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Lottes B, Carter KP. Capture and Stabilization of the Hydroxyl Radical in a Uranyl Peroxide Cluster. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300749. [PMID: 37249248 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Here we describe the synthesis and characterization of a new uranyl peroxide cluster (UPC), U60 Ox30 *, which captures and stabilizes oxygen-based free radicals for more than one week. These radical species were first detected with a nitroblue tetrazolium colorimetric assay and U60 Ox30 * was characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction as well as infrared (IR), Raman, UV-Vis-NIR, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies. Identification of the free radicals present in U60 Ox30 * was done via room temperature solid and solution state X-band EPR studies using spin trapping methods. The spin trapping agent 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO) was definitive for identifying the free radicals in U60 Ox30 *, which are hydroxyl radicals (⋅OH) that are stable for up to ten days that also persist upon addition of the metalloenzymes catalase and superoxide dismutase. Addition of the spin trapping agent α-(4-pyridyl N-oxide)-N-tert-butylnitrone (POBN) further confirmed the radicals were oxygen based, and deuteration experiments showed that the origin of the free radicals was from the decomposition of H2 O2 in water. These results demonstrate that highly oxidizing species such as the ⋅OH radical can be stabilized in UPCs, which alters our understanding of the role of free radicals present in spent nuclear fuel.
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- Brett Lottes
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Smith KR, Ilavsky J, Hixon AE. Crystallization of a Neptunyl Oxalate Hydrate from Solutions Containing Np V and the Uranyl Peroxide Nanocluster U 60 Ox 30. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202203814. [PMID: 36598408 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
Uranyl peroxide nanoclusters are an evolving family of materials with potential applications throughout the nuclear fuel cycle. While several studies have investigated their interactions with alkali and alkaline earth metals, no studies have probed their interactions with the actinide elements. This work describes a system containing U60 Ox30 , [((UO2 )(O2 ))60 (C2 O4 )30 ]60- , and neptunium(V) as a function of neptunium concentration. Ultra-small and small angle X-ray scattering were used to observe these interactions in the aqueous phase, and X-ray diffraction was used to observe solid products. The results show that neptunium induces aggregation of U60 Ox30 when the neptunium concentration is≤10 mM, whereas (NpO2 )2 C2 O4 ⋅ 6H2 O(cr) and studtite ultimately form at 15-25 mM neptunium. The latter result suggests that neptunium coordinates with the bridging oxalate ligands in U60 Ox30 , leaving metastable uranyl peroxide species in solution. This is an important finding given the potential application of uranyl peroxide nanoclusters in the recycling of used nuclear fuel.
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- Kyson R Smith
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, 46556, USA
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Fairley M, Felton DE, Sigmon GE, Szymanowski JES, Poole NA, Nyman M, Burns PC, LaVerne JA. Radiation-Induced Solid-State Transformations of Uranyl Peroxides. Inorg Chem 2021; 61:882-889. [PMID: 34965099 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies of pristine and γ-irradiated Ca2[UO2(O2)3]·9H2O reveal site-specific atomic-scale changes during the solid-state progression from a crystalline to X-ray amorphous state with increasing dose. Following γ-irradiation to 1, 1.5, and 2 MGy, the peroxide group not bonded to Ca2+ is progressively replaced by two hydroxyl groups separated by 2.7 Å (with minor changes in the unit cell), whereas the peroxide groups bonded to Ca2+ cations are largely unaffected by irradiation prior to amorphization, which occurs by a dose of 3 MGy. The conversion of peroxide to hydroxyl occurs through interaction of neighboring lattice H2O molecules and ionization of the peroxide O-O bond, which produces two hydroxyls, and allows isolation of the important monomer building block, UO2(O2)2(OH)24-, that is ubiquitous in uranyl capsule polyoxometalates. Steric crowding in the equatorial plane of the uranyl ion develops and promotes transformation to an amorphous phase. In contrast, γ-irradiation of solid Li4[(UO2)(O2)3]·10H2O results in a solid-state transformation to a well-crystallized peroxide-free uranyl oxyhydrate containing sheets of equatorial edge and vertex-sharing uranyl pentagonal bipyramids with likely Li and H2O in interlayer positions. The irradiation products of these two uranyl triperoxide monomers are compared via X-ray diffraction (single-crystal and powder) and Raman spectroscopy, with a focus on the influence of the Li+ and Ca2+ countercations. Highly hydratable and mobile Li+ yields to uranyl hydrolysis reactions, while Ca2+ provides lattice rigidity, allowing observation of the first steps of radiation-promoted transformation of uranyl triperoxide.
