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Contained in this dissertation is an analysis of the fundamental chemistry of the f-block elements with oxygen donor ligands in ionic liquids. This work focuses heavily on the structures of the crystalline phases that form when...
In the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review, it has been emphasized that the continued production of nuclear materials is and will continue to be an essential part of American interest and policy. Necessarily, the cleanup and environmental...
The focus of this dissertation is the study of the magnetic properties of several novel lanthanide and actinide metal complexes, of particular concentration is the use of SQUID magnetochemistry coupled with electron paramagnetic...
This dissertation seeks to determine fundamental differences between lanthanides and actinides, as well as how their bonding influences ligand selectivity, for possible actinide separations from nuclear waste. The f-elements are...
The actinide series remain a rather unknown area within the periodic table. There is plenty of studies that can be done with the actinide elements, however, the radioactivity has truly hindered the process of learning about these...
A recent drive to explore the fundamental properties of later actinide elements is culminated by this research which targets the structural chemistry and electronic behavior of berkelium in the solid-state. Experimental evidence...
The fundamental chemistry of the f-elements is relatively underexplored compared to any other block of elements on the periodic table. The synthesis, structure determination, and characterization of new f-element compounds may lead to...
In comparison to their lanthanide counterparts, the actinide elements are woefully understudied. This is especially true for the trans-plutonium actinides. Known isotopes of the heavier, later actinides possess, in most cases, shorter...
This dissertation focuses on probing the fundamental chemistry of the actinide series, specifically the structure and bonding in complexes of transuranium elements. The actinides consist of the elements from actinium to lawrencium in the...
The pressure behavior of the actinides, like the rest of the chemistry of the actinides, is not well studied or understood. Chapter 1 gives a brief description of the prior work that has gone into studying the pressure behavior of the...
The periodic table of the elements, derived from numerous attempts in the 1800s to systematically examine the chemistry found in nature, has seen a stark evolution over the last century. The elements of the actinide series are the...
The actinide series is of great importance, possessing applications in clean energy, space travel, medicinal use, and even household smoke detectors. Despite everyday applications, our knowledge of the actinides is severely limited...
Out of interest in better exploring the nature of actinide bonding, investigations have been undertaken which confront the problem of the unusual character of covalency as it occurs in the 5f elements by utilizing multiple analytical...
Selective crystallization offers new opportunities for separating lanthanide elements, which have considerable importance in advanced materials. The first part is the second and third chapters, which investigated that the coordination...
The knowledge of actinide chemistry significantly lags behind the rest of the periodic table. Understanding the fundamental behavior of these elements is crucial for actinide separations and nuclear waste storage. Many separation...
Despite their discovery during the 1940's, there are still many unanswered questions surrounding the elements past uranium, or transuranic elements. In the recent years more evidence is emerging that suggest the bonding and structure of...
Two important applications of the f elements lie in the separation of the components comprising spent nuclear fuel, and f element use as radionuclides in nuclear medicine. Two ligand systems applying to each of these applications are...
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