Protein with twin binding sites for uranium extraction from seawater
Qisheng Zhou, Xuewen Cao, Jiacheng Zhang, Yan Li, Xinfeng Du, Yue Ma, Zhanhu Guo, Yihui Yuan, Ning Wang
Abstract
The ladder step-inspired uranyl binding protein fiber with twin uranyl binding sites achieves a record-high uranium extraction capacity of 25.6 mg g−1 from seawater in terms of adsorption methods.
Topics & Concepts
SeawaterUraniumExtraction (chemistry)BiologyEnvironmental scienceChemistryChromatographyEcologyMaterials scienceMetallurgyRadioactive element chemistry and processingRadioactive contamination and transferChemical Synthesis and Characterization