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- Melissa Fairley
- Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.,Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States.,Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Traustason H, Caranto K, Burns PC. Calorimetric Study of Functionalized Uranyl Peroxide Nanoclusters and Their Monomeric Building Block. Eur J Inorg Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202100307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Hrafn Traustason
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Indiana 46556 United States
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- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Indiana 46556 United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Indiana 46556 United States
- Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Indiana 46556 United States
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Arteaga A, Ray D, Glass E, Martin NP, Zakharov LN, Gagliardi L, Nyman M. The Role of the Organic Solvent Polarity in Isolating Uranyl Peroxide Capsule Fragments. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:1633-1641. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ana Arteaga
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Syntheses and crystal structures of two uranyl peroxide nanoclusters with a diphosphonate linker ligand. Polyhedron 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2019.114161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Korenev VS, Abramov PA, Gushchin AL, Stass DV, Babaev VM, Rizvanov IK, Sokolov MN. Uranyl Incorporation into the Polyoxometalate Cavity. Synthesis and Characterization of [(UO2)8P8W48O184]24–. RUSS J INORG CHEM+ 2019. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036023619090146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hickam S, Breier J, Cripe Y, Cole E, Burns PC. Effects of H 2O 2 Concentration on Formation of Uranyl Peroxide Species Probed by Dissolution of Uranium Nitride and Uranium Dioxide. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:5858-5864. [PMID: 30964269 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Dissolution of uranium materials in alkaline aqueous conditions containing H2O2 results in uranyl peroxide species in solution, including anionic uranyl peroxide cage clusters. Uranyl peroxide cage clusters are generally highly soluble in water, where they persist as aqueous macroanions. Previous studies indicate that uranyl cluster speciation and dissolution of uranium materials is impacted by the concentration of alkali metal in solution, but in these studies, high concentrations of H2O2 were used. Herein, the role of hydrogen peroxide concentration is examined relative to the dissolution of powdered UN and UO2. Lower initial H2O2 concentrations reduce dissolution of UO2 and UN and tend to produce simple (small) uranyl peroxide species rather the highly soluble uranyl peroxide clusters. H2O2 availability will have implications for uranyl speciation and solubility where spent nuclear fuel is in contact with water and where alkaline peroxide conditions are used in dissolution of nuclear material.
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- Sarah Hickam
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Notre Dame , Notre Dame , Indiana 46556 , United States
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Arteaga A, Zhang L, Hickam S, Dembowski M, Burns PC, Nyman M. Uranyl–Peroxide Capsule Self‐Assembly in Slow Motion. Chemistry 2019; 25:6087-6091. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201806227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Ana Arteaga
- Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97330 USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
- Current address: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland WA 99352 USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97330 USA
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Hickam S, Aksenov SM, Dembowski M, Perry SN, Traustason H, Russell M, Burns PC. Complexity of Uranyl Peroxide Cluster Speciation from Alkali-Directed Oxidative Dissolution of Uranium Dioxide. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:9296-9305. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah Hickam
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Xie J, Neal HA, Szymanowski J, Burns PC, Alam TM, Nyman M, Gagliardi L. Resolving Confined 7Li Dynamics of Uranyl Peroxide Capsule U24. Inorg Chem 2018; 57:5514-5525. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jing Xie
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Organic Material Science, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
- Supercomputing Institute, and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Burns PC, Nyman M. Captivation with encapsulation: a dozen years of exploring uranyl peroxide capsules. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:5916-5927. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt04245k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Uranyl peroxide cages are an extensive family of topologically varied self-assembling nanoscale clusters with fascinating properties and applications.
