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An investigation of the thermal stability of NdxYyZr1 x yO2 d inert matrix fuel materials
(Elsevier, 2015)
An important step in achieving a closed uranium fuel cycle is to develop new inert matrix fuel (IMF) materials for use in the burn-up of transuranic species (TRU; i.e., Pu, Np, Am, Cm). Cubic fluorite zirconia (ZrO2) has ...
Investigation of the stability of glass-ceramic composites containing CeTi2O6 and CaZrTi2O7 after ion implantation
(Elsevier, 2017)
Glass-ceramic composite materials have been investigated for nuclear waste sequestration applications due to their ability to incorporate large amounts of radioactive waste elements. A key property that needs to be understood ...
Identifying calcium-containing mineral species in the JEB Tailings Management Facility at McClean Lake, Saskatchewan
(Elsevier, 2016)
The JEB Tailings Management Facility (TMF) is central to reducing the environmental impact of the McClean Lake uranium mill facility that is operated by AREVA Resources Canada. This facility has been designed around the ...
Platinum Inhibits Low‐Temperature Dry Lean Methane Combustion through Palladium Reduction in Pd−Pt/Al2O3: An In Situ X‐ray Absorption Study
(Wiley, 2017)
Palladium–platinum bimetallic catalysts supported on alumina with palladium/platinum molar ratios ranging from 0.25 to 4 are studied in dry lean methane combustion in the temperature range of 200 to 500 °C. Platinum addition ...
In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopic studies of magnetic Fe@FexOy/Pd nanoparticle catalysts for hydrogenation reactions
(Elsevier, 2017)
Core@shell Fe@FexOy nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted a great deal of interest as potential magnetic supports for catalytic metals via galvanic exchange reactions. In this study Fe@FexOy/Pd bimetallic NPs were synthesized ...
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Studies of the Penetrability of Hollow Iron Oxide Nanoparticles by Galvanic Exchange Reactions
(American Chemical Society, 2017)
Hollow Fe oxide nanoparticles have many applications in catalysis, drug delivery, and energy storage. Hollow Fe oxide shells can also be used for preventing the sintering of catalytically active cores and for magnetic ...
Synthesis of Sinter-Resistant Au@Silica Catalysts Derived from Au25 Clusters
(2017)
Gold clusters exhibit remarkable catalytic activity for many reactions such as carbon monoxide oxidation, alcohol, alkene, and hydrocarbon oxidations, and reduction reactions at low temperatures. However, several previous ...
Water shifts PdO-catalyzed lean methane combustion to Pt-catalyzed rich combustion in Pd-Pt catalysts: In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy
(Elsevier, 2017)
The addition of platinum to palladium is known to provide bimetallic catalysts that are relatively active in lean methane combustion in the presence of water at temperatures below 773 K, which is of practical interest for ...
Design, synthesis, catalytic application, and strategic redispersion of plasmonic silver nanoparticles in ionic liquid media
(Elsevier, 2014)
Silver nanoparticles synthesized in tetraalkylphosphonium ionic liquids are found to be excellent catalysts for borohydride-induced reductive degeneration of Eosin-Y, a dye that has been classified as a Class 3 carcinogen ...
Thermal Degradation Mechanism of Triangular Ag@SiO2 Nanoparticles
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016)
Triangular silver nanoparticles are promising materials for light harvesting applications because of their strong plasmon bands; these absorption bands are highly tunable, and can be varied over the entire visible range ...