Observation of a promethium complex in solution

DM Driscoll, FD White, S Pramanik, JD Einkauf… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Lanthanide rare-earth metals are ubiquitous in modern technologies,,,–, but we know little
about chemistry of the 61st element, promethium (Pm), a lanthanide that is highly radioactive …

Aqueous interfaces in chemical separations

A Uysal - Langmuir, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Chemical separations play a vital role in refinery and reprocessing of critical materials, such
as platinum group metals, rare earths, and actinides. The choice of separation system─ …

We Already Know Everything about Oxidative Addition to Pd (0): Do We?

J Rio, H Liang, MEL Perrin, LA Perego, L Grimaud… - ACS …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
The oxidative addition (OA) of organic electrophiles to Pd (0) is a fundamental step in
organopalladium chemistry and plays a key role in palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling …

Lanthanide Contraction: What is Normal?

RB Jordan - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Renewed interest in lanthanide contraction results from its possible effect on the properties
and applications of Ln (III) compounds and the theory related to these issues. To understand …

A Metal‐Organic Framework Incorporating Eight Different Size Rare‐Earth Metal Elements: Toward Multifunctionality À La Carte

Z Li, XB Li, ME Light, AE Carrillo… - Advanced Functional …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐metallic multivariate (MTV) rare earth (RE) metal− organic frameworks (MOFs) are of
interest for the development of multifunctional materials, however examples with more than …

Evaluation of Point Group Symmetry in Lanthanide (III) Complexes: A New Implementation of a Continuous Symmetry Operation Measure with Autonomous …

VRM Nielsen, B Le Guennic… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
The structure of molecular systems dictates the physical properties, and symmetry is the
determining factor for all electronic properties. This makes group theory a powerful tool in …

A holistic approach for elucidating local structure, dynamics, and speciation in molten salts with high structural disorder

S Roy, Y Liu, M Topsakal, E Dias… - Journal of the …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
To examine ion solvation, exchange, and speciation for minority components in molten salts
(MS) typically found as corrosion products, we propose a multimodal approach combining …

Aqueous Structure of Lanthanide–EDTA Coordination Complexes Determined by a Combined DFT/EXAFS Approach

A Smerigan, S Biswas, FD Vila, J Hong… - Inorganic …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Sustainable production of rare earth elements (REEs) is critical for technologies needed for
climate change mitigation, including wind turbines and electric vehicles. However …

[HTML][HTML] Solvent extraction in non-ideal eutectic solvents–Application towards lanthanide separation

UG Favero, N Schaeffer, H Passos, KAML Cruz… - Separation and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Hydrophobic eutectic solvents (HES) emerged as promising substitutes to the conventional
organic phase used in the solvent extraction (SX) of metal ions due to the avoidance of …

Structures of Th 4+ aqueous solutions: insights from AIMD and metadynamics simulations

Y He, JB Lu, YY Zhang, HS Hu, J Li - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Solution chemistry of actinide ions is critical to understanding the solvation behaviors and
hydrolysis process. Using tetravalent thorium ion Th4+ as a representative example, we …