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- Peter C. Burns
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
- University of Notre Dame
- Notre Dame
- USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- Department of Chemistry
- Oregon State University
- Corvallis
- USA
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Falaise C, Hickam SM, Burns PC, Nyman M. From aqueous speciation to supramolecular assembly in alkaline earth-uranyl polyoxometalates. Chem Commun (Camb) 2017; 53:9550-9553. [PMID: 28808712 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc05357f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The interplay between aqueous alkaline earth (Ca, Sr, Ba) polycationic speciation and uranyl-peroxide polyoxometalate self-assembly and evolution is described here using solution (Raman and X-ray scattering) and solid-state (microscopy, X-ray diffraction) characterization. Supramolecular assembly of Sr-encapsulated and decorated polyanions and polycations yields the fourth largest inorganic unit cell reported from single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
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- Clément Falaise
- Energy Frontier Research Center, Materials Science of Actinides, USA
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Olds TA, Dembowski M, Wang X, Hoffman C, Alam TM, Hickam S, Pellegrini KL, He J, Burns PC. Single-Crystal Time-of-Flight Neutron Diffraction and Magic-Angle-Spinning NMR Spectroscopy Resolve the Structure and 1H and 7Li Dynamics of the Uranyl Peroxide Nanocluster U 60. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:9676-9683. [PMID: 28783328 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Single-crystal time-of-flight neutron diffraction has provided atomic resolution of H atoms of H2O molecules and hydroxyl groups, as well as Li cations in the uranyl peroxide nanocluster U60. Solid-state magic-angle-spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR) spectroscopy was used to confirm the dynamics of these constituents, revealing the transportation of Li atoms and H2O through cluster walls. H atoms of hydroxyl units that are located on the cluster surface are involved in the transfer of H2O and Li cations from inside to outside and vice versa. This exchange occurs as a concerted motion and happens rapidly even in the solid state. As a consequence of its large size and open hexagonal pores, U60 exchanges Li cations more rapidly compared to other uranyl nanoclusters.
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- Department of Organic Material Science, Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, United States
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Qiu J, Spano TL, Dembowski M, Kokot AM, Szymanowski JES, Burns PC. Sulfate-Centered Sodium-Icosahedron-Templated Uranyl Peroxide Phosphate Cages with Uranyl Bridged by μ–η1:η2 Peroxide. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:1874-1880. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jie Qiu
- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Peruski KM, Bernales V, Dembowski M, Lobeck HL, Pellegrini KL, Sigmon GE, Hickam S, Wallace CM, Szymanowski JES, Balboni E, Gagliardi L, Burns PC. Uranyl Peroxide Cage Cluster Solubility in Water and the Role of the Electrical Double Layer. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:1333-1339. [PMID: 28075118 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b02435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kathryn M. Peruski
- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Minnesota Supercomputing
Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Minnesota Supercomputing
Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Gao Y, Eghtesadi S, Liu T. Supramolecular Structures Formation of Polyoxometalates in Solution Driven by Counterion–Macroion Interaction. ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.adioch.2016.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Falaise C, Nyman M. The Key Role of U
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in the Aqueous Self‐Assembly of Uranyl Peroxide Nanocages. Chemistry 2016; 22:14678-87. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Clément Falaise
- Energy Frontier Research Center Materials Science of Actinides Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Gilbert Hall Corvallis Oregon 97331 United States
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- Energy Frontier Research Center Materials Science of Actinides Department of Chemistry Oregon State University Gilbert Hall Corvallis Oregon 97331 United States
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Blanchard F, Ellart M, Rivenet M, Vigier N, Hablot I, Morel B, Grandjean S, Abraham F. Neodymium uranyl peroxide synthesis by ion exchange on ammonium uranyl peroxide nanoclusters. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:3947-50. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc09527a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This study demonstrates the ability of ammonium uranyl peroxide nanoclusters U32R-NH4 to undergo exchange in between NH4+ and trivalent (Nd3+) or tetravalent (Th4+) cations in the solid state.
