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. T...

Table of Contents:

• 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.