Published February 20, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Curium(III) borate shows coordination environments of both plutonium(III) and americium(III) borates

  • 1. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
  • 2. Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Institute for Energy and Climate Research (IEK-6) (Germany)
  • 3. Department of Crystallography, University of Kiel (Germany)
  • 4. Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL (United States)
  • 5. Chemical Sciences Division, Transuranium Research Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Description

The two faces of curium: The first curium borate has been prepared showing a complex structure with coordination environments for CmIII that are found in both PuIII and AmIII borates. Time-resolved laser-induced photoluminescence studies as well as X-ray diffraction experiments show two distinct CmIII sites with different coordination environments. (Copyright copyright 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201107956

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Journal Title
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 1869-1872
ISSN
1433-7851
CODEN
ACIEF5

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Notes
With 5 figs., 32 refs.