Insight into the structure–property relationship of UO<sub>2</sub>nanoparticles
Evgeny Gerber, Anna Yu. Romanchuk, Stephan Weiß, Stephen Bauters, Bianca Schacherl, Tonya Vitova, René Hübner, Salim Shams Aldin Azzam, Dirk Detollenaere, Dipanjan Banerjee, Sergei M. Butorin, Stepan N. Kalmykov, Kristina O. Kvashnina
Abstract
We show that the structural and electronic properties of UO<sub>2</sub>NPs (2–3 nm) are similar to those of bulk UO<sub>2</sub>under inert conditions, with U(<sc>iv</sc>) as the dominating oxidation state, though NPs oxidize with time and under the X-ray beam.
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