Expanding Plutonium Inorganic Chemistry

Executive Summary

We will evaluate the feasibility of transposing and applying a recently developed method for metal ligands to synthesize and characterize novel compounds of plutonium. The project will generate new knowledge about the chemical and physical properties of plutonium that will improve our understanding of nuclear materials found in various applications including energy, weapons, medicine, and waste.

Publications, Presentations, and Patents

M. Nyman and G.J.-P. Deblonde. Metal-oxide cages open up strategy for processing nuclear waste. Nature, 2023, 616, 7957, 438-440. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-01019-8. ; IM #1080846.

Gauthier Deblonde,"The heavy side of radiochemistry: revisiting actinide chemistry with tailored macromolecules" (Invited Oral Presentation, The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society Annual Meeting & Exhibition. San Diego, CA, March 2023). LLNL-PRES-848629.

Gauthier Deblonde, "From critical materials hydrometallurgy to fundamental actinide chemistry: unconventional utilizations of polyoxometalates" (Invited Oral Presentation, the American Chemical Society Spring 2023 Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, March 2023). LLNL-PRES-850628.

Gauthier Deblonde, "Go big or go home: Big ligands for expanding actinide chemistry" (Invited Oral Presentation, ORNL for ORNL’s Seaborg Institute Initiative Kickoff Workshop. Oak Ridge, TN, May 2023). LLNL-PRES-850658.

Gauthier Deblonde, "GO BIG OR GO HOME: heavy molecules facilitate the study of radioactive elements" (Poster Presentation, the NACS-BBTD Poster Symposium, LLNL, Livermore, CA, May 2023). LLNL-POST-848828.

Gauthier Deblonde, "Coordination chemistry of transuranic elements made easy" (Invited Oral Presentation, the Actinides 2023 International Conference. Golden, CO, June 2023). LLNL-PRES-850659.

Gauthier Deblonde, et al, "Polyoxometalates for expanding actinide chemistry" (Oral Presentation and Session chair of Actinides and Lanthanide Chemistry; the American Chemical Society Fall 2023 Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 2023). 

Gauthier Deblonde, "Crystallography of transuranic compounds made easy" (Oral Presentation, the American Chemical Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA. August 2023). I. Colliard et al; IM #1080951.