Modulating Uranium Extraction Performance of Multivariate Covalent Organic Frameworks through Donor–Acceptor Linkers and Amidoxime Nanotraps (open access)

Modulating Uranium Extraction Performance of Multivariate Covalent Organic Frameworks through Donor–Acceptor Linkers and Amidoxime Nanotraps

Article presents a COF (covalent organic framework)-based adsorption-photocatalysis strategy for selective removal of uranyl from seawater in the absence of sacrificial reagents. This work shows that multivariate COF adsorption-photocatalysts can be rationally engineered to work efficiently and stably without sacrificial electron donors, thus opening the pathway for the economic and efficient extraction of uranium from the earth’s oceans.
Date: January 4, 2023
Creator: Hao, Mengjie; Xie, Yinghui; Liu, Xiaolu; Chen, Zhongshan; Yang, Hui; Waterhouse, Geoffrey I. N. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quantitative estimation of closed cell porosity in low density ceramic composites using X-ray microtomography (open access)

Quantitative estimation of closed cell porosity in low density ceramic composites using X-ray microtomography

Article asserts that x-ray Microtomography is a proven tool for phase fraction analysis of multi-phase systems, provided that each phase is adequately partitioned by some means of data processing. The authors present a novel, combined methodology for accurate porosity analysis—despite these shortcomings.
Date: January 4, 2023
Creator: Smith, J. D.; Garcia, C.; Rodriguez, J. & Scharf, T. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library