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Fields of interest:

Thermochemistry of actinides (both as prospective nuclear fuels and potential radioactive waste)

Stability of materials at the bulk and nano-scale

Thermodynamics of technologically relevant materials,

Structure - energetics – properties correlations

Recent publications:

T. Shvareva, J. Fein, A. Navrotsky:
“Thermodynamic properties of uranyl minerals: Constrains from calorimetry and solubility measurements”,
invited review paper, submitted to IE&CR.

S. Hayun, T. Shvareva, A. Navrotsky:
“Nanoceria - Energetics of Surfaces, Interfaces and Water Adsorption by Calorimetry”,
Chemistry of Materials, submitted.

T. Shvareva, L. Mazeina, D. Gorman-Lewis, P. Burns, J. Szymanowski, J. Fein, A. Navrotsky:
“Thermodynamic characterization of boltwoodite and uranophane: enthalpy of formation and aqueous solubility”,
Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, submitted. 

M. Aizenshtein, T. Shvareva, A. Navrotsky:
“Thermochemistry of Lanthana and Yttria Doped Thoria”,
Journal of American Ceramic Society, 2010, 93, 4142.  

D. Gorman-Lewis, T. Shvareva, K. A. Kubatko, P. Burns, D. Wellman, B. McNamara, J. Szymanowski, A. Navrotsky, J. B. Fein:
“Thermodynamic properties of autunite, uranyl hydrogen phosphate, and uranyl orthophosphate from solubility and calorimetric measurements”.
Environmental Science & Technology, 2009, 43, 7416

H. Avila-Paredes, W. Chen, T. Shvareva, A. Navrotsky, S. Kim:
“A Correlation between the Ionic Conductivities and the Formation Enthalpies of Trivalent-Doped Ceria”.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2009, 11,  8580.

K. Popa, T. Shvareva, L. Mazeina, E. Colineau, F. Wastin, R. J. M. Konings, A.  Navrotsky:
“Thermodynamic properties of CaTh(PO₄)₂ synthetic brabantite: heat capacity, enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs free energy of formation.”
American Mineralogist, 2008, 93, 1356.

R. E. Sykora, T. Y. Shvareva, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt:
“Actinide Compounds with Heavy Oxoanions Containing a Stereochemically Active Lone-Pair of Electrons” in Structural Chemistry of Inorganic Actinide Compounds,
Elsevier Science, January 19, 2007.  Invited Chapter.

T. Y. Shvareva, S. Skanthakumar, L. Soderholm, A. Clearfield, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt:
“Cs⁺-Selective Ion Exchange and Magnetic Ordering in a Three-Dimensional Framework Uranyl Vanadium(IV) Phosphate.”
Chemistry of Materials, 2007, 19, 132.

T. Y. Shvareva, T. A. Sullens, T. C. Shehee, P. M. Almond, S. Skanthakumar, L. Soderholm, R. E.  Sykora, Z. Assefa, R. G. Haire, E. Jobiliong, Y. Oshima, J. S. Brooks, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt:
“Structure-Property Relationships in Novel Actinide Compounds with Heavy Oxoanions.”
ACTINIDES, 2006, 151-156. Featured on Cover of Book.