Actinide dioxides in water: Interactions at the interface

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3130-3134

  Alexandrov, Vitaly ^a,b   Shvareva, Tatiana Y ^a   Hayun, Shmuel ^a,c   Asta, Mark ^a,b   Navrotsky, Alexandra ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Interfaces; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE OXIDES; ADSORBED WATER; ADSORPTION ENTHALPIES; CALORIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; HYDRATION LAYERS; SAFE OPERATION; STRUCTURAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL SIGNATURES; SURFACE CATIONS; WATER ADSORPTION;

CATALYSIS; ENTHALPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MODEL STRUCTURES; NUCLEAR FUELS; SURFACES;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84861622007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201458x     Document Type: Article

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