Innovative characteristics of hydrogels such as swellability, modifiability and hydrophilicity
make them materials of choice for water treatment and other applications. Hydrogels have …

The authors review the efforts made from a modeling and simulation perspective in order to
assist both the fundamental understanding as well as the development of higher …

Lithium is a metal in increasingly high demand due to its use in lithium-ion batteries.
However, the extraction from aqueous resources as brines and seawater, which account for …

In the well-known PUREX process, tertiary butyl phosphate shows preferential extraction of
UO 2 2+ over Pu 4+, whereas tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA) displays the reverse …

The compexation behavior of metals with free crown ethers (CE) and diblock copolymer-
based CE is investigated. The latter shows at least 10 000 times stronger complexation than …

The electrostatic gating of graphene field-effect transistors is demonstrated using a
monolayer electrolyte. The electrolyte, cobalt crown ether phthalocyanine (CoCrPc) and …

The recovery of lithium ion from spent lithium sources and from seawater is a strategic way
of complementing the existing natural sources to meet the rapid growth in demand. Crown …

The structures, energetic and thermodynamic parameters of model crown ethers with
different donor, cavity and electron donating/withdrawing functional group have been …

Crown ethers provide a valuable benchmark for the comprehension of molecular recognition
mediated by inclusion complexes. One of the most relevant crown ethers, 18-crown-6 …

In-depth investigations of the specific ion-responsive characteristics based on 2: 1
“sandwich” structures and effects of crown ether cavity sizes on the metal-ion/crown-ether …