Actinyl peroxide nanospheres
Actinyl peroxide nanospheres
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200462445
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发表时间:
2005-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Soderholm, L
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作者:
Burns, PC;Kubatko, KA;Soderholm, L
2173 Angew. Chem. 2005, 117, 2173–2177 DOI: 10.1002/ange. 200462445 2005 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim date are based on main-group elements, most notably C60 (buckminsterfullerene)[1] and transition-metal oxide clusters, including a wide variety of polyoxometalates built on WO, MoO, and NbO frameworks.[2] Studies based on these systems have resulted in new insight into electronic, magnetic, and structural properties at the nanoscale and provide numerous examples of novel materials with important applications.[3, 4] Nanoparticles are also of considerable importance in many environmental systems as they often form at low temperatures, can impact the transport of heavy metals and radionuclides in geologic fluids, and are small enough that their properties are often particle-size dependent.[5] Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of a new family of self-assembling nanospheres from actinide ions (Ac) and their persistence as stable entities in alkaline solutions. These nanospheres have compositions such as [K16 (H2O) 2-(UO2)(O2) 2 (H2O) 2 {(UO2)(O2) 1.5} 28] 14À and [Li6 (H2O) 8NpO2-(H2O) 4 {(NpO2)(O2)(OH)} 24] 20À and are comprised of linear actinyl peroxide building blocks. The uranyl and neptunyl members of this new family of actinyl peroxide compounds precipitated from alkaline peroxide solutions of UVI and NpV ions at 258C after approximately seven days or longer. Figure 1a–c shows the structures of four exemplary actinyl peroxide nanospheres that are the focus herein. Their molecular units are composed of 24, 28, or 32 uranyl peroxide polyhedra (U-24, U-28, and U-32) or 24 neptunyl peroxide polyhedra (Np-24).[6] The nanospheres are approximately 16.4, 17.7, and 18.6 in diameter (as measured between the centers of bonding oxygen atoms). The nanospheres are composed of two types of actinyl peroxide polyhedra: U-24, U-32, and Np-24 contain topologically identical [(AcO2)(O2 2À) 2 (OH) 2] hexagonal bipyramids, in which the oxygen atoms of the actinyl ions constitute the apices of the bipyramids and the peroxide groups form two of the equatorial edges of the polyhedra (Figure 1a, c). U-28 contains only [(AcO2)(O2 2À) 3] hexagonal bipyramids, in which three equatorial edges of the polyhedra are peroxide groups (Figure 1b). In all cases, the hexagonal bipyramids are linked by sharing three of their equatorial edges with adjacent polyhedra. Two of the shared edges in U-24, Np-24, and U-32 correspond to peroxide groups and the third edge consists of two hydroxy groups, whereas all three shared edges in U-28 are peroxide groups. The outer surfaces of the nanospheres are the oxygen atoms of the actinyl ions and each AcVIÀO bond corresponds to approximately 1.7 valence units;[7] therefore, these oxygen atoms can form only weak bonds. The shortening of the polyhedra edges associated with peroxide groups favors formation of nanospheres over the normal linkage into sheets or chains. Figure 2 illustrates the linkage of the polyhedra into four-membered rings in U-24, U-32, and Np-24. Each shared edge within the four-membered ring is a peroxide group with approximate lengths of 1.45, whereas the edge defined by one oxygen atom of each of the two peroxide groups has a length of approximately 2.8. The linkage of four polyhedra into a ring requires a tilting of the polyhedra with the actinyl ions directed towards a common point located approximately 3.5 below the four coplanar AcVI cations (Figure 2c). The nanospheres found in U-24 and Np-24 result from the linkage of eight topologically and chemically identical four-membered rings of polyhedra (Figure 2 d).U-28 …