1. Extractant Design by Covalency
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Travis S. Grimes, Joe Macor, Andrew J. Gaunt, Angela C. Olson, Dean R. Peterman, Stosh A. Kozimor, Justin N. Cross, and Enrique R. Batista
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X-ray absorption spectroscopy ,Absorption spectroscopy ,Chemistry ,Extraction (chemistry) ,Analytical chemistry ,Physical chemistry ,Density functional theory ,Actinide - Abstract
This project aims to provide an electronic structure-to-function understanding of extractants for actinide selective separation processes. The research entails a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates chemical syntheses, structural determination, K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS), and Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. In FY15, the project reached the final stage of testing the extraction performance of a new ligand design and preparing an americium-extractant complex for analysis.
- Published
- 2016
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