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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
Thomas M. Barbara, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas DE Swiet, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas M. Barbara, Mountain View, CA (US);
Thomas de Swiet, Redwood City, CA (US);
Varian, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An composition exhibiting a desired value of magnetic susceptibility, which can be used to fabricate components in an NMR device, and method thereof, wherein the composition comprises a metal ion selected from the group consisting of Gd, Feand Mnand an amorphous material using a ligand or chelating agent to solubilize the metal ion throughout the marphous material, wherein the magnetic susceptibility of the composition exhibits a desired value at cryogenic temperatures such as nearly zero susceptibility at temperatures at or below 77° K.