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- Univ. Lille
- CNRS
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
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- Univ. Lille
- CNRS
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
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- AREVA-NC
- TOUR AREVA
- 92084 Paris La Défense
- France
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- AREVA-NC
- TOUR AREVA
- 92084 Paris La Défense
- France
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- AREVA-NC
- TOUR AREVA
- 92084 Paris La Défense
- France
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- CEA
- Marcoule Research Center
- DEN/DRCP/DIR
- F-30207 Bagnols sur Cèze
- France
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- Univ. Lille
- CNRS
- Centrale Lille
- ENSCL
- Univ. Artois
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Oxo Clusters of 5f Elements. RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN CLUSTERS OF RARE EARTHS AND ACTINIDES: CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/430_2016_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Gao Y, Haso F, Szymanowski JES, Zhou J, Hu L, Burns PC, Liu T. Selective Permeability of Uranyl Peroxide Nanocages to Different Alkali Ions: Influences from Surface Pores and Hydration Shells. Chemistry 2015; 21:18785-90. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201503773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zhang Y, Bhadbhade M, Price JR, Karatchevtseva I, Kong L, Scales N, Lumpkin GR, Li F. Uranyl peroxide clusters stabilized by dicarboxylate ligands: A pentagonal ring and a dimer with extensive uranyl–cation interactions. Polyhedron 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2015.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ling J, Hobbs F, Prendergast S, Adelani PO, Babo JM, Qiu J, Weng Z, Burns PC. Hybrid Uranium–Transition-Metal Oxide Cage Clusters. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:12877-84. [DOI: 10.1021/ic5018449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jie Ling
- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Liao Z, Deb T, Nyman M. Elucidating Self-Assembly Mechanisms of Uranyl–Peroxide Capsules from Monomers. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:10506-13. [DOI: 10.1021/ic501587g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Zuolei Liao
- Energy Frontier Research
Center, Materials Science of Actinides Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Energy Frontier Research
Center, Materials Science of Actinides Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Energy Frontier Research
Center, Materials Science of Actinides Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Gilbert Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Zhou J, Yin P, Hu L, Haso F, Liu T. Self-Assembly of Subnanometer-Scaled Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Macroions in Dilute Solution. Eur J Inorg Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201402237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Alam TM, Liao Z, Zakharov LN, Nyman M. Solid-state dynamics of uranyl polyoxometalates. Chemistry 2014; 20:8302-7. [PMID: 24889825 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201402351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Understanding fundamental uranyl polyoxometalate (POM) chemistry in solution and the solid state is the first step to defining its future role in the development of new actinide materials and separation processes that are vital to every step of the nuclear fuel cycle. Many solid-state geometries of uranyl POMs have been described, but we are only beginning to understand their chemical behavior, which thus far includes the role of templates in their self-assembly, and the dynamics of encapsulated species in solution. This study provides unprecedented detail into the exchange dynamics of the encapsulated species in the solid state through Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (MAS NMR) spectroscopy. Although it was previously recognized that capsule-like molybdate and uranyl POMs exchange encapsulated species when dissolved in water, analogous exchange in the solid state has not been documented, or even considered. Here, we observe the extremely high rate of transport of Li(+) and aqua species across the uranyl shell in the solid state, a process that is affected by both temperature and pore blocking by larger species. These results highlight the untapped potential of emergent f-block element materials and vesicle-like POMs.
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- Todd M Alam
- Department of Electronic, Optical and Nanostructured Materials, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185 (USA).
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Tiferet E, Gil A, Bo C, Shvareva TY, Nyman M, Navrotsky A. The Energy Landscape of Uranyl-Peroxide Species. Chemistry 2014; 20:3646-51. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201304076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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McGrail BT, Sigmon GE, Jouffret LJ, Andrews CR, Burns PC. Raman Spectroscopic and ESI-MS Characterization of Uranyl Peroxide Cage Clusters. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:1562-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ic402570b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Brendan T. McGrail
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Li D, Simotwo S, Nyman M, Liu T. Evolution of actinyl peroxide clusters U28 in dilute electrolyte solution: exploring the transition from simple ions to macroionic assemblies. Chemistry 2014; 20:1683-90. [PMID: 24402868 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201303266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Actinyl peroxide clusters, a unique class of uranyl-containing nanoclusters discovered in recent years, are crucial intermediates between the(UO2)(2+) aqua-ion monomer and bulk uranyl minerals. Herein, two actinyl polyoxometalate nanoclusters of Cs15[(Ta(O2)4)Cs4K12(UO2(O2)1.5)28]⋅20 H2O (CsKU28) and Na6K9[(Ta(O2)4)Rb4Na12(UO2(O2)1.5)28]⋅20 H2O (RbNaU28) were synthesized by incorporating a central Ta(O2)4(3-) anion that templates a hollow shell of 28 uranyl peroxide polyhedra. When dissolved in aqueous solutions with additional electrolytes, those 1.8 nm-size macroanions self-assembled into spherical, hollow, blackberry-type supramolecular structures, as was characterized by laser-light scattering (LLS) and TEM techniques. These clusters are the smallest macroions reported to date that form blackberry structures in solution, therefore, can be treated as valuable models for investigating the transition from simple ions to macroions. Kinetic studies showed an unusually long lag phase in the initial self-assembly process, which is followed by a rapid formation of the blackberry structures in solution. The small cluster size and high surface-charge density are essential in regulating the supramolecular structure formation, as was shown from the high activation energy barrier of 51.2±2 kJ mol(-1). Different countercations were introduced into the system to investigate the effect of ion binding to the length of the lag phase. The current research provides yet another scale of self-assembly of uranyl peroxide complexes in aqueous media.
