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Radiation-assisted synthesis of Prussian blue nanoparticles using sugar as stabilizer

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Prussian blue (PB) nanoparticles were successfully synthesized via a γ radiation route in aqueous solutions using sugar as stabilizer at room temperature and ambient pressure. The particle size and shape can be affected by stabilizer and radiation conditions. When the stabilizer was sucrose and the radiation dose was 30 kGy, well-dispersed and uniform PB nanoparticles were obtained, which are 100–200 nm in diameter. They exhibit good ions exchange properties and have maximal Cs+ adsorption capacity of 125.8 mg g−1, which may be applied in radioactive wastewater treatments, ion battery etc.

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This work was supported by Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities (NJ20150022, NP2015207), National Natural Science Foundation of China (11105073, 11575086), Jiangsu Cooperative Innovation Fund (BY2013003-09) and project funded by Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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    Ling Chang, Shuquan Chang, Wei Han, Zheng Li, Zheng Zhang, Yaodong Dai & Haiqian Zhang

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Chang, L., Chang, S., Han, W. et al. Radiation-assisted synthesis of Prussian blue nanoparticles using sugar as stabilizer. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 314, 289–295 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5397-5

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