The rare earths (REs) are a family of 17 elements that exhibit pronounced chemical
similarities as a group, while individually expressing distinctive and varied electronic …

Conspectus Current projections for global mining indicate that unsustainable practices will
cause supply problems for many elements, called critical raw materials, in the next 20 years …

The extraction and subsequent separation of individual rare earth elements (REEs) from
REE-bearing feedstocks represent a challenging yet essential task for the growth and …

Supramolecular chemical strategies for Rare Earth (RE) element separations are emerging
which amplify the small changes in properties across the series to bias selectivity in …

The surging demand for high-purity individual lanthanides necessitates the development of
novel and exceptionally selective separation strategies. At the heart of these separation …

Many studies over the past few decades have been devoted to addressing the application of
diglycolamides (DGAs) for hydrometallurgical-based, f-element separations. Work to date …

Lanthanides and actinides are elements of ever-increasing technological importance in the
modern world. However, the similar chemical and physical properties within these groups …

The separation of adjacent lanthanides continues to be a challenge worldwide because of
the similar physical and chemical properties of these elements and a necessity to advance …

To resolve the fleeting structures of lanthanide Ln3+ aqua ions in solution, we (i) performed
the first ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations of the entire series of Ln3+ aqua …

Lanthanide rare-earth metals are ubiquitous in modern technologies,,,–, but we know little
about chemistry of the 61st element, promethium (Pm), a lanthanide that is highly radioactive …