Progress in phenanthroline-derived extractants for trivalent actinides and lanthanides separation: where to next?

X Yang, L Xu, D Fang, A Zhang, C **ao - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) released from reactors possesses significant radioactivity, heat
release properties, and high-value radioactive nuclides. Therefore, using chemical methods …

Ligand structure optimization leads to efficient acid-resist Am (III)/Eu (III) separation in n-octanol

Y Liu, M Bao, L Wang, Y Kang, Y Dou, J Qin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Liquid-liquid extraction is the most wildly adopted industrial Lns/Ans separation approach
which takes advantages of the subtle atomic size differences for Lns and Ans. Preorganized …

Porous crystalline conjugated macrocyclic materials and their energy storage applications

Y Lan, Y Yang, X Yao, Z Xuan, X Chen, Y Zhang… - Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Porous crystalline conjugated macrocyclic materials (CMMs) possess high prosity, tunable
structure/function and efficient charge transport ability due to their planar macrocyclic …

Amine-terminated phenanthroline diimides as aqueous masking agents for Am (III)/Eu (III) separation: An alternative ligand design strategy for water-soluble …

H Cao, Y Kang, B Li, Y Liu, M Bao, H Li… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Selective actinide coordination (from lanthanides) is critical for both nuclear waste
management and sustainable development of nuclear power. Hydrophilic ligands used as …

Highly Efficient Removal of Americium (III) from High-Level Waste Using Novel Phenanthroline Diamide Ligands

MV Evsiunina, PI Matveev, P Kalle… - Industrial & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The most important problem of atomic energy is the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel and
management of high-level radioactive waste (HLW). The separation of americium (III) from …

Complexation and extraction of trivalent actinides over lanthanides using highly soluble phenanthroline diamide ligands with different side chains

T **u, L Liu, S Liu, H Shehzad, Y Liang, M Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although phenanthroline diamide ligands have been widely reported, their limited solubility
in organic solvents and poor performance in the separation of trivalent actinides (An (III)) …

A step forward in unraveling the lanthanide discrimination puzzle: structure–selectivity relationship based on phenanthroline diimide ligands towards europium and …

Y Kang, H Li, M Bao, Y Zheng, L Wang, D Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The substantial expansion of technology and geopolitical needs necessitate the search for
innovation and alternatives in the supply and recycling of lanthanides. As a prerequisite …

Redox stabilization of Am (v) in a biphasic extraction system boosts americium/lanthanides separation efficiency

X Dong, H Hao, J Chen, Z Wang, C Xu - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Americium (Am) is a key radioactive element in consideration in nuclear waste treatment.
Separation of Am from the fission products, lanthanides, is a prerequisite to minimize the …

Amino Acid Decorated Phenanthroline Diimide as Sustainable Hydrophilic Am (III) Masking Agent with High Acid Resistance

B Li, L Wang, Y Kang, H Cao, Y Liu, Q He, Z Li, X Tang… - JACS Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hydrophilic actinide masking agents are believed to be efficient alternatives to circumvent
the extensive hazardous organic solvents/diluents typically employed in the liquid–liquid …

Selective extraction and complexation of trivalent actinide and lanthanide by tetradentate N, O-Hybrid phenanthroline derived ligands

Y Yu, J Zhang, Y Guo, Y Liu, B Li, J Chen… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Phenanthroline derived diamide ligand featured with N-and O-donors is one of promising
extractants for the selective separation of trivalent actinides (An) over lanthanides (Ln). In the …