Conspectus Astatine (At) is the rarest on Earth of all naturally occurring elements, situated
below iodine in the periodic table. While only short-lived isotopes (t 1/2≤ 8.1 h) are known …

It is now well established that the relativistic effects strongly influence the properties of the
heavier elements, specially the heavier elements of d-and f-block and also the heavier main …

Abstract Astatine-211 (211 At, t 1/2= 7.21 h) emitting two α particles with energies of 5.87
and 7.45 MeV, can lead to a high linear energy transfer (LET= 98.84 keV/µm) and short …

Hydrogen bonding (H-bonding) with heavier chalcogens such as polonium and tellurium is
almost unexplored owing to their lower electronegativities, providing us an opportunity to …

Iodic acid (IA), the key driver of marine aerosols, is widely detected within the gas and
particle phases in the marine boundary layer (MBL) and even the free troposphere (FT) …

As a non-covalent interaction, halogen bonding is now acknowledged to be useful in all
fields where the control of intermolecular recognition plays a pivotal role. Halogen-bond …

The leading electronic mechanisms of relativistic effects in the NMR magnetic shieldings of
heavy-atom (HA) containing molecules are well described by the linear response with …

211At, when coupled to a targeting agent, is one of the most promising radionuclides for
therapeutic applications. The main labelling approach consists in the formation of astatoaryl …

All electron relativistic calculations within density functional theory (DFT) with hybrid
functional B3LYP were performed using 4-component Dirac-Coulomb-Gaunt, 4-component …

The nature of halogen-bond interactions was scrutinized from the perspective of astatine,
potentially the strongest halogen-bond donor atom. In addition to its remarkable electronic …