Nature Communications (Sep 2017)

Capture of organic iodides from nuclear waste by metal-organic framework-based molecular traps

  • Baiyan Li,
  • Xinglong Dong,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Dingxuan Ma,
  • Kui Tan,
  • Stephanie Jensen,
  • Benjamin J. Deibert,
  • Joseph Butler,
  • Jeremy Cure,
  • Zhan Shi,
  • Timo Thonhauser,
  • Yves J. Chabal,
  • Yu Han,
  • Jing Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00526-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Capturing radioactive organic iodides from nuclear waste is important for safe nuclear energy usage, but remains a significant challenge. Here, Li and co-workers fabricate a stable metal–organic framework functionalized with tertiary amine groups that exhibits high capacities for radioactive organic iodides uptake.