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Effect of carbon content on electronic structure of uranium carbides
S. M. Butorin, S. Bauters, L. Amidani +6
The electronic structure of UC (x=0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 2.0) was studied by means of x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) at the C edge and measurements in the high energy resoluti…
Behavior of implanted Xe, Kr and Ar in nanodiamond and thin graphene stacks: experiment and modeling
Andrey A. Shiryaev, Alexander L. Trigub, Ekaterina N. Voronina +2
Implantation and subsequent behaviour of heavy noble gases (Ar, Kr, Xe) in few-layer graphene sheets and in nanodiamonds is studied both using computational methods and experimenta…
Insight into the structure-property relation of UO2 nanoparticles
Evgeny Gerber, Anna Yu. Romanchuk, Stephan Weiss +10
Highly crystalline UO2 nanoparticles (NPs) with sizes of 2-3 nm were produced by fast chemical deposition of uranium(IV) under reducing conditions at pH 8-11. The particles were th…
Trends in the valence band electronic structures of mixed uranium oxides
Kristina O Kvashnina, Piotr M Kowalski, Sergei M Butorin +5
Valence band electronic structure of mixed uranium oxides (UO2, U4O9, U3O7, U3O8, UO3) has been studied by the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) technique at the U M5 edge…
Understanding the size effects on the electronic structure of ThO2 nanoparticles
Lucia Amidani, Tatiana V. Plakhova, Anna Yu. Romanchuk +7
Developing characterization techniques and analysis methods adapted to the investigation of nanoparticles (NPs) is of fundamental importance considering the role of these materials…
The application of HEXS and HERFD XANES for accurate structural characterization of actinide nanomaterials: application to ThO2
Lucia Amidani, Gavin B. M. Vaughan, Tatiana V. Plakhova +7
Structural characterization of actinide nanoparticles (NPs) is of primary importance and hard to achieve, especially for non-homogeneous samples with NPs below 3 nm. By combining H…
Towards the surface hydroxyl species in CeO nanoparticles
Tatiana V Plakhova, Anna Yu Romanchuk, Sergei M Butorin +13
Understanding the complex chemistry of functional nanomaterials is of fundamental importance. Controlled synthesis and characterization at the atomic level is essential to gain dee…
Size Dependence of Lattice Parameter and Electronic Structure in CeO 2 Nanoparticles
Damien Prieur, Walter Bonani, Karin Popa +11
Intrinsic properties of a compound (e.g., electronic structure, crystallographic structure, optical and magnetic properties) define notably its chemical and physical behavior. In t…
Synthesis, Structural, and Electronic Properties of K 4 Pu VI O 2(CO 3) 3(cr): An Environmentally Relevant Plutonium Carbonate Complex
Ivan Pidchenko, Juliane März, Myrtille O J Y Hunault +3
The chemical properties of actinide materials are often predefined and described based on the data available for isostructural species. This is the case for potassium plutonyl (PuV…
The missing pieces of the PuO 2 nanoparticle puzzle
Evgeny Gerber, Anna Yu Romanchuk, Ivan Pidchenko +14
The nanoscience field often produces results more mystifying than any other discipline. It has been argued that changes in the plutonium dioxide (PuO2) particle size from bulk to n…
Eu: a suitable substituent for Pb in CsPbX perovskite nanocrystals?
Firoz Alam, K. David Wegner, Stephanie Pouget +4
Eu is used to replace toxic Pb in metal halide perovskite nanocrystals (NCs). The synthesis implies injection of cesium oleate into a solution of europium (II) bromid…
A multi-technique study of altered granitic rock from the Krunkelbach Valley uranium deposit, Southern Germany
Ivan Pidchenko, Stephen Bauters, Irina Sinenko +10
Herein, a multi-technique study was performed to reveal the elemental speciation and microphase composition in altered granitic rock collected from the Krunkelbach Valley uranium (…
Modeling of Nuclear Waste Forms: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives
Piotr. M. Kowalski, Steve Lange, Guido Deissmann +6
Computational modeling is an important aspect of the research on nuclear waste materials. In particular, atomistic simulations, when used complementary to experimental efforts, con…
New insights into the mechanism of graphene oxide and radionuclide interaction through vacancy defects
Anastasiia S. Kuzenkova, Anna Yu. Romanchuk, Alexander L. Trigub +8
The sorption of radionuclides by graphene oxides synthesized by different methods was studied through a combination of batch experiments with characterization by microscopic and sp…
Size Effects in Nanocrystalline Thoria
Tatiana V. Plakhova, Anna Yu. Romanchuk, Daria V. Likhosherstova +9
The facile chemical precipitation method and subsequent thermal treatment were shown to be suitable for preparation of crystalline ThO2 nanoparticles(NPs) in a wide range of partic…
Role of resonant inelastic x-ray scattering in high-resolution core-level spectroscopy of actinide materials
K. O. Kvashnina, S. M. Butorin
This paper provides a brief overview of applications of advanced X-ray spectroscopic techniques that take advantage of the resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) in the hard an…
The chemical state of complex uranium oxides
K. O. Kvashnina, S. M. Butorin, P. Martin +1
We report here the first direct observation of U(V) in uranium binary oxides and analyze the gradual conversion of the U oxidation state in the mixed uranium systems. Our finding c…
Structural properties of amorphous metal carbides; theory and experiment
K. Kadas, M. Andersson, E. Holmstrom +8
By means of theoretical modeling and experimental synthesis and characterization, we investigate the structural properties of amorphous Zr-Si-C. Two chemical compositions are selec…