Enhanced versatility in thorium removal: Mesoporous silica-coated magnetic nanoparticles functionalized by phenanthroline diamide as a selective adsorbent

Y Chen, P Zhang, Q Guo, Z Wu, Y Liu, Y Yang… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In order to promote the sustainable development of nuclear energy through thorium (Th (IV))
recycling, we synthesized SiO2-coated magnetic functional nanocomposites (SiO2 …

Computational Tools and Techniques in Designing Ligands for the Selective Separation of Actinide and Lanthanide: A Review

C Ebenezer, RV Solomon - Comments on Inorganic Chemistry, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The development of density functional theory (DFT) has significantly enhanced the use of
computational chemistry as a tool in the design and development of ligands for the …

Selective Separation of U (VI) from Pu (IV) by 2, 9-Diamide-1, 10-phenanthroline Ligands at High Acidity: Extraction and Coordination Chemistry

F Liu, TY **u, H Shehzad, W **, ZW Huang… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
During the PUREX process, the separation between U (VI) and Pu (IV) is achieved by
reducing Pu (IV) to Pu (III), which is complicated and energy-consuming. To address this …

X-ray Induced Cycling of Rare-Earth Elements between Bulk and Interfacial Liquid

P Sun, EA Binter, B Sapkota, MA Brown… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Reversible cycling of rare-earth elements between an aqueous electrolyte solution and its
free surface is achieved by X-ray exposure. This exposure alters the competitive equilibrium …

[HTML][HTML] Uncovering the inverse relationship between Am/Eu separation capability and softness of N-heterocyclic carboxylate ligands

PW Huang, CZ Wang, Z Su, DX Jiang, JL Wang… - Supramolecular …, 2025 - Elsevier
In the advanced spent fuel wet reprocessing process, mutual separation of trivalent actinide
ions (An 3+) and lanthanide ions (Ln 3+) is extremely challenging. The development of back …

Experimental and theoretical insights into the influence of gamma irradiation degradation products of N, N, N′, N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide on extraction efficiency …

Y Wan, Y Li, J Liu, Q Li, Y Cai, X Li, S Ding… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the effect of radiation rays on N, N, N′, N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide
(TODGA) based solvent extraction systems is an essential task for establishing and …

Thorium Complexation with Aliphatic and Aromatic Hydroxycarboxylates: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study

P Kumar, RMR Dumpala, VM Telmore, B Sadhu… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hydroxycarboxylic acids, viz., α-hydroxyisobutyric acid (HIBA) and mandelic acid (MA), have
been widely employed as eluents for inner transition metal separation studies. Both …

Unravelling the mechanism of f-element extraction by phenanthroline-diamides: A case of 4, 7-substituted 1, 10-phenanthroline-2, 9-diamides

MV Evsiunina, EK Khult, PI Matveev, P Kalle… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Management of high-level waste is essential for the further sustainable development of
nuclear energy. Solvent extraction is one of the technologically acceptable methods for …

Theoretical investigations into the bonding and separation properties of non-rigid, partially rigid, and rigid ligands derived from Et-Tol-PTA with trivalent lanthanides …

S Wu, AY Li - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The separation of trivalent actinide elements from lanthanide elements represents one of the
most formidable challenges within the context of nuclear waste partitioning and …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of Diluent on Extraction Parameters of Systems for Separation Am (III) and Ln (III) Based on 1, 10-Phenanthroline-2, 9-Diamide

MA Gerasimov, PI Matveev, MV Evsiunina, EK Khult… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
A systematic study of extraction systems for the separation of f-elements using the
tetradentate N, O-donor diamide of 1, 10-phenanthroline-2, 9-dicarboxylic acid (L) in various …