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- Dong Li
- Department of Chemistry, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 (USA)
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Zhang Y, Bhadbhade M, Price JR, Karatchevtseva I, Collison D, Lumpkin GR. Kinetics vs. thermodynamics: a unique crystal transformation from a uranyl peroxo-nanocluster to a nanoclustered uranyl polyborate. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra06970f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Kinetics vs. thermodynamics: a novel method has been developed to make a nano-clustered uranyl polyborate in aqueous solution at room temperature through a unique crystal transformation.
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- Yingjie Zhang
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
- , Australia
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- Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre
- University of New South Wales
- Kensington, Australia
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- School of Chemistry
- The University of Manchester
- Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Adelani PO, Ozga M, Wallace CM, Qiu J, Szymanowski JES, Sigmon GE, Burns PC. Hybrid Uranyl-Carboxyphosphonate Cage Clusters. Inorg Chem 2013; 52:7673-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ic4008262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Pius O. Adelani
- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Johnson RL, Ohlin CA, Pellegrini K, Burns PC, Casey WH. Dynamics of a Nanometer-Sized Uranyl Cluster in Solution. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:7464-7. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zanonato PL, Di Bernardo P, Fischer A, Grenthe I. Chemical equilibria in the UO22+–H2O2–F−/OH− systems and possible solution precursors for the formation of [Na6(OH2)8]@[UO2(O2)F]2418− and [Na6(OH2)8]@[UO2(O2)OH]2418− clusters. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:10129-37. [DOI: 10.1039/c3dt50837d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Liao Z, Ling J, Reinke LR, Szymanowski JES, Sigmon GE, Burns PC. Cage clusters built from uranyl ions bridged through peroxo and 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid ligands. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:6793-802. [DOI: 10.1039/c3dt33025g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Qiu J, Nguyen K, Jouffret L, Szymanowski JES, Burns PC. Time-Resolved Assembly of Chiral Uranyl Peroxo Cage Clusters Containing Belts of Polyhedra. Inorg Chem 2012; 52:337-45. [DOI: 10.1021/ic3020817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jie Qiu
- Department
of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Discrete aqueous metal oxide polyionic clusters that include aluminum polycations, transition-metal polyoxometalates, and the actinyl peroxide clusters have captivated the interest of scientists in the realm of both their fundamental and applied chemistries. Yet the counterions for these polycations or polyanions are often ignored, even though they are imperative for solubility, crystallization, purification, and even templating cluster formation. The actinyl peroxide clusters have counterions not only external, but internal to the hollow peroxide capsules. In this study, we reveal the dynamic behavior of these internal alkali counterions via solid-state and liquid NMR experiments. These studies on two select cluster geometries, those containing 24 and 28 uranyl polyhedra, respectively, show that the capsules-like clusters are not rigid entities. Rather, the internal alkalis both have mobility inside the capsules, as well as exchange with species in the media in which they are dissolved. The alkali mobilities are affected by both what is inside the clusters as well as the composition of the dissolving medium.
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- May Nyman
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, United States.
