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Gaiser AN, Celis-Barros C, White FD, Beltran-Leiva MJ, Sperling JM, Salpage SR, Poe TN, Gomez Martinez D, Jian T, Wolford NJ, Jones NJ, Ritz AJ, Lazenby RA, Gibson JK, Baumbach RE, Páez-Hernández D, Neidig ML, Albrecht-Schönzart TE. Creation of an unexpected plane of enhanced covalency in cerium(III) and berkelium(III) terpyridyl complexes. Nat Commun 2021; 12:7230. [PMID: 34893651 PMCID: PMC8664847 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27576-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Controlling the properties of heavy element complexes, such as those containing berkelium, is challenging because relativistic effects, spin-orbit and ligand-field splitting, and complex metal-ligand bonding, all dictate the final electronic states of the molecules. While the first two of these are currently beyond experimental control, covalent M‒L interactions could theoretically be boosted through the employment of chelators with large polarizabilities that substantially shift the electron density in the molecules. This theory is tested by ligating BkIII with 4'-(4-nitrophenyl)-2,2':6',2"-terpyridine (terpy*), a ligand with a large dipole. The resultant complex, Bk(terpy*)(NO3)3(H2O)·THF, is benchmarked with its closest electrochemical analog, Ce(terpy*)(NO3)3(H2O)·THF. Here, we show that enhanced Bk‒N interactions with terpy* are observed as predicted. Unexpectedly, induced polarization by terpy* also creates a plane in the molecules wherein the M‒L bonds trans to terpy* are shorter than anticipated. Moreover, these molecules are highly anisotropic and rhombic EPR spectra for the CeIII complex are reported.
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- Alyssa N Gaiser
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL, 32310, USA
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- Center for Applied Nanosciences, Universidad Andres Bello, República 275, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
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Amidani L, Retegan M, Volkova A, Popa K, Martin PM, Kvashnina KO. Probing the Local Coordination of Hexavalent Uranium and the Splitting of 5f Orbitals Induced by Chemical Bonding. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:16286-16293. [PMID: 34677932 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
We report here a detailed experimental and theoretical investigation of hexavalent uranium in various local configurations with a high-energy-resolution fluorescence-detected X-ray absorption near-edge structure at the U M4 edge. We show the pronounced sensitivity of the technique to the arrangement of atoms around the absorber and provide a detailed theoretical interpretation revealing the nature of spectral features. Calculations based on density functional theory and on crystal field multiplet theory indicate that for all local configurations analyzed, the main peak corresponds to nonbonding 5f orbitals, and the highest energy peak corresponds to antibonding 5f orbitals. Our findings agree with the accepted interpretation of uranyl spectral features and embed the latter in a broader field of view, which interprets the spectra of a large variety of U6+-containing samples on a common theoretical ground.
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- Lucia Amidani
- The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF, The European Synchrotron, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.,Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), P.O. Box 510119, 01314 Dresden, Germany
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Nuclear Safety and Security Directorate, Karlsruhe 76344, Germany
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, University of Montpellier, Marcoule, 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF, The European Synchrotron, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.,Institute of Resource Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), P.O. Box 510119, 01314 Dresden, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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AbstractStudtite is known to exist at the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle as an intermediate phase formed in the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. In the thermal decomposition of studtite, an amorphous phase is obtained at calcination temperatures between 200 and 500 °C. This amorphous compound, referred to elsewhere in the literature as U2O7, has been characterised by analytical spectroscopic methods. The local structure of the amorphous compound has been found to contain uranyl bonding by X-ray absorption near edge (XANES), Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectroscopy. Changes in bond distances in the uranyl group are discussed with respect to studtite calcination temperature. The reaction of the amorphous compound with water to form metaschoepite is also discussed and compared with the structure of schoepite and metaschoepite by X-ray diffraction. A novel schematic reaction mechanism for the thermal decomposition of studtite is proposed.
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Thompson NBA, Stennett MC, Gilbert MR, Hyatt NC. Nuclear forensic signatures and structural analysis of uranyl oxalate, its products of thermal decomposition and Fe impurity dopant. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07538-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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AbstractUranyl oxalate (UO2C2O4·xH2O) may exist at the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle (NFC) as an intermediate in spent fuel reprocessing. The conditions used in aqueous reprocessing and thermal treatment can affect the physical and chemical properties of the material. Furthermore, trace impurities, such as Fe, may incorporate into the structure of these materials. In nuclear forensics, understanding relationships between processing variables aids in determination of provenance and processing history. In this study, the thermal decomposition of UO2C2O4·3H2O and phase analysis of its thermal products are examined. Their morphologies are discussed with respect to a matrix of solution processing conditions.
