Abstract : Ultrasounds excite uranium: Uranyl ions exhibit an ultrabright multibubble sonoluminescence in cooled H3PO4 solutions exposed to high-frequency ultrasound. The mechanism of UO22+ excitation seems to vary with uranium concentration: sonophotoluminescence dominates in diluted solutions, and collisional excitation would contribute in concentrated UO22+ solutions
R. Pflieger, V. Cousin, N. Barré, P. Moisy, Sergey I. Nikitenko. Sonoluminescence of Uranyl Ions in Aqueous Solutions. Chemistry - A European Journal, Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2012, 18, pp.410-414. ⟨10.1002/chem.201102150⟩. ⟨in2p3-00675124⟩