Compressible Prussian blue/polyurethane sponges for selective removal of cesium ions were prepared and detailedly studied via fixed-bed column/batch adsorption experiments.

In this study, a double-solvent radiation method is proposed to prepare silver nanoparticles in the pores of metal-organic framework MIL-101(Cr). The results reveal that well-dispersed silver nanoparticles with a diameter of about 2[Formula: see text]nm were successfully fabricated in the cages of monodisperse octahedral MIL-101(Cr) with a particle size of about 400[Formula: see text]nm. The structure of MIL-101(Cr) was not destroyed during the chemical treatment and irradiation. The resulting Ag/MIL-101 exhibits excellent catalytic performance for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol. This method can be extended to prepare other single or bimetallic components inside porous materials.

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Potassium iron hexacyanoferrate/polyacrylamide nanohybrid hydrogel (PB/PAM-gel) was successfully synthesized via a convenient one-pot gamma radiation route. The as-prepared PB/PAM-gel has compact internal three-dimensional porous structures with well-dispersed PB nanowires, which exhibit good elasticity and excellent swelling performance. The adsorption experiments reveal that the PB/PAM-gel can rapidly and selectively adsorb Cs[Formula: see text] from the solution in a wide range of pH. The maximum adsorption capacity reaches 131[Formula: see text]mg[Formula: see text]g[Formula: see text]. This nanohybrid hydrogel is very stable and can be easily separated from the solution after adsorption. It can be applied as a potential adsorbent for Cs[Formula: see text] removal from radioactive wastewater.