Biological, biomolecular, and bio-inspired strategies for detection, extraction, and separations of lanthanides and actinides

Joseph A. Mattocks and Joseph A. Cotruvo

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2020, 49, 8315
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Experimental and computational exploration of the UV-visible properties of hexaniobate and hexatantalate ions

Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Aurélien Moncomble, Gérard Cote, Sarah Bélair and Alexandre Chagnes

RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 7619
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Investigating subtle 4fvs.5f coordination differences using kinetically inert Eu(iii), Tb(iii), and Cm(iii) complexes of a coumarin-appended 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7-triacetate (DO3A) ligand

Anne Kathrine R. Junker, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Rebecca J. Abergel and Thomas Just Sørensen

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The coordination chemistry of lanthanide and actinide metal ions with hydroxypyridinone-based decorporation agents: orbital and density based analyses

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Inducing selectivity and chirality in group IV metal coordination with high-denticity hydroxypyridinones

Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Trevor D. Lohrey and Rebecca J. Abergel

Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 8238
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Siderocalin fusion proteins enable a new 86Y/90Y theranostic approach

Alexia G. Cosby, Trevor Arino, Tyler A. Bailey, Matthew Buerger, Joshua J. Woods, Luis M. Aguirre Quintana, Jennifer V. Alvarenga Vasquez, Jennifer N. Wacker, Alyssa N. Gaiser, Roland K. Strong and Rebecca J. Abergel

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Toxic heavy metal – Pb, Cd, Sn – complexation by the octadentate hydroxypyridinonate ligand archetype 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO)

Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Trevor D. Lohrey, Dahlia D. An and Rebecca J. Abergel

New J. Chem., 2018, 42, 7649
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Efficient discrimination of transplutonium actinides by in vivo models

Roger M. Pallares, Dahlia D. An, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Birgitta Kullgren, Stacey S. Gauny, Erin E. Jarvis and Rebecca J. Abergel

Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 5295
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Intramolecular sensitization of americium luminescence in solution: shining light on short-lived forbidden 5f transitions

M. Sturzbecher-Hoehne, P. Yang, A. D'Aléo and R. J. Abergel

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Covalency in AnCl2 (An = Th–No)

Sophie Cooper and Nikolas Kaltsoyannis

Dalton Trans., 2022, 51, 5929
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Chelator-assisted high performance liquid chromatographic separation of trivalent lanthanides and actinides

Roger M. Pallares, Solène Hébert, Manuel Sturzbecher-Hoehne and Rebecca J. Abergel

New J. Chem., 2021, 45, 14364
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Structural and thermodynamic investigation of AnIVLI(O)HOPO

J. Aupiais, A. Younes, P. Moisy, C. Hennig, A. Rossberg, B. Brunel, M. Kerbaa, C. Vidaud and C. Den Auwer

New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 11291
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Breaking the 1,2-HOPO barrier with a cyclen backbone for more efficient sensitization of Eu(iii) luminescence and unprecedented two-photon excitation properties

Lixiong Dai, Wai-Sum Lo, Yanjuan Gu, Qingwu Xiong, Ka-Leung Wong, Wai-Ming Kwok, Wing-Tak Wong and Ga-Lai Law

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 4550
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Combinatorial design of multimeric chelating peptoids for selective metal coordination

Abel Ricano, Ilya Captain, Korey P. Carter, Bryan P. Nell, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde and Rebecca J. Abergel

Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 6834
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Ligand-Sensitized Lanthanide Nanocrystals: Merging Solid-State Photophysics and Molecular Solution Chemistry

Peter Agbo and Rebecca J. Abergel

Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 9973
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Periodic trends and complexation chemistry of tetravalent actinide ions with a potential actinide decorporation agent 5‐LIO(Me‐3,2‐HOPO): A relativistic density functional theory exploration

Biswajit Sadhu, Michael Dolg and Mukund S. Kulkarni

J Comput Chem, 2020, 41, 1427
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3-Hydroxypyridinone Derivatives as Metal-Sequestering Agents for Therapeutic Use

M Amélia Santos and Sílvia Chaves

Future Med. Chem., 2015, 7, 383
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Actinium chelation and crystallization in a macromolecular scaffold

