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Access Type
WSU Access
Date of Award
January 2025
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Chemistry
First Advisor
Matthew J. Allen
Abstract
This thesis is a collection of six chapters that describes a combination of experimental and literature analyses into the field of lanthanide coordination chemistry, with emphasis on medical imaging and computational analysis. The first chapter summarizes the following chapters. The second and third chapters describe the design, characterization, and analysis of lanthanide-containing contrast agents for use with magnetic resonance imaging. The fourth chapter is a detailed overview of the current state of targeted contrast agents for use with magnetic resonance imaging. The fifth chapter describes the design, characterization, and analysis of photoluminescent catalysts with an emphasis on the computational analyses of two complexes of divalent europium. The final chapter summarizes important results and discussions from the previous chapters while also providing future directions for the studies.
Recommended Citation
Sertage, Alexander, "Advanced Lanthanide Probes For Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Computational Modeling" (2025). Wayne State University Dissertations. 4246.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/4246