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Differential Ion Exchange in Elliptical Uranyl Diphosphonate Nanotubules
Author(s) -
Adelani Pius O.,
AlbrechtSchmitt Thomas E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201004797
Subject(s) - uranyl , phosphonate , crystallography , ion , materials science , ion exchange , mineralogy , chemistry , organic chemistry
Nanotubular bells : A simple route to a uranyl diphosphonate with an elliptical nanotubular structure has been developed (see picture; C black, O red, Cs blue, F yellow, UO 7 green pentagonal bipyramids, phosphonate violet tetrahedra). The interior of the nanotubules provides a different chemical environment than the exterior with regards to the exchange of Cs + cations for Ag + cations, thus demonstrating that uranyl nanotubules are functional materials.