Published February 20, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

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

  • 1. Notre Dame Univ., IN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Dept. of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
  • 2. Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (Germany). Inst. for Energy and Climate Research
  • 3. Kiel Univ. (Germany). Dept. of Crystallography
  • 4. Argonne National Laboratory, IL (United States). Chemistry Division
  • 5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN (United States). Transuranium Research Lab.

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.

Abstract (German)

Facettenreiches Curium: Das erste Curiumborat wurde synthetisiert und zeigt eine komplexe Struktur mit CmIII-Koordinationsumgebungen, wie sie fuer PuIII- und AmIII-Borate gefunden wurden (siehe Bild). Zeitaufloesende laserinduzierte Photolumineszenzuntersuchungen sowie Roentgenbeugungsexperimente ergaben zwei individuelle CmIII-Zentren mit unterschiedlichen Koordinationsumgebungen.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Angewandte Chemie
Journal Volume
124
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 1905-1908
ISSN
0044-8249
CODEN
ANCEAD