• Peter C. Burns
• Thomas Albrecht Schmitt
• Jeremy Fein
• Edward Maginn
• Lynne Soderholm

• Rod Ewing
• Udo Becker

• Alex Navrotsky
• William Casey
• Mark Asta
• Niels Jensen

• Christopher Cahill

• Jie Lian

• Laura Gagliardi

• William Weber

• David Hobbs
• Ann Visser
• Tracy Rudisill

• William Weber

• May Nyman

Research Theme Lead Contacts

Theme 1: Complex Actinide Materials - Alex Navrotsky

Theme 2: Nanoscale Actinide Materials - Peter C. Burns

Theme 3: Actinide Materials Under Extreme Environments - Rod Ewing

Lead - Peter C. Burns

Theme 2 will look at materials at the nano- and meso-scale.

Actinyl Nanoclusters

Uranyl nanoclusters with well-defined structures will be synthesized and characterized by the Burns group and other members of the EFRC. The synthesis of several nanolcusters will be perfected and these materials will be distributed for characterization. Uranyl nanoclusters will be examined to determine their interactions with solutions and their own energetics.

Micro- and Mesoporous Materials

Micro- and mesoporous materials will be designed and synthesized using actinide starting materials. The focus will be to design ion exchangers for actinides. Uranium based mesoporous materials will also be a focus of this research.

Theme Participants

Various collaborations will take place with the Burns research group for acquiring uranyl nanocluster materials.

Alex Navrotsky and Bill Casey will characterize uranyl nanoclusters by calorimetry and mass spectrometry.

Ed Maginn and Udo Becker will model the systems.

David Hobbs, Tracy Rudisill, Ann Visser, May Nyman, and Peter Burns will continue uranyl nanocluster synthesis in various systems.