Different Interaction Mechanisms of Eu(III) and 243Am(III) with Carbon Nanotubes Studied by Batch, Spectroscopy Technique and Theoretical Calculation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 11721-11728

  Wang, Xiangxue ^a,b   Yang, Shubin ^a,c   Shi, Weiqun ^d   Li, Jiaxing ^a,c   Hayat, Tasawar ^e   Wang, Xiangke ^a,e  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Institute of Education   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; BINDING ENERGY; BINS; CARBON; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EUROPIUM; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; OXYGEN; SORPTION; YARN;

BINDING AFFINITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; NATURAL CLAY MINERALS; OXYGEN-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SORPTION CAPACITIES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRIVALENT LANTHANIDES;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

AMERICIUM; EUROPIUM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MINERAL; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; OXIDE; OXYGEN; CARBON NANOTUBE;

ACTINIDE; ADSORPTION; AMERICIUM; CLAY MINERAL; CLEANUP; COMPLEXATION; EUROPIUM; FULLERENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDE; OXYGEN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REACTION KINETICS; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; NUCLEAR WASTE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHEMISTRY; PH; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMERICIUM; EUROPIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84943565697     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02679     Document Type: Article

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