Insight into the structure–property relationship of UO2nanoparticles

• DOI: 10.1039/d0qi01140a
• Publication Date: 2020-12-15T17:26:54Z
• Authors: Evgeny Gerber; Anna Yu. Romanchuk; Stephan Weiss; Stephen Bauters; Bianca Schacherl; Tonya Vitova; René Hübner; Salim Shams Aldin...; Dirk Detollenaere; Dipanjan Banerjee; Sergei M. Butorin; Stepan N. Kalmykov; Kristina O. Kvash...
• Keywords: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph); Technology; ddc:600; Materialkemi; FOS: Physical sciences; 600; 02 engineering and technology; 540; 530; 01 natural sciences; 3. Good health; 0104 chemical sciences; Physics - Chemical Physics; Materials Chemistry; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/600; 0210 nano-technology

We show that the structural and electronic properties of UO₂NPs (2–3 nm) are similar to those bulk UO₂under inert conditions, with U(<sc>iv</sc>) as dominating oxidation state, though NPs oxidize time under X-ray beam.