Featured recent research publications
Structure and Reactivity of X-Ray Amorphous Uranyl Peroxide, U2O7.
Samuel O. Odah, Jacob Shambling, Christopher A. Colla, Sarah Hickam, Haylie L. Lobeck, Rachel A.K. Lopez,
Travis Olds, Jennifer E.S. Szymanowski, Ginger E. Sigmon, Joerg Neuefeind, William H. Casey, Maik Lang,
Laura Gagliardi, and Peter C. Burns
Thermodynamic studies of studtite thermal decomposition pathways via amorphous intermediates UO3, U2O7, and UO4.
Xiaofeng Gao, Hongwu Xu, Peter C. Burns, and Alexander Navrotsky
Journal of Nuclear Materials (2016) (download here).
Thermodynamic studies of studtite thermal decomposition pathways via amorphous intermediates UO3, U2O7, and UO4.
Xiaofeng Gao, Hongwu Xu, Peter C. Burns, and Alexander Navrotsky
Journal of Nuclear Materials (2016) (download here).
Hybrid Lanthanide-Actinide Peroxide Cage Clusters.
Ginger E. Sigmon, Jennifer E.S. Szymanowski, Korey P. Carter, Christopher L. Cahill, and Peter C. Burns
Cation-Dependent Hierarchical Assembly of U60 Nanoclusters into Macro-Ion Assemblies Imaged via Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy.
Jennifer A. Soltis, Christine M. Wallace, R. Lee Penn, and Peter C. Burns
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2016) 191-198.
Processing Used Nuclear Fuel with Nanoscale Control of Uranium and Ultrafiltration.
Ernest M. Wylie, Kathryn M. Peruski, Sarah E. Prizio, Andrea N.A. Bridges, Tracy S. Rudisell, David T. Hobbs,
William A. Phillip, and Peter C. Burns
Journal of Nuclear Materials (2016) 473, 125-130.
Synthesis and Preservation of Graphene-Supported Uranium Dioxide Nanocrystals.
Hanya Ma, Haiteo Wang, Peter C. Burns, Bruce K. McNamara, Edgar C. Buck, and Chongzheng Na.
Journal of Nuclear Materials (2016) doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2016.03.027
Incorporation of Np(V) and U(VI) in carbonate and sulfate minerals crystallized from aqueous solution.
Enrica Balboni, Jessica M. Morrison, Zheming Wang, Mark H. Engelhard, and Peter C. Burns
NEWS
Director, Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame
Director, Materials Science of Actinides - an Energy Frontier Research Center
Henry Massman Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences
Concurrent Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame
Peter C. Burns