This review aims to provide an overview of the current state of radiation chemistry with respect to the actinide elements,thorium through californium.Despite the inherent radioactivity of the actinides,only a few stud...This review aims to provide an overview of the current state of radiation chemistry with respect to the actinide elements,thorium through californium.Despite the inherent radioactivity of the actinides,only a few studies explore the effects of ionizing radiation on their redox chemistry and surrounding environment.This fundamental knowledge gap,coupled with the current renaissance in actinide-based technologies such as nuclear power,space exploration,and medicine,underscores the importance of research in this interdisciplinary area.This review will focus on the interactions between reactive species formed by radiolysis with actinides and their complexes,offering an inorganic chemist’s perspective on research in radiation chemistry.In addition,a thorough discussion of our current understanding of radiation-induced changes in actinide speciation in both aqueous solution and the solid-state will be provided,focusing on changes in oxidation state distribution,complexation,and secondary coordination effects within inorganic materials.Finally,this review will discuss challenges and opportunities for inorganic chemists to explore this unique intersection of fields.展开更多
基金the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program(NSF GRFP-1945994)Forbes was supported by U.S.DOE,Basic Energy Sciences,Heavy Elements Chemistry under award DE-SC0023995+1 种基金Horne was supported by the U.S.DOE,Office of Science,Office of Basic Energy Sciences,Solar Photochemistry Program under award DE-SC0024191LaVerne was supported by the Division of Chemical Sciences,Geosciences and Biosciences,Basic Energy Sciences,Office of Science,US-DOE through Award No.DE-FC02-04ER15533,document number NDRL-5458.
文摘This review aims to provide an overview of the current state of radiation chemistry with respect to the actinide elements,thorium through californium.Despite the inherent radioactivity of the actinides,only a few studies explore the effects of ionizing radiation on their redox chemistry and surrounding environment.This fundamental knowledge gap,coupled with the current renaissance in actinide-based technologies such as nuclear power,space exploration,and medicine,underscores the importance of research in this interdisciplinary area.This review will focus on the interactions between reactive species formed by radiolysis with actinides and their complexes,offering an inorganic chemist’s perspective on research in radiation chemistry.In addition,a thorough discussion of our current understanding of radiation-induced changes in actinide speciation in both aqueous solution and the solid-state will be provided,focusing on changes in oxidation state distribution,complexation,and secondary coordination effects within inorganic materials.Finally,this review will discuss challenges and opportunities for inorganic chemists to explore this unique intersection of fields.