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Three uranyl borates, UO2B2O4, LiUO2BO3 and NaUO2BO3, have been prepared by solid state syntheses. The influence of the crystallographic structure on the splitting of the empty 5f and 6d states have been probed using High Energy Resolved Fluorescence Detected X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (HERFD-XAS) at the uranium M4-edge and L3-edge respectively. We demonstrate that the 5f splitting is increased by the decrease of the uranyl U-Oax distance, which in turn correlates with an increased bond covalency. This is correlated to the equatorial coordination change of the uranium. The role of the alkalis as charge compensating the axial oxygen of the uranyl is discussed.
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Amidani L, Vaughan GBM, Plakhova TV, Romanchuk AY, Gerber E, Svetogorov R, Weiss S, Joly Y, Kalmykov SN, Kvashnina KO. The Application of HEXS and HERFD XANES for Accurate Structural Characterisation of Actinide Nanomaterials: The Case of ThO 2. Chemistry 2021; 27:252-263. [PMID: 32956492 PMCID: PMC7839789 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The structural characterisation of actinide nanoparticles (NPs) is of primary importance and hard to achieve, especially for non-homogeneous samples with NPs less than 3 nm. By combining high-energy X-ray scattering (HEXS) and high-energy-resolution fluorescence-detected X-ray absorption near-edge structure (HERFD XANES) analysis, we have characterised for the first time both the short- and medium-range order of ThO2 NPs obtained by chemical precipitation. By using this methodology, a novel insight into the structures of NPs at different stages of their formation has been achieved. The pair distribution function revealed a high concentration of ThO2 small units similar to thorium hexamer clusters mixed with 1 nm ThO2 NPs in the initial steps of formation. Drying the precipitates at around 150 °C promoted the recrystallisation of the smallest units into more thermodynamically stable ThO2 NPs. HERFD XANES analysis at the thorium M4 edge, a direct probe for f states, showed variations that we have correlated with the breakdown of the local symmetry around the thorium atoms, which most likely concerns surface atoms. Together, HEXS and HERFD XANES are a powerful methodology for investigating actinide NPs and their formation mechanism.
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- Lucia Amidani
- The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRFThe European SynchrotronCS4022038043Grenoble Cedex 9France
- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), PO Box 51011901314DresdenGermany
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- Department of ChemistryLomonosov Moscow State University119991MoscowRussia
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- The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRFThe European SynchrotronCS4022038043Grenoble Cedex 9France
- Department of ChemistryLomonosov Moscow State University119991MoscowRussia
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- National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”123182MoscowRussia
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- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), PO Box 51011901314DresdenGermany
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- CNRS, Grenoble INPInstitut NéelUniversité Grenoble Alpes38042GrenobleFrance
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- Department of ChemistryLomonosov Moscow State University119991MoscowRussia
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- The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRFThe European SynchrotronCS4022038043Grenoble Cedex 9France
- Institute of Resource EcologyHelmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), PO Box 51011901314DresdenGermany
- Department of ChemistryLomonosov Moscow State University119991MoscowRussia
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Moeyaert P, Dumas T, Guillaumont D, Solari PL, Lefebvre C, Thevenet A, Sorel C, Moisy P. Modeling and Speciation Study of Uranium(VI) and Technetium(VII) with TBP. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2020.1834979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Pauline Moeyaert
- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ Montpellier, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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We review oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption spectra of both molecules and solids. We start with an overview of the main experimental aspects of oxygen K-edge X-ray absorption measurements including X-ray sources, monochromators, and detection schemes. Many recent oxygen K-edge studies combine X-ray absorption with time and spatially resolved measurements and/or operando conditions. The main theoretical and conceptual approximations for the simulation of oxygen K-edges are discussed in the Theory section. We subsequently discuss oxygen atoms and ions, binary molecules, water, and larger molecules containing oxygen, including biomolecular systems. The largest part of the review deals with the experimental results for solid oxides, starting from s- and p-electron oxides. Examples of theoretical simulations for these oxides are introduced in order to show how accurate a DFT description can be in the case of s and p electron overlap. We discuss the general analysis of the 3d transition metal oxides including discussions of the crystal field effect and the effects and trends in oxidation state and covalency. In addition to the general concepts, we give a systematic overview of the oxygen K-edges element by element, for the s-, p-, d-, and f-electron systems.
