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  "abstract": "Uranium- and strontium-containing wastewater from nuclear industries poses a threat to the environment and human health. The sol-gel method, with its tunable composition and synthetic flexibility, is widely used to fabricate novel and high-performance adsorbents. This review covers recent progress in the sol-gel fabrication of UO₂²⁺ and Sr²⁺ adsorbents, including both inorganic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials. Reported adsorption capacities typically range from about 40 to 670 mg/g for UO₂²⁺ and from about 40 to 370 mg/g for Sr²⁺, with a few systems achieving even higher values under optimized conditions. Titanates and titanosilicates exhibit outstanding selectivity toward Sr²⁺, whereas phosphate-based materials and amidoxime-functionalized hybrids show strong affinity for UO₂²⁺. However, practical application is still hampered by high precursor costs, poor shapeability, limited long-term stability, harsh regeneration conditions, and interference from coexisting ions. Future efforts should focus on low-cost materials and shaping processes to promote the engineering applications of tailored materials via the sol-gel method.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China.",
    "Center for Water Research, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China."
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      "name": "Jiayi Jiang"
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      "name": "Miaoling Chen"
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      "name": "Diyun Chen"
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      "name": "Minhua Su",
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  "doi": "10.3390/gels12100891",
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  "pdf_url": "https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13704472?pdf=render",
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  "published": "2026-10-01",
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  "title": "Recent Advances in Novel Adsorbents Prepared by the Sol-Gel Method for the Removal of Uranium and Strontium from Radioactive Wastewater: A Review.",
  "title_text": "Recent Advances in Novel Adsorbents Prepared by the Sol-Gel Method for the Removal of Uranium and Strontium from Radioactive Wastewater: A Review.",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:22:01Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/csnt9h35mkxwy",
  "venue": "Gels (Basel, Switzerland)",
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