The Structures and Optical Spectra of Hydrated Transplutonium Ions in the Solid State and in SolutionThe authors are indebted to OBES, USDOE, for providing 248Cm through the former production program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We would like to thank the INE radiation safety officers for their assistance in providing a secure experimental setup, the scientists at the INE-Beamline for Actinide Research at ANKA, and Dr. Clemens Walther (INE-FZK) for his help with the laser fluorescence spectroscopy.

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