Influence of the local atomic structure in the X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy of neptunium oxo ions

Autor: Eric Simoni, Steven D. Conradson, D. Webster Keogh, Christophe Den Auwer, Clara Fillaux, David Clark, Jose Mustre de Leon, Phillip D. Palmer, Dominique Guilaumont, Janeth M. Lozano
Přispěvatelé: Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009, 11, pp.10396-10402. ⟨10.1039/b911731h⟩
ISSN: 1463-9076
1463-9084
DOI: 10.1039/b911731h⟩
Popis: Experimental L(III) X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectra of the distorted octahedral neptunium oxo ions NpO(2)(OH)(4)(2-), NpO(4)(OH)(2)(3-), and NpO(6)(6-) are interpreted using relativistic full multiple scattering calculations of the X-ray absorption process. In this series of compounds, the neptunium cation exhibits two different oxidation states, VI and VII, with coordination spheres from di- to tetra oxo for the first two compounds. The comparison between calculated XANES spectra using the feff code and experimental ones shows that the main features in the spectra are determined by the local coordination around the actinide metal center. Furthermore, the projected density of electronic states (DOS) calculated from the XANES simulations using the feff code are compared to calculations using ADF code. They are both discussed in terms of molecular orbitals and qualitative evolution of bonding within this series of compounds.
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