Rare earth elements are essential for numerous clean energy applications, yet their mining,
separation, and processing pose significant environmental challenges. Traditional …

Hydroquinone (HQ) is a toxic and poorly biodegradable substance that can cause various
health issues. To address this problem, we devised an electrochemical sensor using Ce 2 …

Lanthanide ion solvation chemistry in nonaqueous phases is key to understanding and
developing effective separation processes for these critical materials. Due to the complexity …

Background Actinium-225 is one of the most promising radionuclides for targeted alpha
therapy. Its limited availability significantly restricts clinical trials and potential applications of …

In the context of NdFeB magnets recycling, solvent extraction of lanthanides using
diglycolamides is promising but their separation from iron (III) remains a challenge. Here, the …

Selective and prior extraction of 99 TcO 4− ahead of uranium and plutonium separation is a
beneficial strategy for the modern nuclear fuel cycle. Herein, a novel DGA-grafting pyridine …

Outer-sphere interactions play an important role in the liquid-liquid extraction and separation
of metal ions and they could be used to tune the efficiency and selectivity of recovery. Here …

Partitioning and transmutation are important strategies for closing the nuclear fuel cycle. The
diglycolamide extractant TODGA has played a major role in the development of solvent …

Diglycolamide extractant is a kind of rare earth extractant with promising applications, which
has the advantages of high extraction capacity, easy to synthesize, good thermal stability …

The combination of two neutral CHON reagents, a lipophilic phenanthroline dicarboxamide
and a hydrophilic diglycolamide, resulted in a synergistic separation of adjacent light …