{"title":"Novel probe with iRGD integrated graphene oxide nanoparticles and labeled with 131I for detection of thyroid papillary carcinoma cells","authors":"Pinghui Li, Jiaojiao Feng, Tingting Wang, Shici Yang, Xiaoming Cai, Yaohui Zhang, Jinming Cai, Gaohong Zhu","doi":"10.1007/s10967-025-09985-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-025-09985-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Integrating multiple targets and hence bio-distribution effectively for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) treatment remains a significant challenge, which can be addressed by using suitable nano-scale materials. Herein, iRGD-modified graphene oxide (GO) loaded <sup>131</sup>I are developed for the specific treatment of PTC strengthened integrin targeting. Fine structural characteristics of GO and GO-iRGDs were characterized by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscope (SEC), Raman spectrum and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results showed that there were characteristic peaks and chemical bonds on GO and GO-iRGDs by FT-IR, the D-peak and G-peak of GO disappeared by Raman spectrum and C-N bond with iRGD of GO-iRGDs were strong by XPS. These <sup>131</sup>I-GO-iRGDs and <sup>131</sup>I-GOs were taken up by PTC cell (TPC-1, BCPAP, and IHH-4) through endocytosis after 48 h and 72 h in cell uptake test, especially the uptake rate of <sup>131</sup>I-GO50-iRGD was the highest. The CCK-8 cytotoxicity test of <sup>131</sup>I-GO-iRGDs and <sup>131</sup>I-GOs showed that these nanoparticles toxicity were higher than that of Na<sup>131</sup>I and finally promoted PTC death. In vitro data verified the targeting mechanism of GO and <sup>131</sup>I for PTC cell line is based on the relevant advantages of binding cell, followed by iRGD-endowed cell surface transport. The tailored design of GO-iRGDs validates a promising paradigm for radioisotope (131-iodine) delivery to combat PTC resistance and metastasis resulting from poor target access for effective combination therapy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 2","pages":"1577 - 1587"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10967-025-09985-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143481038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phosphorus functionalized carbon nitride for rapid adsorption of uranium from aqueous solution","authors":"Youkui Zhang, Ruojing Deng, Junbo Zeng, Fanyue Shi, Sanquan Yang, Yingshuo Wu, Tao Duan","doi":"10.1007/s10967-025-09992-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-025-09992-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work, a novel phosphorus functionalized carbon nitride (PCN) was designed and synthesized by a pyrolysis method for rapid adsorption of uranium. The optimized sample obtained at 600 °C (marked as PCN-600) exhibited the highest ability for uranium adsorption with efficiency of over 96% in only 1 min. The PCN-600 also exhibited high selectivity for uranium adsorption from simulated wastewater containing multiple interfering ions. The characterization results further revealed that the main adsorption mechanism of the uranium on PCN-600 is chemisorption. This work provides newly insight into adsorbent design for uranium removal from wastewater.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 3","pages":"2227 - 2236"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10967-025-09992-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kellis Kincaid, David Abrecht, Shawn Sasser, Nate See, Charles Weber
{"title":"A heat and mass transfer model for evaluation of damaged cesium chloride radiological sources","authors":"Kellis Kincaid, David Abrecht, Shawn Sasser, Nate See, Charles Weber","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09911-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09911-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Radiological sources are vital to many applications, and typically contain byproducts from waste streams which decay over time to form complex mixtures of elements. Daughter products resulting from these decay processes can introduce complicating factors to the integrity and safety of the vessel that contains the radiological material. Sources containing cesium 137 (<span>(^{137})</span>Cs) are of particular interest, because the decay of this isotope produces barium metal which reacts readily and exothermically with oxygen. This work employs physics-based numerical tools to examine the thermal response of a radiological source containing a mixture of cesium and barium in the event that vessel walls are damaged and atmospheric gases contact source material. A parametric study was conducted to determine the sensitivity of the response to various factors, including vessel geometry, source material age, the degree of vessel damage, and other parameters. It was found that the peak temperatures that occurred within the source material strongly depend on these parameters, particularly vessel geometry and age, which determine whether a breach would be a relatively minor accident or a catastrophic incident. Finally, the model’s sensitivity to uncertain thermophysical properties is discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 3","pages":"2061 - 2071"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parameters affecting skin decontamination using wet reagents","authors":"Jaleh Semmler, Zahid Khan, Arshad Toor","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09886-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09886-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper reports the results of tests performed to evaluate the effects of key parameters on the effectiveness of several wet decontamination processes for removal of <sup>60</sup>Co, <sup>137</sup>Cs and <sup>241</sup>Am from pig skin. Parameters tested included decontamination reagent composition, radionuclide deposition solution composition, the time between contamination and decontamination, and skin thickness and moisture content. Gamma-spectroscopy was used to determine the percentage activity removed and to quantify radionuclide permeation. The composition of the solution used for radionuclide deposition affected radionuclide removal, especially <sup>241</sup>Am. Radionuclide permeation showed a strong effect of skin hydration; <sup>137</sup>Cs permeated quickly through the samples while <sup>241</sup>Am showed no permeation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 2","pages":"1359 - 1373"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143480988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jianyun Wang, Chenkai He, Zhenghua Xu, Yifan Chen, Yong Liu
{"title":"Sparse restoration of fractal self-similar data and its application in uranium distribution","authors":"Jianyun Wang, Chenkai He, Zhenghua Xu, Yifan Chen, Yong Liu","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09950-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09950-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Uranium is a rare and important energy mineral. In order to study the distribution characteristics of uranium deposits, we establish a data restoration algorithm with fractal features and sparse known point data. The algorithm ensures the accuracy of the restoration and the retention of fractal features through the steps of determining the basis function, preserving the dimension invariant restoration, and dimension greedy optimization. By comparing the numerical test with the Kriging interpolation method, it is proved that the algorithm is better in accuracy error and dimension error when restoring the fractal feature data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 2","pages":"1205 - 1215"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143481216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing Prussian blue synthesis: exploring the influence of synthesis parameters on maximum binding capacity of Prussian blue for thallium","authors":"Vivek Kumar, Riya Mahar, Nidhi Sandal","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09940-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09940-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study optimized Prussian Blue (PB) synthesis parameters to enhance its binding capacity for thallium (Tl(I)). Using direct (PB-1) and indirect (PB-2) methods, key parameters such as stirring time, drying conditions, oxidant concentration, and iron content were evaluated. For PB-1, the optimal conditions were 12-h stirring, 4-h drying at 60 °C, resulting in a maximum binding capacity (MBC) of 200 mg/g. For PB-2, the optimal parameters included 2-h drying at 80 °C, 20 mL oxidant, and 2-h aging at 60 °C, yielding an MBC of 208.33 mg/g. These findings ensure improved therapeutic efficacy of PB as an active pharmaceutical ingredient. Yes, the street name for the affiliation one is correct</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 2","pages":"1311 - 1322"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143481215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammed A. Al-Anber, Idrees F. Al-Momani, Ahmed K. Hijazi, Suresh Sagadevan, Neda’a Al-Adaileh, Hannen Daoud, Mohammad M. Allaham, Dinara Sobola
{"title":"Phosphate-doped silica gel nanocomposites for effective uranium ion remediation from water","authors":"Mohammed A. Al-Anber, Idrees F. Al-Momani, Ahmed K. Hijazi, Suresh Sagadevan, Neda’a Al-Adaileh, Hannen Daoud, Mohammad M. Allaham, Dinara Sobola","doi":"10.1007/s10967-025-09978-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-025-09978-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An efficient sodium phosphate-doped silica gel nanocomposites (SG-SDP) material was successfully produced and used to collect uranyl ions from an aqueous solution via batch sorption. The nanocomposite was characterized using ATR-FTIR, SEM, XPS, and XRD techniques, and its thermal stability was determined with TGA. The efficiency of SG-SDP to capture uranyl ions was evaluated using a variety of factors, including temperature (<i>T</i>), pH, contact time (<i>t</i>), and initial concentration (<i>C</i><sub><i>i</i></sub>). Under particular conditions (<i>p</i>H = 2, <i>C</i><sub><i>i</i></sub> = 1.0 mg L<sup>−1</sup>, <i>T</i> = 55 °C, 80 rpm, and dosage = 2 g L<sup>−1</sup>), sorption equilibrium is reached in 40 min, resulting in the greatest elimination percentage of 90%. The binding of U(VI) ions conformed to the Langmuir isotherm model (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> > 0.999), and the interaction followed a pseudo-second-order kinetic model (<i>R</i><sup>2</sup> > 0.999). These positive results indicate that the SG-SDP nanocomposite material can be used effectively to remove diluted uranium (VI) ions from water.