Actinide Nanoparticle Research [Paperback]

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.

This? book details actinide nano research. Coverage includes the formation of actinide nano-particles, their properties and structure, and environmental behavior of colloids and nanopartices related to the safe disposal of nuclear wastes.

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 chemists 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 anl³‹