Jennifer N. Wacker, Joshua J. Woods, Peter B. Rupert, Appie Peterson, Marc Allaire, Wayne W. Lukens, Alyssa N. Gaiser, Stefan G. Minasian, Roland K. Strong and Rebecca J. Abergel

Nat Commun, 2024, 15
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Ultra-selective ligand-driven separation of strategic actinides

Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Abel Ricano and Rebecca J. Abergel

Nat Commun, 2019, 10
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Impact of DTPA and 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) on EuIII interactions with renal cells in vitro

Christian Senwitz, Manja Vogel, Björn Drobot, Thorsten Stumpf and Anne Heller

Science of The Total Environment, 2025, 966, 178736
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Gold Nanoparticle-Enabled Fluorescence Sensing of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in Urine

Rana Shafabakhsh, Rui Zhang, Sven Thoröe-Boveleth, Mirjavad Moosavifar, Rebecca J. Abergel, Fabian Kiessling, Twan Lammers and Roger M. Pallares

ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 2025, 8, 2013
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Developing scandium and yttrium coordination chemistry to advance theranostic radiopharmaceuticals

Korey P. Carter, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Trevor D. Lohrey, Tyler A. Bailey, Dahlia D. An, Katherine M. Shield, Wayne W. Lukens and Rebecca J. Abergel

Commun Chem, 2020, 3
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Engineering Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Targeted Alpha Therapy against Breast Cancer

Roger M. Pallares, Peter Agbo, Xin Liu, Dahlia D. An, Stacey S. Gauny, Steven E. Zeltmann, Andrew M. Minor and Rebecca J. Abergel

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 40078
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In situ beam reduction of Pu(IV) and Bk(IV) as a route to trivalent transuranic coordination complexes with hydroxypyridinone chelators

Korey P. Carter, Jennifer N. Wacker, Kurt F. Smith, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Liane M. Moreau, Julian A. Rees, Corwin H. Booth and Rebecca J. Abergel

J Synchrotron Rad, 2022, 29, 315
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Beyond Biological Chelation: Coordination of f‐Block Elements by Polyhydroxamate Ligands

A. Kirstin Sockwell and Modi Wetzler

Chemistry A European J, 2019, 25, 2380
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Infrared Photon Pair-Production in Ligand-Sensitized Lanthanide Nanocrystals

Peter Agbo, Jacob S. Kanady and Rebecca J. Abergel

Front. Chem., 2020, 8
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Enhanced Ultraviolet Photon Capture in Ligand-Sensitized Nanocrystals

Peter Agbo, Tao Xu, Manuel Sturzbecher-Hoehne and Rebecca J. Abergel

ACS Photonics, 2016, 3, 547
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Combining the Best of Two Chelating Titans: A Hydroxypyridinone‐Decorated Macrocyclic Ligand for Efficient and Concomitant Complexation and Sensitized Luminescence of f‐Elements

Leticia Arnedo‐Sanchez, Kurt F. Smith, Gauthier J.‐P. Deblonde, Korey P. Carter, Liane M. Moreau, Julian A. Rees, Toni Tratnjek, Corwin H. Booth and Rebecca J. Abergel

ChemPlusChem, 2021, 86, 483
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Solution Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Metal Complexation with a Hydroxypyridinone Chelator Designed for Thorium-227 Targeted Alpha Therapy

Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Trevor D. Lohrey, Corwin H. Booth, Korey P. Carter, Bernard F. Parker, Åsmund Larsen, Roger Smeets, Olav B. Ryan, Alan S. Cuthbertson and Rebecca J. Abergel

Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 14337
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Solution Thermodynamic Stability of Complexes Formed with the Octadentate Hydroxypyridinonate Ligand 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO): A Critical Feature for Efficient Chelation of Lanthanide(IV) and Actinide(IV) Ions

Gauthier J-P. Deblonde, Manuel Sturzbecher-Hoehne and Rebecca J. Abergel

Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 8805
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Rapid Detection of Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents in Urine with a Chelated Europium Luminescent Probe

