Richard E. Wilson

Richard Wilson is a chemist and the lead for the Actinide, Geosciences and Separation Science Theme in Argonne’s Chemical Sciences and Engineering (CSE) division. He is also the interim group leader for the Heavy Element and Separation Science group.

Biography

Richard’s research focuses on the physical and inorganic chemistry of the actinide elements, in particular protactinium and the transuranium elements. Richard’s research couples the synthesis, structural, and spectroscopic characterization of actinide molecules and materials, exploring the periodic chemical properties across the actinide series of elements. The goals of his research are to more fully understand and describe the chemical reactivity, structure, and bonding of the actinide elements to unify their properties with broader periodic table.

Education

2005 -2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Heavy Elements and Separation Sciences, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory
2005 Ph.D.; Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
2000 B.S.; Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton

Awards

2012 United States Department of Energy, Office of Science, Early Career Research Award

Recent Publications

E.R. Mikeska, D.T. Curry, R.E. Wilson, J.D. Blakemore, “Electroanalytical Characterization of Np(VI)/(V) Redox in a Pentadentate Ligand Environment and Stabilization of [Np(V)O₂⁺] by Hydrogen Bonding” Dalton Transactions, 53(48), 19126-19142. 2024 COVER ARTICLE
E.R. Mikeska, R.E. Wilson, J.D. Blakemore. “PCET-driven Reactivity of Neptunyl(VI) Yields Oxo-Bridged Np(V) and Np(IV) Species” Chemistry a European Journal, COVER ARTICLE, e202402963. 2024
D.V. Kravchuk, R.E. Wilson. “Stoichiometric Lanthanide Compounds with Diglycolamides: A Synthetic Approach Toward Understanding Rare-Earth Speciation in Solution” Inorganic Chemistry, 63(46) 22049-22060. 2024
E.R. Mikeska, R.E. Wilson, A. Sen, J. Autschbach, J. Blakemore. “Preparation of Neptunyl and Plutonyl Acetates to Access Nonaqueous Transuranium Coordination Chemistry” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, 21509-21524. 2024
D.V. Kravchuk, R.E. Wilson, “Synthesis and Characterization of the Rare Earth Chloride Complexes with N,N,N’,N’-Tetramethylmalonamide. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 332, 124595, 2024.
D.V. Kravchuk, X. Wang, M.J. Servis, R.E. Wilson, “Structural Trends and Vibrational Analysis of N,N,N’,N’-Tetramethymalonamide Complexes Across the Lanthanide Series” European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 27(6), e202300632. 2023.
M.L. Tarlton, T.D. Persinger, N.M. Byrne, T.C. Douglas, A. Yakovenko, R.E. Wilson. “Rare Earth Nitrate Hybrid Double Perovskites [Me₄N]₂[MLn(NO₃)₆] (M = Na-Cs, Ln = La-Lu ex. Pm).” Inorganic Chemistry, 62(41) 16770-16781. 2023
D.C. Hutchison, D.V. Kravchuk, H. Rajapaksha, S. Stegman, T.Z. Forbes, R.E. Wilson. Synthesis of Single Crystal Li₂NpO₄ and Li₄NpO₅ from Aqueous Lithium Hydroxide Solutions under Mild Hydrothermal Conditions.” Inorganic Chemistry. 62(40), 16564-16573. 2023
H. Oher, A.S.P. Gomes, R.E. Wilson, D. D. Schnaars, V. Vallet, “How Does Bending the Uranyl Unit Influence its Spectroscopy and Luminescence?” Inorganic Chemistry. 62(24), 9273-9284. 2023 COVER ARTICLE & Editor’s Choice
M. Tarlton, S. Skanthakumar, V. Vallet, R. E. Wilson, “Homoleptic Hexanitrato Complexes and Hybrid Double Perovskites of the Trivalent 5f-ions Am and Cm” Chemical Communications. 58(85) 11997-12000. 2022.
Tarlton, Michael L., Suntharalingam Skanthakumar, Danielle Hutchison, Alexander J. Gremillion, Allen G. Oliver, and Richard E. Wilson. “Synthesis of an Isostructural Series of 12-Coordinate Lanthanide Nitrate Hybrid Double Perovskites with Cubic Symmetry.” Inorganic Chemistry 61, no. 43 (2022): 17101-17108. doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02546
Tarlton, Michael L., and Richard E. Wilson. “Synthesis and Characterization of Homoleptic Rare Earth Nitrato Complexes with the Quaternary Ammonium Cations Et4N+ and nPr4N+.” European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2022, no. 35 (2022): e202200506. doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202200506
Autillo, Matthieu, Richard E. Wilson, Monica Vasiliu, Gabriel F. de Melo, and David A. Dixon. “Periodic Trends within Actinyl (VI) Nitrates and Their Structures, Vibrational Spectra, and Electronic Properties.” Inorganic Chemistry 61, no. 39 (2022): 15607-15618. doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02434
C. Tamain, M. Autillo, D. Guillaumont, L. Guerin, R. E. Wilson, C. Berthon. Structural and Bonding Analysis in Monomeric Actinide(IV) Oxalate from Th(IV) to Pu(IV). Comparison with the An(IV) Nitrate Series. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(31), 12337-12348. 2022.
R. E. Wilson, S. Stegman, M. Tarlton. Reactions of Neptunium(V) in Alkali Metal Hydroxides. Inorganic Chemistry. 2021, 60, 23, 17480-17486.
R. E. Wilson, T. J. Carter, M. Autillo, S. Stegman. Thiocyanate Complexes of Am and Cm and the Soft Donor Hypothesis. Chemical Communications 2020.
Phuong D. Dau, Monica Vasiliu, Richard E. Wilson, David A. Dixon, John K. Gibson. Hydrolysis of Metal Dioxides Differentiates d-block from f-block Elements: Pa(V) as a 6^d Transition Metal; Pr(V) as a 4f “Lanthanyl” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2020. 124, 44, 9272-9287. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c08171.
Evan L. Thomas, Samantha Stegman, R. E. Wilson. Low-Temperature Aqueous Synthesis and Single Crystal Structure of Disodiumneptunate, Na₂NpO₄. Chemistry –A European Journal. 2020 (HOT ARTICLE)