New strategies for a sustainable 99mTc supply to meet increasing medical demands: Promising solutions for current problems

MF Nawar, A Türler - Frontiers in chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The continuing rapid expansion of 99mTc diagnostic agents always calls for scaling up
99mTc production to cover increasing clinical demand. Nevertheless, 99mTc availability …

99Mo/99mTc separation: An assessment of technology options

A Dash, FFR Knapp Jr, MRA Pillai - Nuclear medicine and biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Several strategies for the effective separation of 99mTc from 99Mo have been developed
and validated. Due to the success of column chromatographic separation using acidic …

Green synthesis of zirconia nanoparticles based on Euclea natalensis plant extract: Optimization of reaction conditions and evaluation of adsorptive properties

AFV da Silva, AP Fagundes, DLP Macuvele… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of nanomaterials has attracted increasing attention recently. The study of
new technologies to obtain these materials becomes extremely important since the majority …

Sustained availability of 99mTc: possible paths forward

MRA Pillai, A Dash, FFR Knapp - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
The availability of 99mTc for single-photon imaging in diagnostic nuclear medicine is crucial,
and current availability is based on the 99Mo/99mTc generator fabricated from fission-based …

Porphyrinic metal–organic frameworks as molybdenum adsorbents for the 99 Mo/99m Tc generator

C Ma, HT Wolterbeek, AG Denkova… - Inorganic Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Two porphyrinic metal–organic frameworks (PCN-222 and PCN-224) were prepared and
their potential as molybdenum adsorbents for the 99Mo/99mTc generator was explored. The …

Hydrothermal synthesis and selective photocatalytic properties of tetragonal star-like ZrO 2 nanostructures

Z Shu, X Jiao, D Chen - CrystEngComm, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Tetragonal star-like ZrO2 nanostructures were prepared using ZrOCl2· 8H2O and
CH3COONa as raw materials via a hydrothermal process. The zirconia nanostructures were …

Nano-ZrO 2 sulfuric acid: a heterogeneous solid acid nano catalyst for Biginelli reaction under solvent free conditions

E Kolvari, N Koukabi, MM Hosseini, M Vahidian… - RSC …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Nano-ZrO2 sulfuric acid [n-ZrO2–SO3H (n-ZrSA)] has been synthesized from the reaction of
nano-ZrO2 with chlorosulfonic acid as sulfonating agent. This catalyst was characterized via …

Zirconia sulfuric acid: an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the one-pot synthesis of 3, 4-dihydropyrimidinones under solvent-free conditions

MM Hosseini, E Kolvari, N Koukabi, M Ziyaei… - Catalysis Letters, 2016 - Springer
In this article, zirconia sulfuric acid (ZrSA) has been synthesized from the reaction of ZrO 2
with chlorosulfonic acid. It was characterized by (FT-IR, XRD, TGA, SEM, EDS, BET, BJH …

Preparation of clinical-scale 99Mo/99mTc column generator using neutron activated low specific activity 99Mo and nanocrystalline γ-Al2O3 as column matrix

R Chakravarty, R Ram, A Dash, MRA Pillai - Nuclear medicine and biology, 2012 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Preparation of clinical-scale 99Mo/99mTc generator using (n, γ) activated
low specific activity 99Mo and nanocrystalline γ-Al2O3 as a high capacity sorbent matrix is …

Experimental and Computational Design of Highly Active Ce–ZrO2–GO Photocatalyst for Eosin Yellow Dye Degradation: The Role of Interface and Ce3+ Ion

SOB Oppong, F Opoku, WW Anku, EM Kiarii… - Catalysis Letters, 2019 - Springer
As future photocatalyst require high activity and structural stability, the demand for high-
performance photocatalyst that increases photocatalytic conversion efficiency is of …