Roger M. Pallares, Dahlia D. An, Pariswi Tewari, Elizabeth T. Wang and Rebecca J. Abergel

ACS Sens., 2020, 5, 1281
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Precision Engineering of 2D Protein Layers as Chelating Biogenic Scaffolds for Selective Recovery of Rare-Earth Elements

Roger M. Pallares, Marimikel Charrier, Sara Tejedor-Sanz, Dong Li, Paul D. Ashby, Caroline M. Ajo-Franklin, Corie Y. Ralston and Rebecca J. Abergel

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 854
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Hydroxypyridinone-Based Metal Chelators towards Ecotoxicity: Remediation and Biological Mechanisms

M. Amélia Santos, Anna Irto, Péter Buglyó and Sílvia Chaves

Molecules, 2022, 27, 1966
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Hydroxypyridinone-based stabilization of Np(IV) enabling efficient U/Np/Pu separations in the Adapted PUREX process

Yufei Wang, Zhicheng Zhang and Rebecca J. Abergel

Separation and Purification Technology, 2021, 259, 118178
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Chelation Behaviors of 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) with Lanthanides and Actinides Implicated by Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Qin Wang, Ziyi Liu, Yu-Fei Song, Zhifang Chai and Dongqi Wang

Inorg. Chem., 2023, 62, 4304
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A Macrocyclic Chelator That Selectively Binds Ln4+ over Ln3+ by a Factor of 1029

Tiffany A. Pham, Alison B. Altman, S. Chantal E. Stieber, Corwin H. Booth, Stosh A. Kozimor, Wayne W. Lukens, Daniel T. Olive, Tolek Tyliszczak, Jian Wang, Stefan G. Minasian and Kenneth N. Raymond

Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 9989
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Engineered Recognition of Tetravalent Zirconium and Thorium by Chelator–Protein Systems: Toward Flexible Radiotherapy and Imaging Platforms

Ilya Captain, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Peter B. Rupert, Dahlia D. An, Marie-Claire Illy, Emeline Rostan, Corie Y. Ralston, Roland K. Strong and Rebecca J. Abergel

Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 11930
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Effect of Ligand Polarization on Asymmetric Structural Formation for Strongly Luminescent Lanthanide Complexes

Yasuchika Hasegawa, Tomoki Ohkubo, Takayuki Nakanishi, Atsushi Kobayashi, Masako Kato, Tomohiro Seki, Hajime Ito and Koji Fushimi

Eur J Inorg Chem, 2013, 2013, 5911
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Folding Dynamics of 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) in Its Free and Bound State with U4+ Implicated by MD Simulations

Qin Wang, Ziyi Liu, Yu-Fei Song and Dongqi Wang

Molecules, 2022, 27, 8151
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Selective Lanthanide Sensing with Gold Nanoparticles and Hydroxypyridinone Chelators

Roger M. Pallares, Korey P. Carter, Steven E. Zeltmann, Toni Tratnjek, Andrew M. Minor and Rebecca J. Abergel

Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 2030
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Characterizing the general chelating affinity of serum protein fetuin for lanthanides

Roger M. Pallares, Nagender R. Panyala, Manuel Sturzbecher-Hoehne, Marie-Claire Illy and Rebecca J. Abergel

J Biol Inorg Chem, 2020, 25, 941
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Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Electronic Ground State, and Electron Spin Relaxation of Seven Lanthanide Ions Bound to Lanmodulin and the Bioinspired Chelator, 3,4,3‐LI(1,2‐HOPO)

Wyatt B. Larrinaga, Joseph A. Cotruvo, Brady T. Worrell, Sandra S. Eaton and Gareth R. Eaton

Chemistry A European J, 2023, 29
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Two-Photon Antenna Sensitization of Curium: Evidencing Metal-Driven Effects on Absorption Cross Section in f-Element Complexes

Roger M. Pallares, Manuel Sturzbecher-Hoehne, Niranjan H. Shivaram, James P. Cryan, Anthony D’Aléo and Rebecca J. Abergel

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 6063
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Sensitizing Curium Luminescence through an Antenna Protein To Investigate Biological Actinide Transport Mechanisms

