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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Plenary Session
Monday, September 9, 2024|9:00–10:10AM EDT|Colonial Ballroom
Session Chair:
Xavier Gaona (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)
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Nik KaltsoyannisThe University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Nikolas Kaltsoyannis will introduce the Coordination Chemistry sessions with a discussion of "Computational Studies of Bonding, Magnetism, Band Gaps and XANES in Actinide N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Dioxides."
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Computational Studies of Bonding, Magnetism, Band Gaps and XANES in Actinide N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Dioxides
Nikolas Kaltsoyannis (Univ. Manchester)
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