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- Federica Frati
- Inorganic
chemistry and catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic
chemistry and catalysis, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, 3584CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Hunault MOJY, Lelong G, Cormier L, Galoisy L, Solari PL, Calas G. Speciation Change of Uranyl in Lithium Borate Glasses. Inorg Chem 2019; 58:6858-6865. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR CNRS 7590, IRD, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR CNRS 7590, IRD, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR CNRS 7590, IRD, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint Aubin BP 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, UMR CNRS 7590, IRD, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et Cosmochimie, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
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Tayal A, Conradson SD, Kanzari A, Lahrouch F, Descostes M, Gerard M. Uranium speciation in weathered granitic waste rock piles: an XAFS investigation. RSC Adv 2019; 9:11762-11773. [PMID: 35517003 PMCID: PMC9063418 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra00961b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Investigation of uranium migration in the waste piles of granite rock in the Limousin region of France is vital for developing strategies which address related environmental issues. Despite the fact that the concentration of uranium is far below the lower end of the cut off level in these piles, the large volume of rocks – which measure in the hundreds of metric tons – and their conditions of repository make this type of waste a source of concern for the international community. In this work, X-ray absorption spectroscopy techniques (XAFS) were employed in order to identify the speciation of uranium in the different categories of samples collected from various regions of the rock piles which had undergone 50 years of weathering. The samples, such as weathered granite, arena and technosoils, were studied in order to probe the transformation of the U bearing complex. XANES indicates U(vi) valence with uranyl species in all samples. Using a linear combination analysis and shell fitting approach, distinct speciation of uranium was observed in the different categories of samples. In the weathered rock and arena samples with relics of magmatic U minerals, uranyl phosphates comparable to autunite are shown to be dominantly linked with monodentate PO43−. However, the samples collected from technosoils are found to have a mixture of U-phosphate and U-clay minerals (phyllosilicates and silicates). Irrespective of the collection location, all the samples were found to contain U(vi)-oxo species The equatorial O ligands occur as two shells with an average separation of 0.14–0.21 Å. Moreover, all the samples have an Al/Si/P shell around 3.1 Å. A detailed EXAFS curve fit analysis shows that disorder afflicts the entire range of samples which can be attributed to either inhomogeneous binding sites on the disordered clay minerals or to the presence of a mixture of uranium-bearing minerals. XAFS investigations highlight the uranyl overriding forms of U (as U sorbed on clay minerals and secondary uranyl phosphates or silicates) contribute to the retention of U, even in oxidizing conditions known to enhance the mobility of U. Uranium speciation determined by XAFS reveals its retention in weathered waste rock piles by the formation of stable secondary uranium complexes.![]()
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- Akhil Tayal
- Institut de Minéralogie
- de Physique des Matériaux
- et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC)
- Sorbonne Université
- UMR CNRS 7590
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- Institut de Minéralogie
- de Physique des Matériaux
- et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC)
- Sorbonne Université
- UMR CNRS 7590
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- Institut de Minéralogie
- de Physique des Matériaux
- et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC)
- Sorbonne Université
- UMR CNRS 7590
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- Institut de Minéralogie
- de Physique des Matériaux
- et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC)
- Sorbonne Université
- UMR CNRS 7590
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Bagus PS, Nelin CJ, Ilton ES. The effect of symmetry on the U L3 NEXAFS of octahedral coordinated uranium(vi). J Chem Phys 2017; 146:114703. [PMID: 28330357 DOI: 10.1063/1.4978481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- Paul S. Bagus
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76203-5017, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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Dumas T, Guillaumont D, Fillaux C, Scheinost A, Moisy P, Petit S, Shuh DK, Tyliszczak T, Den Auwer C. The nature of chemical bonding in actinide and lanthanide ferrocyanides determined by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and density functional theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:2887-95. [PMID: 26733312 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp05820a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The electronic properties of actinide cations are of fundamental interest to describe intramolecular interactions and chemical bonding in the context of nuclear waste reprocessing or direct storage. The 5f and 6d orbitals are the first partially or totally vacant states in these elements, and the nature of the actinide ligand bonds is related to their ability to overlap with ligand orbitals. Because of its chemical and orbital selectivities, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is an effective probe of actinide species frontier orbitals and for understanding actinide cation reactivity toward chelating ligands. The soft X-ray probes of the light elements provide better resolution than actinide L3-edges to obtain electronic information from the ligand. Thus coupling simulations to experimental soft X-ray spectral measurements and complementary quantum chemical calculations yields quantitative information on chemical bonding. In this study, soft X-ray XAS at the K-edges of C and N, and the L2,3-edges of Fe was used to investigate the electronic structures of the well-known ferrocyanide complexes K4Fe(II)(CN)6, thorium hexacyanoferrate Th(IV)Fe(II)(CN)6, and neodymium hexacyanoferrate KNd(III)Fe(II)(CN)6. The soft X-ray spectra were simulated based on quantum chemical calculations. Our results highlight the orbital overlapping effects and atomic effective charges in the Fe(II)(CN)6 building block. In addition to providing a detailed description of the electronic structure of the ferrocyanide complex (K4Fe(II)(CN)6), the results strongly contribute to confirming the actinide 5f and 6d orbital oddity in comparison to lanthanide 4f and 5d.
