Biogeochemical redox processes and their impact on contaminant dynamics

T Borch, R Kretzschmar, A Kappler… - … science & technology, 2010 - ACS Publications
Life and element cycling on Earth is directly related to electron transfer (or redox) reactions.
An understanding of biogeochemical redox processes is crucial for predicting and protecting …

Predicting colloid transport through saturated porous media: A critical review

IL Molnar, WP Johnson, JI Gerhard… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and predicting colloid transport and retention in water‐saturated porous
media is important for the protection of human and ecological health. Early applications of …

Long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel

RC Ewing - Nature Materials, 2015 - nature.com
Long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel | Nature Materials Skip to main content Thank you for
visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the …

[HTML][HTML] Plutonium reactive transport in fractured granite: Multi-species experiments and simulations

X Zhang, Z Wang, P Reimus, F Ma, MR Soltanian… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Plutonium (Pu) in the subsurface environment can transport in different oxidation states as
an aqueous solute or as colloidal particles. The transport behavior of Pu is affected by the …

Nanotechnology and in Situ Remediation: A Review of the Benefits and Potential Risks

B Karn, T Kuiken, M Otto - Environmental health perspectives, 2009 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Objective Although industrial sectors involving semiconductors; memory and storage
technologies; display, optical, and photonic technologies; energy; biotechnology; and health …

In-situ remediation approaches for the management of contaminated sites: a comprehensive overview

S Kuppusamy, T Palanisami, M Megharaj… - … and Toxicology Volume …, 2016 - Springer
Though several in-situ treatment methods exist to remediate polluted sites, selecting an
appropriate site-specific remediation technology is challenging and is critical for successful …

Environmental speciation of actinides

K Maher, JR Bargar, GE Brown Jr - Inorganic chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Although minor in abundance in Earth's crust (U, 2–4 ppm; Th, 10–15 ppm) and in seawater
(U, 0.003 ppm; Th, 0.0007 ppm), light actinides (Th, Pa, U, Np, Pu, Am, and Cm) are …

Nanominerals, mineral nanoparticles, and earth systems

MF Hochella Jr, SK Lower, PA Maurice, RL Penn… - science, 2008 - science.org
Minerals are more complex than previously thought because of the discovery that their
chemical properties vary as a function of particle size when smaller, in at least one …

The role of the 5f valence orbitals of early actinides in chemical bonding

T Vitova, I Pidchenko, D Fellhauer, PS Bagus… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
One of the long standing debates in actinide chemistry is the level of localization and
participation of the actinide 5 f valence orbitals in covalent bonds across the actinide series …

Clusters of actinides with oxide, peroxide, or hydroxide bridges

J Qiu, PC Burns - Chemical Reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Metal oxide clusters, especially transition-metal polyoxometalates, have been studied for
decades because they provide a rare opportunity to study nanoscale materials with well …