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 2","pages":"1391 - 1416"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143480933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Standardization of gamma-ray spectrometry using the NaI (TI) scintillation detector","authors":"Nagraj Channappa, B. R. Kerur","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09648-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09648-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The NaI (Tl) scintillation detector is versatile and widely used in the field of radiation detection and measurement studies. In the present paper, a 4 × 4 NaI (Tl) scintillation detector’s efficiency and resolution are based on parameters viz., calibration, and geometries studied. The standard radioactive sources used for energy calibration studies found resolutions of 8.1%, 6.0%, 5.5%, and 4.1% for gamma-ray energies of 660.37 keV, 1175 keV, 1333.99 keV, and 2502.77 keV, respectively. The NaI (Tl) detector shows an efficiency of 3.51%, 2.09%, 0.67%, and 0.38%, respectively, for the above energies, which is in linearity with detector parameters.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 3","pages":"2171 - 2176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annesha Karmakar, G. Anil Kumar, Mohit Tyagi, Anikesh Pal
{"title":"Thickness dependent sensitivity of GAGG:Ce scintillation detectors for thermal neutrons: GEANT4 simulations and experimental measurements","authors":"Annesha Karmakar, G. Anil Kumar, Mohit Tyagi, Anikesh Pal","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09976-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09976-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the present work, we report extensive GEANT4 simulations in order to study the dependence of sensitivity of Gd<sub>3</sub>Ga<sub>3</sub>Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>12</sub>:Ce (GAGG:Ce) scintillation crystal based detector on thickness of the crystal. All the simulations are made considering a thermalised Am-Be neutron source. The simulations are validated, qualitatively and quantitatively, by comparing the simulated energy spectra and sensitivity values with those obtained from experimental measurements carried out using two different thicknesses of the crystal from our own experiment (0.5 mm and 3 mm) and validated with three other thicknesses (0.01 mm, 0.1 mm and 1 mm) from literature (Taggart et al. in IEEE Trans Nucl Sci 67:603–608, 2020). In this study, we define sensitivity of GAGG:Ce as the ratio of area under 77 keV sum peak to 45 keV peak. The present studies clearly confirm that, while it requires about 0.1 mm thickness for the GAGG:Ce crystal to fully absorb thermal neutrons, it requires about 3 mm to fully absorb the thermal neutron induced events. Further, we propose an equation, that can be used to estimate the thickness of the GAGG:Ce crystal directly from the observed sensitivity of the GAGG:Ce crystal. This equation could be very useful for the neutron imaging community for medical and space applications, as well as for manufactures of cameras meant for nuclear security purposes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 3","pages":"2203 - 2210"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10967-024-09976-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143707037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohammad Bashir Sulaiman, Rasheed S. Lawal, Abubakar Yusuf, Abdulrahman Abubakar, Ahmad Bilyaminu Rafi
{"title":"Evaluation of radon in surface water and groundwater around an illegal mining site in Dareta, Zamafara, Nigeria: assessing potential health risks","authors":"Mohammad Bashir Sulaiman, Rasheed S. Lawal, Abubakar Yusuf, Abdulrahman Abubakar, Ahmad Bilyaminu Rafi","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09941-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09941-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Radon (<sup>222</sup>Rn), among all natural radiation sources, is considered the most hazardous to human health. This study evaluated the <sup>222</sup>Rn concentration and radiological risk in the surface water and groundwater in Dareta Village. The water samples were randomly collected, and <sup>222</sup>Rn was measured using a DURRIDGE-RAD7 analyzer. The mean <sup>222</sup>Rn concentration was in the range of 2.64 ± 0.10–12.30 ± 3.20 Bq/l, and the mean of the total annual effective dose was 12.54–82.02 µSv/y. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that the <sup>222</sup>Rn concentrations were safe, except for ZGW-01 and ZGW-02. However, it is recommended that water samples be treated before consumption.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"334 2","pages":"1613 - 1620"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143480935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}