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The blue hue of einsteinium

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A complex containing the unstable isotope 254Es has been synthesized on a nanogram scale. Analysis of the fundamental bonding and spectroscopic characteristics of this einsteinium compound shows a blue shift of Es(iii) luminescence upon complexation, and the ligand serves as an antenna to sensitize the excited state.

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Fig. 1: Characterizing data for the Es(HOPO) complex synthesized in this work.

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    Louise S. Natrajan

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Natrajan, L.S., Faulkner, S. The blue hue of einsteinium. Nat. Chem. 13, 393–395 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00693-3

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