by Changes in the Form and Circular Polarization of Luminescence Emission

  James I. Bruce;Rachel S. Dickins;Linda J. Govenlock;Thorfinnur Gunnlaugsson

  416
  Citations

• Structural, Luminescence, and NMR Studies of the Reversible Binding of Acetate, Lactate, Citrate, and Selected Amino Acids to Chiral Diaqua Ytterbium, Gadolinium, and Europium Complexes

  Rachel S. Dickins;Silvio Aime;Andrei S. Batsanov;Andrew Beeby

  359
  Citations

• pH-dependent modulation of relaxivity and luminescence in macrocyclic gadolinium and europium complexes based on reversible intramolecular sulfonamide ligation.

  Mark P. Lowe;David Parker;Ofer Reany;Silvio Aime

  336
  Citations

• NMR, Relaxometric, and Structural Studies of the Hydration and Exchange Dynamics of Cationic Lanthanide Complexes of Macrocyclic Tetraamide Ligands

  Silvio Aime;Alessandro Barge;James I. Bruce;Mauro Botta

  327
  Citations

• Second Coordination Sphere Water Molecules and Relaxivity of Gadolinium(III) Complexes: Implications for MRI Contrast Agents

  Mauro Botta

  322
  Citations

• Novel Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Synthesis and Characterization of the Ligand BOPTA and Its Ln(III) Complexes (Ln = Gd, La, Lu). X-ray Structure of Disodium (TPS-9-145337286-C-S)-[4-Carboxy-5,8,11-tris(carboxymethyl)-1-phenyl-2-oxa- 5,8,11-triazatridecan-13-oato(5-)]gadolinate(2-) in a Mixture with Its Enantiomer

  Fulvio Uggeri;Silvio Aime;Pier Lucio Anelli;Mauro Botta

  259
  Citations

• PROTOTROPIC AND WATER-EXCHANGE PROCESSES IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF GD(III) CHELATES

  Silvio Aime;Mauro Botta;Mauro Fasano;Enzo Terreno

  246
  Citations

• Correlation of Water Exchange Rate with Isomeric Composition in Diastereoisomeric Gadolinium Complexes of Tetra(carboxyethyl)dota and Related Macrocyclic Ligands

  Mark Woods;Silvio Aime;Mauro Botta;Judith A.K. Howard

  238
  Citations

• Gd(III) complexes as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging: a proton relaxation enhancement study of the interaction with human serum albumin

  S. Aime;Mauro Botta;Mauro Fasano;Simonetta Geninatti Crich

  227
  Citations

• A p(O(2))-Responsive MRI Contrast Agent Based on the Redox Switch of Manganese(II / III) - Porphyrin Complexes.

  Silvio Aime;Mauro Botta;Eliana Gianolio;Enzo Terreno

  211
  Citations

• High Relaxivity Gadolinium Hydroxypyridonate-Viral Capsid Conjugates: Nano-sized MRI Contrast Agents

  Ankona Datta;Jacob M Hooker;Mauro Botta;Matthew B Francis

  208
  Citations

• Structural variations across the lanthanide series of macrocyclic DOTA complexes: insights into the design of contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging.

  F Benetollo;G Bombieri;L Calabi;S Aime

  204
  Citations

• Ternary Gd(III)L-HSA adducts: evidence for the replacement of inner-sphere water molecules by coordinating groups of the protein. Implications for the design of contrast agents for MRI.

  S. Aime;E. Gianolio;E. Terreno;G. B. Giovenzana

  186
  Citations

• Magnetic resonance contrast agents from viral capsid shells: a comparison of exterior and interior cargo strategies.

  Jacob M. Hooker;Ankona Datta;Mauro Botta;Kenneth N. Raymond

  185
  Citations

• Scaling laws at the nanosize: the effect of particle size and shape on the magnetism and relaxivity of iron oxide nanoparticle contrast agents

  Eric D. Smolensky;Hee Yun E Park;Yue Zhou;Gabriele A. Rolla

  181
  Citations

• NMR relaxometric studies of Gd(III) complexes with heptadentate macrocyclic ligands

  Silvio Aime;Mauro Botta;Simonetta Geninatti Crich;Giovanni Giovenzana

  180
  Citations

• Relaxivity Enhancement in Macromolecular and Nanosized GdIII‐Based MRI Contrast Agents

  Mauro Botta;Lorenzo Tei

  177
  Citations

• Synthesis, characterization, and 1/T1 NMRD profiles of gadolinium(III) complexes of monoamide derivatives of DOTA-like ligands. X-ray structure of the 10-[2-[[2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]amino]-1-[(phenylmethoxy)methyl]-2-oxoethyl]-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7-triacetic acid-gadolinium(III) complex

  Silvio Aime;Pier Lucio Anelli;Mauro Botta;Franco Fedeli

  176
  Citations