The strong interaction of actinyl ions with fullerenol driven by multiple hydrogen bonds

Abstract

The removal of actinides from radioactive wastewater is an important subject with the continuous application of nuclear energy. All-electron density functional theory (DFT) calculations were carried out to understand the...

Directed assembly of fullerenols via electrostatic and coordination interactions to fabricate diverse and water-soluble metal cation–fullerene nanocluster complexes

“…Metal ion-nanoscale cluster coordinated aggregation complexes have received great attention to produce a variety of functional engineered nanomaterials with promising characteristics of diverse architecture, great versatility, and applicability that have enabled a broad range of applications in materials science, energy, environment, and biomedicine, [1][2][3] including pollution restorers, 4,5 environmental puriers, 6 batteries and solar cells, 7 catalysis, 8 articial enzymes, 9 templating, 10 sensing, 11 anticancer drug delivery, 12 and theranostics. 13 As a few recent highlights, for example, the selected and precise coordination of a nanoscale polyoxometalate cluster with hexavalent actinides over trivalent lanthanides gave rise to a new ultraltration-based separation method for highlevel waste in nuclear energy.…”

“…13 As a few recent highlights, for example, the selected and precise coordination of a nanoscale polyoxometalate cluster with hexavalent actinides over trivalent lanthanides gave rise to a new ultraltration-based separation method for highlevel waste in nuclear energy. 5 The synthetic use of electron-beam lithographic techniques induced the exceptional formation of an open-hole bimetallic lead-azafullerene complex to provide a new horizon for designing advanced and well-dened carbon nanostructures. 10 Since the rst discovery of fullerenes in 1985, 14 the insertion into carbon cages or external doping of metal ions has been attempted to gain fullerene-based metal coordination complexes.…”