Bare and Polymer Coated Iron Oxide Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Effective Removal of U (VI) from Acidic and Neutral Aqueous Medium

Shan Zhu, Yangchun Leng, Minhao Yan +9

Superparamagnetic γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles (5 nm diameter) were synthesized in water. The bare particles exhibit good colloidal stability at ~ pH 2 because of the strong electrostatic…