Manuel Sturzbecher-Hoehne, Christophe Goujon, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Anne B. Mason and Rebecca J. Abergel

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 2676
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New Insights into Structure and Luminescence of EuIII and SmIII Complexes of the 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) Ligand

Lena J. Daumann, David S. Tatum, Benjamin E. R. Snyder, Chengbao Ni, Ga-lai Law, Edward I. Solomon and Kenneth N. Raymond

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 2816
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Hydroxypyridinonate Complex Stability of Group (IV) Metals and Tetravalent f-Block Elements: The Key to the Next Generation of Chelating Agents for Radiopharmaceuticals

Manuel Sturzbecher-Hoehne, Taylor A. Choi and Rebecca J. Abergel

Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 3462
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Actinide chelation: biodistribution andin vivocomplex stability of the targeted metal ions

Birgitta Kullgren, Erin E. Jarvis, Dahlia D. An and Rebecca J. Abergel

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods, 2013, 23, 18
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Highly Luminescent and Stable Hydroxypyridinonate Complexes: A Step Towards New Curium Decontamination Strategies

Manuel Sturzbecher‐Hoehne, Birgitta Kullgren, Erin E. Jarvis, Dahlia D. An and Rebecca J. Abergel

Chemistry A European J, 2014, 20, 9962
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Evaluating the potential of chelation therapy to prevent and treat gadolinium deposition from MRI contrast agents

Julian A. Rees, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Dahlia D. An, Camille Ansoborlo, Stacey S. Gauny and Rebecca J. Abergel

Sci Rep, 2018, 8
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Investigation of Chelating Agents for the Removal of Thorium from Human Teeth upon Nuclear Contamination

Jafar Sunga Ali, Michelle Ma, Malika Alamova, Chloe Chong, Artem Duda, Felicity Liu, Samuel Groveman, Spiro D. Alexandratos and Ali Younes

Chem. Res. Toxicol., 2023, 36, 1693
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Photo- and thermo-stable luminescent beads composed of Eu(III) complexes and PMMA for enhancement of silicon solar cell efficiency

Hisataka Kataoka, Tetsuo Kitano, Toshiki Takizawa, Yuichi Hirai, Takayuki Nakanishi and Yasuchika Hasegawa

Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2014, 601, 293
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Bond Covalency and Oxidation State of Actinide Ions Complexed with Therapeutic Chelating Agent 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO)

Morgan P. Kelley, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde, Jing Su, Corwin H. Booth, Rebecca J. Abergel, Enrique R. Batista and Ping Yang

Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 5352
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Radiolytic Evaluation of 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) in Aqueous Solutions

Yufei Wang, Stephen P. Mezyk, Jeffrey R. McLachlan, Travis S. Grimes, Peter R. Zalupski, Hailie M. T. O’Bryan, Andrew R. Cook, Rebecca J. Abergel and Gregory P. Horne

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2023, 127, 3931
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EVA thin film with thermo- and moisture-stable luminescent copolymer beads composed of Eu(III) complexes for improvement of energy conversion efficiency on silicon solar cell

Hisataka Kataoka, Shun Omagari, Takayuki Nakanishi and Yasuchika Hasegawa

Optical Materials, 2015, 42, 411
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A Walk Across the Lanthanide Series: Trend in Affinity for Phosphate and Stability of Lanthanide Receptors from La(III) to Lu(III)

Randall K. Wilharm, Sheng-Yin Huang, Isabel J. Gugger and Valérie C. Pierre

Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 15808
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Hydroxypyridinone Derivatives: A Low-pH Alternative to Polyaminocarboxylates for TALSPEAK-like Separation of Trivalent Actinides from Lanthanides

Yufei Wang, Gauthier J.-P. Deblonde and Rebecca J. Abergel

ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 12996
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Solution thermodynamic evaluation of hydroxypyridinonate chelators 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) and 5-LIO(Me-3,2-HOPO) for UO2(VI) and Th(IV) decorporation

M. Sturzbecher-Hoehne, G. J.-P. Deblonde and R. J. Abergel

Radiochimica Acta, 2013, 101, 359
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