Protein with twin binding sites for uranium extraction from seawater
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<sup>-1</sup> from seawater in terms of adsorption methods.
Authors
- Xinfeng Du
- Yihui Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4555-9273)
- Yue Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1849-1384)
- Xuewen Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2412-9119)
- Zhanhu Guo
- Yan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-6420)
- Ning Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7227-7266)
- Jiacheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8671-5888)
- Qisheng Zhou
Institutions
- Hainan University (CN)
- Northumbria University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- National Science Review
- Published
- 2025-03-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf126
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Radioactive element chemistry and processing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.22
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China