Sustainable polymers

AK Mohanty, F Wu, R Mincheva… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recycled and waste carbon
resources and their combinations, which at the end of life can be recycled, biodegraded or …

Irradiation effects in high-entropy alloys and their applications

Z Cheng, J Sun, X Gao, Y Wang, J Cui, T Wang… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
On the one hand, Irradiation is everywhere and irradiation effect, especially the material
irradiation damage effect under strong irradiation field, is one of the key factors for the …

A review on vitrification technologies of hazardous waste

RC Sanito, M Bernuy-Zumaeta, SJ You… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Vitrification technology provides a solution for the issue of safe disposal of hazardous waste
containing harmful chemical composition and organic pollutants. This review discusses …

Aqueous alteration of silicate glass: state of knowledge and perspectives

S Gin, JM Delaye, F Angeli, S Schuller - npj Materials Degradation, 2021 - nature.com
The question of silicate glass chemical durability is at the heart of many industrial and
environmental issues, with certain glasses, such as bioglasses, needing to transform rapidly …

Mechanism unravelling for ultrafast and selective 99 TcO 4− uptake by a radiation-resistant cationic covalent organic framework: a combined radiological experiment …

L He, S Liu, L Chen, X Dai, J Li, M Zhang, F Ma… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
99Tc is one of the most problematic fission products in the nuclear fuel cycle owing to its
large inventory in used nuclear fuel, long half-life, potential radiation hazard, high …

Forty years of durability assessment of nuclear waste glass by standard methods

CL Thorpe, JJ Neeway, CI Pearce, RJ Hand… - npj Materials …, 2021 - nature.com
Standard methods to assess the durability of vitrified radioactive waste were first developed
in the 1980's and, over the last 40 years, have evolved to yield a range of responses …

A comparative review of the aqueous corrosion of glasses, crystalline ceramics, and metals

GS Frankel, JD Vienna, J Lian, JR Scully, S Gin… - npj Materials …, 2018 - nature.com
All materials can suffer from environmental degradation; the rate and extent of degradation
depend on the details of the material composition and structure as well as the environment …

Recent advances in corrosion science applicable to disposal of high-level nuclear waste

GS Frankel, JD Vienna, J Lian, X Guo, S Gin… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
High-level radioactive waste is accumulating at temporary storage locations around the
world and will eventually be placed in deep geological repositories. The waste forms and …

Challenges with vitrification of Hanford High-Level Waste (HLW) to borosilicate glass–An overview

A Goel, JS McCloy, R Pokorny, AA Kruger - Journal of Non-Crystalline …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Hanford site in Washington State houses~ 56 million gallons of radioactive
wastes stored in 177 underground tanks. The waste must be immobilized and permanently …

Origin and consequences of silicate glass passivation by surface layers

S Gin, P Jollivet, M Fournier, F Angeli, P Frugier… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Silicate glasses are durable materials, but are they sufficiently durable to confine highly
radioactive wastes for hundreds of thousands years? Addressing this question requires a …