Sorption and reduction of hexavalent uranium by natural and modified silicate minerals: A review

G Yang - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2023‏ - Springer
In the context of rising anthropogenic activities and world conflicts, there is an urgent need
for energy supply, such as nuclear power from uranium minerals. Nonetheless, uranium is …

Electron transfer processes associated with structural Fe in clay minerals

C Yu, A Qian, Y Lu, W Liao, P Zhang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Fe-bearing clay minerals are widely distributed in soils, sediments, and rocks, representing
a significant Fe pool in the Earth's crust. The electron transfer (ET) from/to structural Fe in …

Oxidation of biogenic U (IV) in the presence of bioreduced clay minerals and organic ligands

R Li, L Zhang, Y Chen, Q **a, D Liu… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Bioreduction of soluble U (VI) to sparingly soluble U (IV) is proposed as an effective
approach to remediating uranium contamination. However, the stability of biogenic U (IV) in …

Combined effects of humic substances and clay minerals on U (VI) bioreduction

Y Chen, L Zhang, S Wang, Q Zeng, Q **a, R Li… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In the last several decades, microbial reduction of U (VI) to U (IV) has been applied as a
method to remediate uranium contamination in situ. The U (VI) bioreduction kinetics and …

Ligand-induced U mobilization from chemogenic uraninite and biogenic noncrystalline U (IV) under anoxic conditions

KJ Chardi, A Satpathy, WDC Schenkeveld… - Environmental …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Microbial reduction of soluble hexavalent uranium (U (VI)) to sparingly soluble tetravalent
uranium (U (IV)) has been explored as an in situ strategy to immobilize U. Organic ligands …

Effects of organic ligands on the antibacterial activity of reduced iron-containing clay minerals: higher extracellular hydroxyl radical production yet lower bactericidal …

Q **a, J Chen, H Dong - Environmental Science & Technology, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Reduced iron-containing clay (RIC) minerals have been documented to exhibit antibacterial
activity through a synergistic action of extracellular membrane attack and intracellular …

Chelating Effect of Siderophore Desferrioxamine-B on Uranyl Biomineralization Mediated by Shewanella putrefaciens

X Lu, YY Zhang, W Cheng, Y Liu, Q Li, X Li… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
In contaminated water and soil, little is known about the role and mechanism of the
biometabolic molecule siderophore desferrioxamine-B (DFO) in the biogeochemical cycle of …

[HTML][HTML] Biogeochemical Fe-redox cycling in oligotrophic deep-sea sediment

D Zhan, Q **a, G Li, X Li, Y Li, D Hu, J Hu, Z Zhou… - Water, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Biogeochemical redox cycling of iron (Fe) essentially governs various geochemical
processes in nature. However, the mechanistic underpinnings of Fe-redox cycling in deep …

Bioremediation of uranium-contaminated groundwater with an indigenous consortium under high-nitrate conditions

G Wang, S He, Q **ao, K Peng, D Tang, Z Dong… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2024‏ - Springer
This study investigates the effects of nitrate exposure on the indigenous consortium
mediated remediation of uranium-contaminated groundwater. Intermittent experiments …

Effect of Microbial Biomass on Formation of Structurally Incorporated Uranium in Iron Oxides and Their Geochemical Behavior

Q XIA - Atomic Energy Science and Technology, 2025‏ - yznkxjs.xml-journal.net
Uranium can be incorporated into the octahedral sites of high crystalline iron oxides such as
goethite, magnetite, lepidocrocite, green-rust and hematite, in substitution of iron as either …