Understanding the interactions of neptunium and plutonium ions with graphene oxide: Scalar-relativistic DFT investigations

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 10273-10280

  Wu, Qun Yan ^a   Lan, Jian Hui ^a   Wang, Cong Zhi ^a   Zhao, Yu Liang ^a   Chai, Zhi Fang ^a,b   Shi, Wei Qun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE OXIDES;

GRAPHITE; ION; NEPTUNIUM; OXIDE; PLUTONIUM;

CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

GRAPHITE; IONS; NEPTUNIUM; OXIDES; PLUTONIUM; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84908626416     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5069945     Document Type: Article

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