| AVS 65th International Symposium & Exhibition | |
| Actinides and Rare Earths Focus Topic | Thursday Sessions |
| Session AC-ThA |
| Session: | Early Career Scientists |
| Presenter: | Samantha Cary, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Authors: | S.K. Cary, Los Alamos National Laboratory J. Su, Los Alamos National Laboratory S.S. Galley, Florida State University T.E. Albrecht-Schmitt, Florida State University E. Batista, Los Alamos National Laboratory M.G. Ferrier, Los Alamos National Laboratory S.A. Kozimor, Los Alamos National Laboratory V. Mocko, Los Alamos National Laboratory B.L. Scott, Los Alamos National Laboratory B.W. Stein, Los Alamos National Laboratory F.D. White, Florida State University P. Yang, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
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Understanding the fundamental aspects of bonding is important in predicting an element's behavior, unfortunately when it comes to the actinides, there is little known. Acquiring a better understanding of these elements will affect a number of different areas including nuclear forensics, national security, and nuclear fuel cycles. Here we will describe the preparation of M(S2CNEt2)3(X) (MIII = Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Am, Cm, and Cf; X = n-heterocyclic aromatic ligands) and compare their structure, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and electronic structure calculations.