Functionalization of filled radioactive multi-walled carbon nanocapsules by arylation reaction for in vivo delivery of radio-therapy

Functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) containing radioactive salts are proposed as a potential system for radioactivity delivery. MWCNTs are loaded with isotopically enriched 152-samarium chloride (152SmCl3), the ends of the...

Preparation, Structural, Spectroscopic, Thermal, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Characteristics of Semi-Organic Material: Samarium Chloride-Thiourea-L-Tartaric acid

Samarium chloride-thiourea-l-tartaric acid (SCTuT): a semi-organic material was prepared in the form of a single crystal with an orthorhombic crystal structure and a space group Pnma. The crystallinity and purity of the single crystals were tested by powder X-ray diffraction. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis shows the rod-like microstructure. Energy dispersive X-ray analysis has confirmed the elemental composition. Fourier transform infrared and Raman spectroscopy analysis established the mode of coordination and functional groups. The thermal effects such as dehydration, melting and decomposition, etc. were observed by the thermogravimetric and differential thermoanalytical (TGA/DTA) analysis. Linear and non-linear characteristics of the compound were studied in detail. The optical band transitions due to C=O and C=S chromophores remain active in grown crystals and thus are recorded in the UV-Vis optical spectrum. The crystals possess finite values of non-linear absorption, non-linear refraction and third order nonlinearity as confirmed by Z-scan experiments.

In situ Raman spectroscopy of samarium ions in molten LiCl-KCl eutectic

A fiber-based Raman spectroscopy system was commissioned in an inert atmosphere for in situ analysis of high temperature molten salts. Speciation of samarium chloride was studied in the LiCl-KCl eutectic system at 500 °C. Raman spectra indicated trivalent samarium forms an octahedral SmCl63- complex with two detectable vibration modes. Chemical reduction experiments were conducted to investigate the coordination of divalent samarium in the same eutectic salt. The resulting spectra are reported and discussed in terms of complex formation and behavior of divalent samarium ions. Trivalent samarium was electrochemically reduced in situ and Raman spectra obtained were compared with those resulting from chemical reduction experiments. The spectra suggest divalent samarium ions form in LiCl-KCl only temporarily and spontaneously disproportionate into a mixture of trivalent samarium ions and metallic samarium.

Enhancing phosphate removal from water by using ordered mesoporous silica loaded with samarium oxide

A series of ordered mesoporous silica loaded with samarium oxide (Sm-MCM-41) were synthesized by a facile one-step sol–gel route using CTAB as the template, TEOS as the silica source, and hexahydrated samarium chloride as the precursor.