A magnetic nanosorbent for cesium removal in aqueous solutions

Acknowledgement

The authors are greatly indebted to the Polish nuclear energy strategic project “Technologie wspomagające rozwój bezpiecznej energetyki jądrowej” for the research foundation. The authors hereby acknowledge Prof. Jarosława Mizera and Dr Bogusława Adamczyk-Cieślak from faculty of materials Science and Engineering of Warsaw University of Technology for the assistance in SEM, XRF and VSM measurement, Mr Jan Mizeracki and Mr Adam Presz from Institute of High Pressure Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences for the assistance in SEM measurement, Dr Witold Skwara from Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology for the assistance of Atom Absorption Spectrum Analysis. Mr Jacek Wojnraowicz from Institute of High Pressure Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences for the assistance in BET measurement, Ms Łucja Janiszewska and Ms Magdalena Maria Rejnis from Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology for the assistance in the DLS and Zeta potential measurement. The authors acknowledge the assistance from Mrs Ewa Pańczyk for the measurement of gamma spectra. The authors acknowledge the assistance from Associate Prof. Minghui Liang from National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (China) for the measurement of XRD. Last but not least, the authors acknowledge the valuable lab assistance from Ms Dagmara Chmielewska-Śmietanko, Miss Kamila Kołacińska, Dr Ewelina Chajduk, Dr Anna Bojanowska-Czajka, Ms Sylwia Witman, Mr Zdzisław Maciejewski and Ms Danko Halina.