[HTML][HTML] Uranium in natural waters and the environment: Distribution, speciation and impact

PL Smedley, DG Kinniburgh - Applied Geochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The concentrations of U in natural waters are usually low, being typically less than 4 μg/L in
river water, around 3.3 μg/L in open seawater, and usually less than 5 μg/L in groundwater …

[HTML][HTML] Uranium mobility in organic matter-rich sediments: A review of geological and geochemical processes

SA Cumberland, G Douglas, K Grice, JW Moreau - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Uranium (U) is of enormous global importance because of its use in energy generation,
albeit with potential environmental legacies. While naturally occurring U is widespread in the …

NWChem: Past, present, and future

E Apra, EJ Bylaska, WA De Jong, N Govind… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Specialized computational chemistry packages have permanently reshaped the landscape
of chemical and materials science by providing tools to support and guide experimental …

Linear-response and real-time time-dependent density functional theory studies of core-level near-edge x-ray absorption

K Lopata, BE Van Kuiken, M Khalil… - Journal of chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
We discuss our implementation and application of time-dependent density functional theory
(TDDFT) to core-level near-edge absorption spectroscopy, using both linear-response (LR) …

From NWChem to NWChemEx: Evolving with the computational chemistry landscape

K Kowalski, R Bair, NP Bauman, JS Boschen… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Since the advent of the first computers, chemists have been at the forefront of using
computers to understand and solve complex chemical problems. As the hardware and …

Spectroscopic and computational investigation of actinium coordination chemistry

MG Ferrier, ER Batista, JM Berg, ER Birnbaum… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Actinium-225 is a promising isotope for targeted-α therapy. Unfortunately, progress in
developing chelators for medicinal applications has been hindered by a limited …

Exploring actinide materials through synchrotron radiation techniques

WQ Shi, LY Yuan, CZ Wang, L Wang, L Mei… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Synchrotron radiation (SR) based techniques have been utilized with increasing frequency
in the past decade to explore the brilliant and challenging sciences of actinide‐based …

UO22+ Uptake by Proteins: Understanding the Binding Features of the Super Uranyl Binding Protein and Design of a Protein with Higher Affinity

SO Odoh, GD Bondarevsky, J Karpus… - Journal of the …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The capture of uranyl, UO22+, by a recently engineered protein (Zhou et al. Nat. Chem.
2014, 6, 236) with high selectivity and femtomolar sensitivity has been examined by a …

Ab initio molecular dynamics of uranium incorporated in goethite (α-FeOOH): Interpretation of X-ray absorption spectroscopy of trace polyvalent metals

S Kerisit, EJ Bylaska, MS Massey… - Inorganic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Incorporation of economically or environmentally consequential polyvalent metals into iron
(oxyhydr) oxides has applications in environmental chemistry, remediation, and materials …

Force Field Parameterization of Actinyl Molecular Cations Using the 12-6-4 Model

D Moreno Martinez, D Guillaumont… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In this work, a set of 12-6-4 force fields (FFs) parameters were developed for the actinyl
molecular cations, AnO2 n+(n= 1, 2), from uranium to plutonium for classical molecular …