We have designed and developed a new experimental setup, based on the 3ω method, to measure thermal conductivity, heat capacity and electrical resistivity of a variety of samples in a broad temperature range (2−550 K) and under magnetic fields up to 9 T. The validity of this method is tested by measuring various types of metallic (copper, platinum, and constantan) and insulating (SiO2) material...

In vitro cellular dissolution tests for insoluble forms of uranium oxide are technically difficult with conventional methodology using adherent alveolar macrophages. The limited number of cells per flask and the slow dissolution rate in a large volume of nutritive medium are obvious restricting factors. Macrophages in suspension cannot be substituted because they represent different and poorly ...

We present an X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) study of a series of uranium coordination complexes that possess nearly identical first coordination spheres and geometries in a range of oxidation states from U(III) to U(VI). These compounds were obtained through the activation of small molecules, such as ketones, azides, and carbon dioxide, and upon oxidation of a high-valent U(V)≡O ...

The electronic spectra and the photochemistry of the uranyl complexes UO2 (salophen) and UO2 (oxinate)2 with H2salophen = N,N'-bis(salicylidene)-o-phenylenediamine and oxine = 8hydroxyquinoline were studied. The excited state behavior of both complexes is determined by a low-energy salophen / oxinateÿ to U(VI) ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) state which is not luminescent but can be reac...