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Vânia André1,2\* and Sílvia Quaresma1

\*Address all correspondence to: vaniandre@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

1 Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

2 CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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Bio-inspired metal-organic frameworks have already proven to have promising biomedical applications not only as drug delivery systems but also in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),

Authors acknowledge Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia for funding (RECI/QEQ-QIN70189/2012, SFRH/BPD/78854/2011, SFRH/BD/100029/2014, UID/QUI/00100/2013). Authors would also like to acknowledge Professor Maria Teresa Duarte for her support.

1 Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa,

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