Ligands for f-element extraction used in the nuclear fuel cycle

A Leoncini, J Huskens, W Verboom - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Liquid–liquid extraction is the major technique being applied for the partitioning of f-
elements from nuclear waste. In this review, the recent developments in ligand design …

Elucidating the speciation of extracted lanthanides by diglycolamides

AA Peroutka, SS Galley, JC Shafer - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Many studies over the past few decades have been devoted to addressing the application of
diglycolamides (DGAs) for hydrometallurgical-based, f-element separations. Work to date …

Tuning the alkyl chain of nitrilotriacetamide for selectively extracting trivalent Am over Eu ions

J Wang, YC Hou, YR Guo, XY Wang, SD Ding… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The successful management and safe disposal of high-level nuclear waste necessitate the
efficient separation of actinides (An) from lanthanides (Ln), which has emerged as a crucial …

Recovery of critical materials from mine tailings: A comparative study of the solvent extraction of rare earths using acidic, solvating and mixed extractant systems

C Tunsu, Y Menard, DØ Eriksen, C Ekberg… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Our society heavily depends on the availability of raw materials. Technology metals such as
rare earth elements (REEs) are vital in many applications. Because their virgin mining and …

Theoretical insights into the substitution effect of phenanthroline derivatives on Am (III)/Eu (III) separation

XP Lei, QY Wu, CZ Wang, JH Lan, ZF Chai… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Separation of trivalent actinides (An (III)) and lanthanides (Ln (III)) poses a huge challenge in
the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel due to their similar chemical properties. N, N …

Theoretical insights into the selective separation of Am (III)/Eu (III) using hydrophilic triazolyl-based ligands

ZR Ye, QY Wu, CZ Wang, JH Lan, ZF Chai… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Designing ligands with efficient actinide (An (III))/lanthanide (Ln (III)) separation performance
is still one of the key issues for the disposal of accumulated radioactive waste and the …

Recent progress in trivalent actinide and lanthanide solvent extraction and coordination chemistry with triazinylpyridine N donor ligands

A Geist, PJ Panak - Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A follow up to an earlier review on the coordination and extraction of trivalent
actinide and lanthanide ions with triazinylpyridine N-donor ligands is presented. It reviews …

Co-crystallization of plutonium (III) and plutonium (IV) diglycolamides with Pu (III) and Pu (IV) hexanitrato anions: a route to redox variants of [puIII, IV (DGA) 3][puIII, IV …

BM Rotermund, JM Sperling, GP Horne… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
N, N, N′, N'-tetramethyl diglycolamide (TMDGA), a methylated variant of the diglycolamide
extractants being proposed as curium holdback reagents in advanced used nuclear fuel …

Theoretically unraveling the separation of Am (III)/Eu (III): insights from mixed N, O-donor ligands with variations of central heterocyclic moieties

QY Wu, YT Song, L Ji, CZ Wang, ZF Chai… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
With the fast development of nuclear energy, the issue related to spent nuclear fuel
reprocessing has been regarded as an imperative task, especially for the separation of …

Novel amidoamine functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes for removal of mercury (II) ions from wastewater: combined experimental and density functional …

AKS Deb, V Dwivedi, K Dasgupta, SM Ali… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Amidoamine functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT-AA) have been
prepared and characterized. Separation of mercury (II) ions from aqueous solution by solid …