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Trypsin-modified amidoxime improves the adsorption selectivity of uranium

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Amidoxime is publicly acknowledged well-performed uranium adsorption material at present. However, its uranium adsorption is limited due to the influence of other metal ions. Protein has abundant amino and carboxyl and has high selectivity for a specific ion. Yet, it has not been used as an adsorbent only for seawater uranium extraction. Here, amidoxime and protein are combined to fabricate a composite film material (TB@PAO) to extract uranium from seawater. The simulated seawater experiment shows that the uranyl adsorption capacity of TB@PAO is 11.24 mg·g− 1, which is 4 times vanadium adsorption and 7 times iron adsorption. The uranyl’s adsorption distribution coefficient is 1.5 × 105, suggesting TB@PAO has high uranyl adsorption affinity. This work does not only provide an adsorbent for seawater uranium extraction, but also offer a way for the design of a highly selective seawater uranium extraction material.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 22065002), The State Key Laboratory for Nuclear Resources and Environment, (East China Institute of Technology) (Nos. NRE2021-16, 2020NRE31).

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Zuo, L., Guo, H., Xu, Z. et al. Trypsin-modified amidoxime improves the adsorption selectivity of uranium. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 713–722 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08770-2

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