Recent Publications

(143) Younes, A.; Ali, J.; Duda, A.; Alliot, C.; Huclier-Markai, S.; Wang, J.; Kabalan, F.; Nemirovsky, D.; Deng, R.; Nur, M.; Cao, M.; Drain, C.; Alexandratos, S.D. Uptake and Removal of Uranium by and from Human Teeth, Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2021, 34, 880-891

(142) Alexandratos, S.D.; Zhu, X.; Marianski, M.R. Binding of divalent transition metal ions to immobilized phosphinic acid ligands. Part I. Characterization by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 2021, 39, 152-165

(141) Younes, A.; Ali, J.S.; Nur, M.T.; Duda, A.; Wang, J.; Samson, J.; Kawamura, A.; Francesconi, L.; Alexandratos, S.; Drain, C.M. Pistachio shells as remediating agents for uranium in contaminated industrial seawater, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2020, 217, 106209.

(140) Alexandratos, S.D.; Barak, N.; Bauer, D.; Davidson, F.T.; Gibney, B.R.; Hubbard, S.S.; Taft, H.; Westerhof, P. Sustaining Water Resources: Environmental and Economic Impact, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2019, 7, 2879-2888

(139) Alexandratos, S.D.; Zhu, X. ATR-FTIR spectroscopy as a probe for metal ion binding onto immobilized ligands, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2018, 218, 196-203

(138) Alexandratos, S.D.; Zhu, X. Through-bond communication between polymer-bound phosphinic acid ligands and trivalent metal ions probed with FTIR Spectroscopy, Vibrational Spectroscopy, 2018, 95, 80-89

(137) Alexandratos, S.D. From Ion Exchange Resins to Polymer-Supported Reagents: An Evolution of Critical Variables, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 2018, 93, 20-27

(136) Alexandratos, S.D.; Zhu, X. The effect of hydrogen bonding in enhancing the ionic affinities of immobilized monoprotic phosphate ligands, Materials 2017, 10, 968-976

(135) Alexandratos, S.D.; Zhu, X.; Florent, M.; Sellin, R. Polymer-supported bifunctional amidoximes for the sorption of uranium from seawater, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2016, 55, 4208 – 4216

(134) Zhu, X.; Alexandratos, S.D. Polymer-supported aminomethylphosphinate as a ligand with a high affinity for U(VI) from phosphoric acid solutions: combining variables to optimize ligand-ion communication, Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 2016, 34, 290-295

(133) Alexandratos, S.D.; Zhu, X. The role of polarizability in determining metal ion affinities in polymer-supported reagents: monoprotic phosphate and the effect of hydrogen bonding, New Journal of Chemistry, 2015, 39, 5366-5373

(132) Zhu, X.; Alexandratos, S.D. Development of a new ion-exchange / coordinating phosphate ligand for the sorption of U(VI) and other trivalent ions from phosphoric acid solutions, Chemical Engineering Science, 2015, 127, 126-132

(131) Daniels, Y.; Lyczko, N.; Nzihou, A.; Alexandratos, S.D. The modification of hydroxyapatite with metal ion complexants: 1-hydroxyethane-1,1-diphosphonic acid, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2015, 54, 585-596

(130) Zhu, X.; Alexandratos, S.D. The role of polarizability in determining metal ion affinities in polymer-supported reagents. I. Phosphorylated ethylene glycol, Reactive & Functional Polymers, 2014, 81, 77-81