Optimizing radionuclide sequestration in anion nanotraps with record pertechnetate sorption

Qi Sun; Lin Zhu; Briana Aguila; Praveen K. Thallapally; Chao Xu; Jing Chen; Shuao Wang; David Rogers; Shengqian Ma

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09630-y

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Optimizing radionuclide sequestration in anion nanotraps with record pertechnetate sorption

Qi Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Briana Aguila,
Praveen K. Thallapally,
Chao Xu,
Jing Chen,
Shuao Wang,
David Rogers,
Shengqian Ma

Affiliations

Qi Sun: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Lin Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University
Briana Aguila: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Praveen K. Thallapally: Physical and Computational Science Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland
Chao Xu: Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University
Jing Chen: Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University
Shuao Wang: State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University
David Rogers: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Shengqian Ma: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09630-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The elimination of specific contaminants from high concentrations of competitors poses a significant challenge. Here the authors find that modifying the local environment of the direct contact site alters the interaction of a pyridinium-based anion nanotrap with pertechnetate.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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