Actinide Nanoparticle Research

2011
ISBN: 978-3-642-11431-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 852 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Denecke, Melissa A.

Kalmykov, Stepan N.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Atomenergietechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nuklearer Strahlenschutz, Nuklearenergie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Chemische Physik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nanotechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Molekulare Chemische Nanostrukturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 ingranite subjected to tracer studies.