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Qiu J, Burns PC. Clusters of Actinides with Oxide, Peroxide, or Hydroxide Bridges. Chem Rev 2012; 113:1097-120. [DOI: 10.1021/cr300159x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jie Qiu
- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and ‡Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Grant DJ, Weng Z, Jouffret LJ, Burns PC, Gagliardi L. Synthesis of a Uranyl Persulfide Complex and Quantum Chemical Studies of Formation and Topologies of Hypothetical Uranyl Persulfide Cage Clusters. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:7801-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ic3008574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Daniel J. Grant
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota and Supercomputing Institute, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United
States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota and Supercomputing Institute, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United
States
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Nyman M, Burns PC. A comprehensive comparison of transition-metal and actinyl polyoxometalates. Chem Soc Rev 2012; 41:7354-67. [PMID: 22695929 DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35136f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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While the d(0) transition-metal POMs of Group V (V(5+), Nb(5+), Ta(5+)) and Group VI (Mo(6+), W(6+)) have been known for more than a century, the actinyl peroxide POMs, specifically those built of uranyl triperoxide or uranyl dihydroxidediperoxide polyhedra, were only realized within the last decade. While virtually every metal on the Periodic Table can form discrete clusters of some type, the actinyls are the only-in addition to the transition-metal POMs- whose chemistry is dictated by the prevalence of the 'yl' oxygen ligand. Thus this emerging structural, solution, and computational chemistry of actinide POMs warrants comparison to the mature chemistry of transition-metal POMs. This assessment between the transition-metal POMs and actinyl POMs (uranyl peroxide POMs, specifically) has provided much insight to the similarities and differences between these two chemistries. We further break down the comparison between the alkaline POMs of Nb and Ta; and the acidic POMs of V, Mo and W. This more indepth literature review and discussion reveals that while an initial evaluation suggests the actinyl POMs are more akin to the alkaline transition-metal POMs, they actually share characteristics unique to the acidic POMs as well. This tutorial review is meant to provide fodder for deriving new POM chemistries of both the familiar transition-metals and the emerging actinides, as well as fostering communication and collaboration between the two scientific communities.
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- May Nyman
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA.
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Gil A, Karhánek D, Miró P, Antonio MR, Nyman M, Bo C. A Journey inside the U
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Nanocapsule. Chemistry 2012; 18:8340-6. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Adrià Gil
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Avda. Països Catalans, 17. 43007 Tarragona (Spain), Fax: (+34) 977920231
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Avda. Països Catalans, 17. 43007 Tarragona (Spain), Fax: (+34) 977920231
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Avda. Països Catalans, 17. 43007 Tarragona (Spain), Fax: (+34) 977920231
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (USA)
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185 (USA)
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Avda. Països Catalans, 17. 43007 Tarragona (Spain), Fax: (+34) 977920231
- Departament de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel⋅lí Domingo, s/n. 43007 Tarragona (Spain)
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Miro P, Bo C. Uranyl-Peroxide Nanocapsules: Electronic Structure and Cation Complexation in [(UO2)20(μ-O2)30]20–. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:3840-5. [DOI: 10.1021/ic300029d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Pere Miro
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), 43007 Tarragona,
Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), 43007 Tarragona,
Spain
- Department de Química
Física i Inorganica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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The Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident brought together compromised irradiated fuel and large amounts of seawater in a high radiation field. Based on newly acquired thermochemical data for a series of uranyl peroxide compounds containing charge-balancing alkali cations, here we show that nanoscale cage clusters containing as many as 60 uranyl ions, bonded through peroxide and hydroxide bridges, are likely to form in solution or as precipitates under such conditions. These species will enhance the corrosion of the damaged fuel and, being thermodynamically stable and kinetically persistent in the absence of peroxide, they can potentially transport uranium over long distances.
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Qiu J, Ling J, Sui A, Szymanowski JES, Simonetti A, Burns PC. Time-Resolved Self-Assembly of a Fullerene-Topology Core–Shell Cluster Containing 68 Uranyl Polyhedra. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:1810-6. [DOI: 10.1021/ja210163b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jie Qiu
- Department
of Civil Engineering
and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering
and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering
and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering
and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering
and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department
of Civil Engineering
and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Zanonato PL, Di Bernardo P, Szabó Z, Grenthe I. Chemical equilibria in the uranyl(vi)–peroxide–carbonate system; identification of precursors for the formation of poly-peroxometallates. Dalton Trans 2012; 41:11635-41. [DOI: 10.1039/c2dt31282d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Zanonato PL, Di Bernardo P, Grenthe I. Chemical equilibria in the binary and ternary uranyl(vi)–hydroxide–peroxide systems. Dalton Trans 2012; 41:3380-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c1dt11276g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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