Coordination chemistry for separation of nuclear-related metals

In order to understand the separation mechanism of metals in chemical processes, the chemical species formed in the processes should be characterised particularly on a molecular level. Structural characterisation is of particular importance to understand the interaction between the metal of interest and separating reagents (i.e. ligands), which would be also beneficial to further improve the efficiency of separation processes and/or to develop new separation ligands. This talk will cover the application of X-ray-based characterisation techniques (single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS)) to the separation chemistry of nuclear-related elements, such as actinides (An) or strontium (Sr).