Please view the posters presented at the 18th Annual CityTech Faculty and Student Research Poster Session below. You can click on each poster to enlarge it and view the PDF version under the poster abstract.
We thank all presenters for sharing their innovative and informative research with the CityTech community and beyond!
27. Study of Lanthanide Complexes in a Model Ionic and Photosynthesis Environment by Near-infrared, MRI and X-ray Imaging
This work explores the diffusivity of a lanthanide Gadolinium complex, Eovist (Gadolinium-Ethoxy Benzyl Diethylenetriamine pentaacetate) that is stable in neutral media but not in acidic environment. An acidic fruit model like pineapple that is rich in transition metals was tested using x-ray and MR imaging. Another goal of this work was to perturb the photosynthesis systems that pineapple has maintained for millions of years during the evolution of circadian genes for efficient water conservation using dark photosynthesis. To detect such photosynthesis Near infrared reflection spectroscopy was used for pineapple samples to test if added lanthanide complex and pre-existing transition metals in pineapple can affect such photosynthesis processes. This is an ongoing project with potential medical and agricultural implications as well as impact on new solar cells and Lanthanide influenced bone regeneration. View or download a PDF version of this poster.
