Adsorption of uranium (VI) by metal-organic frameworks and covalent-organic frameworks from water

D Mei, L Liu, B Yan - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
As we all know, energy and environment are two everlasting themes for the development of
society. Nuclear power source, as a clean energy that is easy to be stored, has been rapidly …

Emerging natural and tailored materials for uranium-contaminated water treatment and environmental remediation

Y **e, C Chen, X Ren, X Wang, H Wang… - Progress in materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid growth in nuclear industries such as uranium ores mining, nuclear energy
generation, spent-fuel treatment and nuclear weapon manufacture has caused a legacy of …

Purification of uranium-contaminated radioactive water by adsorption: A review on adsorbent materials

BM Jun, HK Lee, S Park, TJ Kim - Separation and Purification Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution, including in particular contamination by radioactive uranium, has
become an increasingly important research focus with the expansion of nuclear power …

Enhanced uranium removal from acidic wastewater by phosphonate-functionalized ordered mesoporous silica: Surface chemistry matters the most

DA Giannakoudakis, I Anastopoulos, M Barczak… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The removal of uranium species from aqueous phases using non-hazardous chemicals is
still an open challenge, and remediation by adsorption is a prosperous strategy. Among the …

Efficient uranium adsorbent with antimicrobial function: Oxime functionalized ZIF-90

D Mei, H Li, L Liu, L Jiang, C Zhang, X Wu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The anti-fouling performance of an adsorbent is important for its application in wastewater,
because biological fouling severely reduces its adsorption capacity. A zeolitic imidazolate …

Efficient uranium adsorbent with antimicrobial function constructed by grafting amidoxime groups on ZIF-90 via malononitrile intermediate

D Mei, L Liu, H Li, Y Wang, F Ma, C Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Herein, a dual-function Zeolitic Imidazole Frameworks (ZIFs) ZIF-90 grafted with
malononitrile by Knoevenagel reaction and following with an amidoximation reaction to form …

Phosphorylation of guar gum/magnetite/chitosan nanocomposites for uranium (VI) sorption and antibacterial applications

MF Hamza, A Fouda, KZ Elwakeel, Y Wei, E Guibal… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The development of new materials is needed to address the environmental challenges of
wastewater treatment. The phosphorylation of guar gum combined with its association to …

Solvent-and catalyst-free synthesis of an azine-linked covalent organic framework and the induced tautomerization in the adsorption of U (VI) and Hg (II)

X Li, Y Qi, G Yue, Q Wu, Y Li, M Zhang, X Guo, X Li… - Green …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A green and facile solvent-and catalyst-free method, without inert gas protection and/or
mechanical grinding to synthesize an azine-linked covalent organic framework (ACOF) with …

A porous multifunctional and magnetic layered graphene oxide/3D mesoporous MOF nanocomposite for rapid adsorption of uranium (VI) from aqueous solutions

A Amini, M Khajeh, AR Oveisi, S Daliran… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel adsorbent, GO/Fe 3 O 4/OPO 3 H 2/PCN-222, was successfully synthesized via
graphene oxide (GO) modification with magnetic particles, phosphorous-containing groups …

U (VI) and Th (IV) recovery using silica beads functionalized with urea-or thiourea-based polymers–Application to ore leachate

MF Hamza, Y Wei, MS Khalafalla, NS Abed… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urea and thiourea have been successfully deposited at the surface of silica beads (through
one-pot reaction with formaldehyde) for designing new sorbents for U (VI) and Th (IV) …