Coordination and Supramolecular Chemistry Related to Metal Recovery and Recycling
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2018) | Viewed by 492
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sustainable chemistry; f-element compounds; ligand design; extraction and recycling of metals
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will highlight how fundamental coordination and supramolecular chemistry is integral to understanding the hydrometallurgical recovery and recycling of metals from across the periodic table. This Special Issue will focus on the chemistry associated with metal leaching, separation methods, such as solvent extraction and precipitation, and refining, and will include ligand design, identification of extracted species, and mode of action studies. The compilation of articles will provide an informed overview of the area, highlighting the need for new approaches to metal recovery and recycling from primary (e.g., ores and minerals) and secondary sources (e.g., urban mining), such that economic and societal targets are met.
References:
A. M. Wilson, P. J. Bailey, P. A. Tasker, J. R. Turkington, R. A. Grant, J. B. Love, Solvent extraction: the coordination chemistry behind extractive metallurgy. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 123–134.
R. M. Izatt, S. R. Izatt, R. L. Bruening, N. E. Izatt and B. A. Moyer, Chemical Society Reviews, 2014, 43, 2451–2475.
F. Xie, T. A. Zhang, D. Dreisinger and F. Doyle, Minerals Engineering, 2014, 56, 10–28.
Prof. Dr. Jason Love
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metal extraction
- metal recovery
- chemistry
- complexes
- WEEE
- circular economy
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