A graphene oxide/amidoxime hydrogel for enhanced uranium capture

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Feihong ^a   Li, Hongpeng ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Li, Zhanshuang ^a   Li, Rumin ^a   Zhang, Hongsen ^a   Liu, Lianhe ^a   Emelchenko, G A ^b   Wang, Jun ^a  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84954169504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19367     Document Type: Article

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