Recent advances and future perspectives on rare-earth-based nonlinear optical materials with π-conjugated [XO3](X= B, C, N) units

B Zhang, MY Ran, XT Wu, H Lin, QL Zhu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals serve as the pivotal core materials for laser frequency
conversion and play an indispensable role in various areas such as information technology …

The crystal chemistry of uranium carboxylates

T Loiseau, I Mihalcea, N Henry, C Volkringer - Coordination Chemistry …, 2014 - Elsevier
The field of uranium carboxylates has been studied for several decades and an important
library of coordination complexes and network solids is now well defined. It mainly concerns …

Ultra-efficient americium/lanthanide separation through oxidation state control

Z Wang, JB Lu, X Dong, Q Yan, X Feng… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lanthanide/actinide separation is a worldwide challenge for atomic energy and nuclear
waste treatment. Separation of americium (Am), a critical actinide element in the nuclear fuel …

Polyoxometalates as ligands to synthesize, isolate and characterize compounds of rare isotopes on the microgram scale

I Colliard, JRI Lee, CA Colla, HE Mason, AM Sawvel… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
The synthesis and study of radioactive compounds are both inherently limited by their
toxicity, cost and isotope scarcity. Traditional methods using small inorganic or organic …

Rare earth separations by selective borate crystallization

X Yin, Y Wang, X Bai, Y Wang, L Chen, C Xiao… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Lanthanides possess similar chemical properties rendering their separation from one
another a challenge of fundamental chemical and global importance given their …

Rational design of deep-ultraviolet nonlinear optical materials in fluorooxoborates: toward optimal planar configuration

F Liang, L Kang, P Gong, Z Lin, Y Wu - Chemistry of Materials, 2017 - ACS Publications
Deep-ultraviolet (DUV, λ< 200 nm) coherent light becomes increasingly urgent owing to its
great applications in many scientific and technical fields, such as semiconductor …

Actinide covalency measured by pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

A Formanuik, AM Ariciu, F Ortu, R Beekmeyer… - Nature Chemistry, 2017 - nature.com
Our knowledge of actinide chemical bonds lags far behind our understanding of the bonding
regimes of any other series of elements. This is a major issue given the technological as well …

Emergence of californium as the second transitional element in the actinide series

SK Cary, M Vasiliu, RE Baumbach, JT Stritzinger… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
A break in periodicity occurs in the actinide series between plutonium and americium as the
result of the localization of 5 f electrons. The subsequent chemistry of later actinides is …

Unusual structure, bonding and properties in a californium borate

MJ Polinski, EB Garner III, R Maurice, N Planas… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The participation of the valence orbitals of actinides in bonding has been debated for
decades. Recent experimental and computational investigations demonstrated the …

Computation-Aided Development of Next-Generation Extractants for Trivalent Actinide and Lanthanide Separation

X Yang, D Fang, L Chen, Y Liu, S Wang, L Xu, A Zhang… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
The chemical similarities between trivalent actinides [An (III)] and lanthanides [Ln (III)]
present a significant challenge in differentiating and separating them, which is a key step …