Heavy Element and Nuclear Chemistry at LBNL - Mitch André Garcia

 
Mitch André Garcia
  
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Transactinide element chemistry (TAN, Z => 104) is a topic of great interest in nuclear chemistry research. Volatile non-metallic transition-metal compounds (e.g., halides, oxides, and oxyhalides) of TAN have been previously investigated. Current research is involved in expanding the chemical knowledge of TAN to other compound classes. The current compound class of interest is volatile metal chelates. Fluorinated beta-deketonates are currently the chelating agent of choice due to the volatility and thermal stability of their complexes with group 4 elements. Future work will center around Rutherfordium b-deketonate complexes using preseparated 257Rf(T1/2=4.3s) produced in the nuclear fusion reaction 208Pb(50Ti,n)257Rf.

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Graduate Studies: University of California, Berkeley, 2003-present

Undergraduate Studies : University of California Riverside, B.Sc. 2003
 
 

UC Leads Scholar (2001-3)

 

  
 

American Chemical Society (2003-present)

Radiochemistry Society (2005-present)

 

  
 
 

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