Tuning the alkyl chain of nitrilotriacetamide for selectively extracting trivalent Am over Eu ions

J Wang, YC Hou, YR Guo, XY Wang, SD Ding… - Inorganic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The successful management and safe disposal of high-level nuclear waste necessitate the
efficient separation of actinides (An) from lanthanides (Ln), which has emerged as a crucial …

Computational Tools and Techniques in Designing Ligands for the Selective Separation of Actinide and Lanthanide: A Review

C Ebenezer, RV Solomon - Comments on Inorganic Chemistry, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The development of density functional theory (DFT) has significantly enhanced the use of
computational chemistry as a tool in the design and development of ligands for the …

Efficient separation of palladium from nitric acid solution by a novel silica-based ion exchanger with ultrahigh adsorption selectivity

W Wang, S Zhang, L Chen, Z Li, K Wu, Y Zhang… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Palladium (Pd) in high level liquid waste (HLLW) is a valuable alternative resource besides
its natural reserves. On the other hand, the presence of Pd has extremely negative impacts …

Precise recognition and efficient recovery of Pd (II) from high-level liquid waste by a novel aminothiazole-functionalized silica-based adsorbent

H Dong, S Ning, Z Li, S Xu, F Hu, F Gao, Y Wang… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Efficient recognition, separation and recovery of palladium from high-level liquid waste
(HLLW) not only helps the safe, green and environmentally friendly disposal of nuclear …

On the origin of selectivity in extracting and separating lanthanide ions by alkyl-nitrilotriacetamide

YC Hou, J Wang, YR Guo, SD Ding, QJ Pan - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Extraction and separation technology forms an essential component of contemporary spent
nuclear fuel reprocessing. Comprehending the underlying factors that drive extractant …

Theoretical insights into phenanthroline-based ligands toward the separation of Am (III)/Eu (III)

Y Zou, JH Lan, LY Yuan, CZ Wang, QY Wu… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The bistriazinyl-phenanthroline representative ligand, BTPhen, shows excellent extraction
and separation ability for trivalent actinides and lanthanides. Herein, we first designed three …

Locating nitrate ions in the extraction and separation of trivalent Am and Eu by NTAamide: Quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics probe

J Wang, YC Hou, L Li, YR Guo, SD Ding… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Our recent experimentation has realized that actinide/lanthanide are efficiently extracted by
nitrilotriacetamide (NTAamide) in the 1: 2 complexation (Sep. Purif. Technol. 2024, 330 …

A Theoretical Study on the Influence of Five-and Six-Membered N-Heterocyclic Ring Side Chains of the N-Donor Extractants on Am (III)/Eu (III) Extraction and …

Q Huang, YT Liang, AY Li - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2024 - ACS Publications
According to the green development requirements of carbon neutrality and carbon peaking,
the effective separation of lanthanides and actinides is one of the key factors for nuclear …

Selective complexation of trivalent americium over europium with substituted Triazolebipyridine-based ligand in high Level-Liquid Waste-A DFT Investigation

C Ebenezer, RV Solomon - Polyhedron, 2022 - Elsevier
Similar chemical properties like ionic radius and oxidation states exhibited by trivalent
actinides (An (III)) and lanthanides (Ln (III)) pose a challenge for their separation in …

Do mono- or diphenol substitutions in phenanthroline-based ligands serve in effective separation of Am3+/Eu3+ ions?- Insights from DFT calculations

S Vinod, C Ebenezer, RV Solomon - Separation Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Partitioning of trivalent actinides (An (III)) from lanthanides (Ln (III)) during Spent Nuclear
Fuel (SNF) reprocessing presents a major challenge due to the exhibition of very similar …