%0 Journal Article %T Symmetry, Optical Properties and Thermodynamics of Neptunium(V) Complexes %A Linfeng Rao %A Guoxin Tian %J Symmetry %D 2010 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/sym2010001 %X Recent results on the optical absorption and symmetry of the Np(V) complexes with dicarboxylate and diamide ligands are reviewed. The importance of recognizing the ¡°silent¡± feature of centrosymmetric Np(V) species in analyzing the absorption spectra and calculating the thermodynamic constants of Np(V) complexes is emphasized. %K symmetry %K optical absorption %K thermodynamics %K neptunium %K complexation %U http://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/2/1/1