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- Thomas Dumas
- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radiochemistry and Process Department, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France.
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radiochemistry and Process Department, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France.
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radiochemistry and Process Department, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France.
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radiochemistry and Process Department, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France.
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radiochemistry and Process Department, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France.
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Advanced Light Source Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radiochemistry and Process Department, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France. and University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice Chemistry Institute, UMR 7272, 06108 Nice, France
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Moeyaert P, Dumas T, Guillaumont D, Kvashnina K, Sorel C, Miguirditchian M, Moisy P, Dufrêche JF. Modeling and Speciation Study of Uranium(VI) and Technetium(VII) Coextraction with DEHiBA. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:6511-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b00595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Pauline Moeyaert
- French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radio Chemistry & Processes Department, DRCP, BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radio Chemistry & Processes Department, DRCP, BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radio Chemistry & Processes Department, DRCP, BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000 Grenoble, France
- iHelmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, 01314 Dresden, Germany
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- French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radio Chemistry & Processes Department, DRCP, BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radio Chemistry & Processes Department, DRCP, BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Radio Chemistry & Processes Department, DRCP, BP 17171, F-30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, Université de Montpellier 2, UMR 5257 CEA/CNRS/UM2/ENSCM BP 17171 30207 Bagnols
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Shi WQ, Yuan LY, Wang CZ, Wang L, Mei L, Xiao CL, Zhang L, Li ZJ, Zhao YL, Chai ZF. Exploring actinide materials through synchrotron radiation techniques. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2014; 26:7807-7848. [PMID: 25169914 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201304323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Revised: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Synchrotron radiation (SR) based techniques have been utilized with increasing frequency in the past decade to explore the brilliant and challenging sciences of actinide-based materials. This trend is partially driven by the basic needs for multi-scale actinide speciation and bonding information and also the realistic needs for nuclear energy research. In this review, recent research progresses on actinide related materials by means of various SR techniques were selectively highlighted and summarized, with the emphasis on X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and scattering spectroscopy, which are powerful tools to characterize actinide materials. In addition, advanced SR techniques for exploring future advanced nuclear fuel cycles dealing with actinides are illustrated as well.
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- Wei-Qun Shi
- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology, Institute of High Enegy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Vitova T, Green JC, Denning RG, Löble M, Kvashnina K, Kas JJ, Jorissen K, Rehr JJ, Malcherek T, Denecke MA. Polarization dependent high energy resolution X-ray absorption study of dicesium uranyl tetrachloride. Inorg Chem 2014; 54:174-82. [PMID: 25485552 DOI: 10.1021/ic5020016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Dicesium uranyl tetrachloride (Cs2UO2Cl4) has been a model compound for experimental and theoretical studies of electronic structure of U(VI) in the form of UO2(2+) (uranyl ion) for decades. We have obtained angle-resolved electronic structure information for oriented Cs2UO2Cl4 crystal, specifically relative energies of 5f and 6d valence orbitals probed with extraordinary energy resolution by polarization dependent high energy resolution X-ray absorption near edge structure (PD-HR-XANES) and compare these with predictions from quantum chemical Amsterdam density functional theory (ADF) and ab initio real space multiple-scattering Green's function based FEFF codes. The obtained results have fundamental value but also demonstrate an experimental approach, which offers great potential to benchmark and drive improvement in theoretical calculations of electronic structures of actinide elements.
