An updated status and trends in actinide metal-organic frameworks (An-MOFs): From synthesis to application

K Lv, S Fichter, M Gu, J März, M Schmidt - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Actinide metal-organic frameworks (An-MOFs) consisting of actinide nodes and organic
linkers represent an underexplored category of coordination polymers due to challenges in …

On the origin of low-valent uranium oxidation state

CL Silva, L Amidani, M Retegan, S Weiss… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The significant interest in actinide bonding has recently focused on novel compounds with
exotic oxidation states. However, the difficulty in obtaining relevant high-quality experimental …

Emergence of the structure-directing role of f-orbital overlap-driven covalency

E Lu, S Sajjad, VEJ Berryman, AJ Wooles… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
FEUDAL (f's essentially unaffected, d's accommodate ligands) is a longstanding bonding
model in actinide chemistry, in which metal-ligand binding uses 6d-orbitals, with the 5f …

Stabilization of plutonium (V) within a crown ether inclusion complex

Y Wang, SX Hu, L Cheng, C Liang, X Yin… - CCS …, 2020 - chinesechemsoc.org
Crystalline coordination complexes of actinides, especially in atypical oxidation states, are
not only fundamentally important for expanding the notably limited knowledge on the …

Using redox-active ligands to generate actinide Ligand radical species

SS Galley, SA Pattenaude, D Ray, CA Gaggioli… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Using a redox-active dioxophenoxazine ligand, DOPO (DOPO= 2, 4, 6, 8-tetra-tert-butyl-1-
oxo-1 H-phenoxazine-9-olate), a family of actinide (U, Th, Np, and Pu) and Hf tris (ligand) …

Uranium (III)-carbon multiple bonding supported by arene δ-bonding in mixed-valence hexauranium nanometre-scale rings

AJ Wooles, DP Mills, F Tuna, EJL McInnes… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Despite the fact that non-aqueous uranium chemistry is over 60 years old, most polarised-
covalent uranium-element multiple bonds involve formal uranium oxidation states IV, V, and …

Understanding the stabilization and tunability of divalent europium 2.2. 2B cryptates

TN Poe, MJ Beltrán-Leiva, C Celis-Barros… - Inorganic …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Lanthanides such as europium with more accessible divalent states are useful for studying
redox stability afforded by macrocyclic organic ligands. Substituted cryptands, such as 2.2 …

Cyclopentadienyl coordination induces unexpected ionic Am− N bonding in an americium bipyridyl complex

BN Long, MJ Beltrán-Leiva, C Celis-Barros… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Variations in bonding between trivalent lanthanides and actinides is critical for reprocessing
spent nuclear fuel. The ability to tune bonding and the coordination environment in these …

The origin of superior performance of Co (OH) 2 in hybrid supercapacitors

H Gao, S Xin, JB Goodenough - Chem, 2017 - cell.com
On the basis of a recent report by Deng et al. in Nature Communications, we have identified
the origin of the quite different behaviors of isostructural Ni (OH) 2 and Co (OH) 2 as …

A Tetravalent Plutonium Organic Framework Containing [Pu2O16] Dimers as Secondary Building Units: Synthesis, Structure, and Radiation Stability

Y Zhang, Y Du, L Li, Y Tao, K Li… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehensive Summary The second example of tetravalent plutonium carboxyl‐based
organic framework, 242Pu (OH)[PO [(C6H4) COO] 3]· H2O, termed as PuTPO (TPO= tris (4 …