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Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy measurements and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations reveal the hydration structure of the radium(II) ion.

ABSTRACT: Radium is refocused from the viewpoint of an environmental pollutant and cancer therapy using alpha particles, where it mainly exists as a hydrated ion. We investigated the radium hydration structure and the dynamics of water molecules by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulation. The EXAFS experiment showed that the coordination number and average distance between radium ion and the oxygen atoms in the first hydration shell are 9.2 ± 1.9 and 2.87 ± 0.06 Å, respectively. They are consistent with those obtained from the AIMD simulations, 8.4 and 2.88 Å. The AIMD simulations also revealed that the water molecules in the first hydration shell of radium are less structured and more mobile than those of barium, which is an analogous element of radium. Our results indicate that radium can be more labile than barium in terms of interactions with water.

SUBMITTER: Yamaguchi A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9386089 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy measurements and <i>ab initio</i> molecular dynamics simulations reveal the hydration structure of the radium(II) ion.

Yamaguchi Akiko A Nagata Kojiro K Kobayashi Keita K Tanaka Kazuya K Kobayashi Tohru T Tanida Hajime H Shimojo Kojiro K Sekiguchi Tetsuhiro T Kaneta Yui Y Matsuda Shohei S Yokoyama Keiichi K Yaita Tsuyoshi T Yoshimura Takashi T Okumura Masahiko M Takahashi Yoshio Y

iScience 20220719 8

Radium is refocused from the viewpoint of an environmental pollutant and cancer therapy using alpha particles, where it mainly exists as a hydrated ion. We investigated the radium hydration structure and the dynamics of water molecules by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy and <i>ab initio</i> molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulation. The EXAFS experiment showed that the coordination number and average distance between radium ion and the oxygen atoms in the first hydration ...[more]

PMID: 35992079

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Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy measurements and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations reveal the hydration structure of the radium(II) ion.

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Extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy measurements and <i>ab initio</i> molecular dynamics simulations reveal the hydration structure of the radium(II) ion.

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