Actinide Nanoparticle Research

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kalmykov, Stepan N. (Editor), Denecke, Melissa A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Nuclear chemistry.; Geochemistry.; Geophysics.; Radiation protection.; Radiation > Safety measures.; Nanotechnology.; Nuclear Chemistry.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection.

 This is the first book to cover actinide nano research. It is of interest both for fundamental research into the chemistry and physics of f-block elements as well as for applied researchers such as those studying the long-term safety of nuclear waste disposal and developing remediation strategies. The authors cover important issues of the formation of actinide nano-particles, their properties and structure, environmental behavior of colloids and nanoparticles related to the safe disposal of nuclear wastes, modeling and advanced methods of characterization at the nano-scale. 

 Actinide – nanoparticle interaction. Generation, stability and mobility -- Section 1. Methods for actinide nanoparticle characterization: Scanning transmission electron microscopy and related techniques for research on actinide and radionuclide nanomaterials -- Resonant inelastic soft x-ray scattering spectroscopy of light-actinide materials -- Characterization of colloid borne actinides by Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (FlFFF) Multi Detector Analysis (MDA) -- Actinide nanoparticle characterization by mass spectrometry -- Synchrotron-based X-ray spectromicroscopy of organic nanoparticles complexing actinides -- Section 2. Modeling of actinide nanoparticle structure and behavior: From molecules to nano-particles – A computational chemist’s point of view -- Theoretical analysis of colloid-facilitated transport of radionuclides by groundwater -- Section 3. Interfacial phenomena and formation of actinide nanoparticles:  Nanoscale chemistry of uranyl selenates -- Actinide thin films as surface models -- Sorption and speciation of uranium on silica colloids -- Section 4. Environmental behavior of actinide colloids and nanoparticles:  Radioactive particles released into the environment from nuclear events -- Effect of redox conditions on actinide speciation and partitioning with colloidal matter -- X-ray absorption spectroscopy of plutonium particles at the Rocky Flats US Nuclear Weapons Production Site -- Colloid facilitated transport of plutonium at the Nevada Test Site, NV USA -- Speciation of actinides in granite subjected to tracer studies.