Thorium Acetylacetonate (Tetrakis(2,4‐Pentanediono)Thorium)

Preparation of thorium dioxide nanofibers by electrospinning

“…Thorium nitrate tetrahydrate, Th(NO 3 ) 4 ,4H 2 O, (99.8%) was obtained from Lachema (CZ) and used in a hydrated form as received. Thorium acetylacetonate, Th(acac) 4 , was prepared according to the literature [39]. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA, Mowiol 18e88) and Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP, M w ¼ 360 kDa) were obtained from Merck and used as received.…”

“…Because of these limitations, organic solutions are introduced; however, different inorganic precursors have to be applied because of solubility issues in organic solvents. From that point of view, thorium acetylacetonate is a viable precursor as it is easily produced by precipitation in basic conditions [39] and soluble in many organic solvents.…”

Nanofibers of solid-solution thorium(IV)-uranium(IV) oxides by electrospinning

“…Uranyl acetylacetonate was synthesized according to the literature [21] , and the typical procedure was already described in the previous study [18] . Thorium acetylacetonate was synthesized according to the literature [22] from thorium nitrate tetrahydrate (98%, Lachema, CZ). Acetone and ethanol (absolute) were purchased from Penta Chemicals (CZ) in a p.a.…”