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Nanoscale uranium-based cage clusters inspired by uranium mineralogy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

P. C. Burns
P. C. Burns*
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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*E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Taking advantage of the bent uranyl-peroxide-uranyl interaction found in studtite, 26 nanoscale clusters have been synthesized using uranyl hexagonal bipyramids. Sixteen of these clusters are built from uranyl hexagonal bipyramids only. Eight contain pyrophosphate groups that bridge between uranyl polyhedra, and two contain oxalate groups that adopt a similar structural role. These clusters contain from 20 to 60 uranyl polyhedra and have diameters in the range ∼1.5 to 3 nm. All spontaneously selfassemble in aqueous solution under ambient conditions.

Keywords

bipyramidnanoscaleuranium
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 75 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 1 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2011

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