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- Tonya Vitova
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal, P.O. Box 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Degueldre C, Cozzo C, Martin M, Grolimund D, Mieszczynski C. Americium characterization by X-ray fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy in plutonium uranium mixed oxide. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2013.03.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kosog B, La Pierre HS, Denecke MA, Heinemann FW, Meyer K. Oxidation state delineation via U L(III)-edge XANES in a series of isostructural uranium coordination complexes. Inorg Chem 2012; 51:7940-4. [PMID: 22765506 DOI: 10.1021/ic3011234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We present an X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) study of a series of uranium coordination complexes that possess nearly identical first coordination spheres and geometries in a range of oxidation states from U(III) to U(VI). These compounds were obtained through the activation of small molecules, such as ketones, azides, and carbon dioxide, and upon oxidation of a high-valent U(V)≡O to [U(VI)≡O](+). Most of the compounds have been reported previously. All of them are fully characterized and their oxidation states have been confirmed by various spectroscopic methods (SQUID, (1)H NMR, and UV/vis/near-IR). Each uranium complex consists of a triazacyclononane anchor bearing three aryloxide side arms with bulky tert-butyl (t-Bu) or adamantyl (Ad) ortho substituents. All complexes have approximate C(3) symmetry and possess an axial cavity that is either empty (U(III)) or occupied by a seventh ligand, namely, terminal oxygen (U(V) and U(VI)) or an oxygen-containing ligand (U(IV)). The only exception is [(((t-Bu)ArO)(3)tacnU(VI)(O)][SbF(6)], which is the rare case of a complex that shows a strong inverse trans influence. The determined correlation between the uranium oxidation state and the U L(III)-edge XANES absorption in this series includes a single terminal oxo ligand bonded uranium(V,VI), for which data are essentially nonexistent. The correct assignment of the uranium valence in a U(IV)-L(•-) compound (L(•-) = ketyl radical) is shown to be only possible by a comparison to structurally similar compounds.
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- Boris Kosog
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Egerlandstraße 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Pantazis DA, Neese F. All-Electron Scalar Relativistic Basis Sets for the Actinides. J Chem Theory Comput 2011. [DOI: 10.1021/ct100736b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Dimitrios A. Pantazis
- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn, Wegelerstrasse 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Bonn, Wegelerstrasse 12, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
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Duvail M, Guilbaud P. Understanding the nitrate coordination to Eu3+ ions in solution by potential of mean force calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:5840-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02535f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Moore KT. X-ray and electron microscopy of actinide materials. Micron 2010; 41:336-58. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2009.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2009] [Revised: 12/15/2009] [Accepted: 12/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Schelter EJ, Wu R, Veauthier JM, Bauer ED, Booth CH, Thomson RK, Graves CR, John KD, Scott BL, Thompson JD, Morris DE, Kiplinger JL. Comparative study of f-element electronic structure across a series of multimetallic actinide and lanthanoid-actinide complexes possessing redox-active bridging ligands. Inorg Chem 2010; 49:1995-2007. [PMID: 20088535 DOI: 10.1021/ic9024475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A comparative examination of the electronic interactions across a series of trimetallic actinide and mixed lanthanide-actinide and lanthanum-actinide complexes is presented. Using reduced, radical terpyridyl ligands as conduits in a bridging framework to promote intramolecular metal-metal communication, studies containing structural, electrochemical, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy are reported for (C(5)Me(5))(2)An[-N horizontal lineC(Bn)(tpy-M{C(5)Me(4)R}(2))](2) (where An = Th(IV), U(IV); Bn = CH(2)C(6)H(5); M = La(III), Sm(III), Yb(III), U(III); R = H, Me, Et) to reveal effects dependent on the identities of the metal ions and R-groups. The electrochemical results show differences in redox energetics at the peripheral "M" site between complexes and significant wave splitting of the metal- and ligand-based processes indicating substantial electronic interactions between multiple redox sites across the actinide-containing bridge. Most striking is the appearance of strong electronic coupling for the trimetallic Yb(III)-U(IV)-Yb(III), Sm(III)-U(IV)-Sm(III), and La(III)-U(IV)-La(III) complexes, [8](-), [9b](-), and [10b](-), respectively, whose calculated comproportionation constant K(c) is slightly larger than that reported for the benchmark Creutz-Taube ion. X-ray absorption studies for monometallic metallocene complexes of U(III), U(IV), and U(V) reveal small but detectable energy differences in the "white-line" feature of the uranium L(III)-edges consistent with these variations in nominal oxidation state. The sum of these data provides evidence of 5f/6d-orbital participation in bonding and electronic delocalization in these multimetallic f-element complexes. An improved, high-yielding synthesis of 4'-cyano-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine is also reported.
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- Eric J Schelter
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Fillaux C, Guillaumont D, Berthet JC, Copping R, Shuh DK, Tyliszczak T, Auwer CD. Investigating the electronic structure and bonding in uranyl compounds by combining NEXAFS spectroscopy and quantum chemistry. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:14253-62. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp00386g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Lozano JM, Clark DL, Conradson SD, Den Auwer C, Fillaux C, Guilaumont D, Webster Keogh D, Mustre de Leon J, Palmer PD, Simoni E. Influence of the local atomic structure in the X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy of neptunium oxo ions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2009; 11:10396-402. [DOI: 10.1039/b911731h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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