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Udo Becker

Institution
University of Michigan

Projects

Electronic structure determination on mineral surfaces

Lead Institution
University of Michigan
Principal Investigator
Udo Becker
Project type
Exploratory Research
Periodic and cluster electronic structure calculations will be jointly performed on pyrite and galena surfaces to elucidate the energetics of indirect interactions between adsorbates and surface…

Reduction of U6+ by magnetite and the rate of electron transfer

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Frances Skomurski
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
The reductive adsorption of uranium(VI) by ferrous iron in magnetite (Fe3O4) is an important process for reducing the mobility of contaminants in groundwater and for sequestering radionuclides in the…