Biotemplated hydroxyapatite for radionuclide remediation

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Abstract: Apatites (general formula Ca5(PO4)3(OH,F,Cl)) are suitable materials for nuclear waste remediation and storage because they can incorporate actinides in their structure, are stable over long time periods and are resistant to self-radiation. Controlled biomineral growth by the bacteria Serratia sp. produces amorphous biogenic hydroxyapatite (Bio-HAP) with a larger specific surface area and a more reactive surface compared to synthetically produced hydroxyapatite. However the mechanism behind the bacterial synthesis is poorly understood. Our interest is to understand this mechanism to aid the development of highly efficient hydroxyapatite materials for nuclear waste remediation.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24090561
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24090561
Provenance
Creator Dr Bjorn Stolpe; Dr Stephanie Handley-Sidhu; Dr Steve King; Dr Lynne Macaskie; Dr Angie Murray; Mr Yaad Sidhu; Miss Sarah Singh
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2016
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-05-30T08:10:37Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-06-02T07:15:32Z