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The search for cleaner, low temperature nuclear fuels has
produced a shock result for a team of experts at The University of Nottingham.
First they created a stable version of a ‘trophy molecule’
that has eluded scientists for decades. Now they have discovered that the
bonding within this molecule is far different than expected. Remarkably their
findings have shown that it behaves in much the same way as its counterparts in
the well-known transitional metals such as chromium, molybdenum and tungsten.
The research, done by PhD student David King, which could
help in the extraction and separation of the two to three per cent of highly
radioactive material in nuclear waste, was led by Professor Stephen Liddle in
the School of Chemistry, and has been published in the prestigious academic
journal Nature Chemistry.