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Unlocking the Mystery of Promethium: The Rare Earth Element Without Stable Isotopes
For the first time, scientists have characterized a promethium coordination complex, advancing the understanding of ...
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US scientists create first stable promethium complex in rare earth breakthrough
This created a stable compound, allowing the researchers to use X-ray absorption spectroscopy to measure the length of the ...
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In an advance for promethium production, researchers get a new view of the element’s properties
Promethium’s short half-life and lack of stable isotopes makes it difficult to study. In addition, promethium is difficult to ...
Beyond the Periodic Table’s Edge: Scientists Unravel New Chemistry for Heavy Elements
Heavy ligands such as polyoxometalates are opening a new frontier in actinide chemistry. Studying materials that are both radioactive and rare presents significant challenges. The elements that follow ...
Only a Few Grams of This Element Exist—and Scientists Have Used It to Break the Rules of the Periodic Table
More than 75 years after its initial discovery, scientists have created an organometallic molecule containing the transuranium element berkelium. According to a new study, the electronic signature of ...
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Novel molecular design achieves 1,300-fold increase in scintillator radioluminescence
This enhancement harnesses X-ray-induced triplet exciton recycling within lanthanide metal complexes. Detection of ionizing radiation is crucial in diverse fields, such as medical radiography ...