Engineering biomaterials for the recovery of rare earth elements

Q Ye, D Wang, N Wei - Trends in Biotechnology, 2024 - cell.com
The escalating global demand for rare earth elements (REEs) and the overabundance of
REE-containing waste require innovative technologies for REE recovery from waste to …

Navigating the Expansive Landscapes of Soft Materials: A User Guide for High-Throughput Workflows

EC Day, SS Chittari, MP Bogen, AS Knight - ACS Polymers Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Synthetic polymers are highly customizable with tailored structures and functionality, yet this
versatility generates challenges in the design of advanced materials due to the size and …

Genetic Modification of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans for Rare-Earth Element Recovery under Acidic Conditions

H Jung, Z Su, Y Inaba, AC West… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As global demands for rare-earth elements (REEs) continue to grow, the biological recovery
of REEs has been explored as a promising strategy, driven by potential economic and …

Lanthanide binding peptide surfactants at air–aqueous interfaces for interfacial separation of rare earth elements

LE Ortuno Macias, F Jiménez-Ángeles… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Rare earth elements (REEs) are critical materials to modern technologies. They are
obtained by selective separation from mining feedstocks consisting of mixtures of their …

[HTML][HTML] A Review of the Occurrence and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Electronic Waste

B Liang, J Gu, X Zeng, W Yuan, M Rao, B Xiao, H Hu - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Electronic waste (e-waste) contains valuable rare earth elements (REEs) essential for
various high-tech applications, making their recovery crucial for sustainable resource …

Investigation of rare earth element binding to a surface-bound affinity peptide derived from ef-hand loop i of lanmodulin

G Verma, J Hostert, AA Summerville… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Bioinspired strategies have been given extensive attention for the recovery of rare earth
elements (REEs) from waste streams because of their high selectivity, regeneration …

Rare earth metallic elements in plants: assessing benefits, risks and mitigating strategies

P Kaur, M Mahajan, H Gambhir, A Khan, MIR Khan - Plant cell reports, 2024 - Springer
Rare earth elements (REEs) comprises of a uniform group of lanthanides and scandium (Sc)
and yttrium (Y) finding their key importance in agriculture sectors, electronic and defense …

Bio-inspired metal extraction: Tailoring peptides for highly selective scandium recovery

M Zhang, L Tian, D Villa-Gomez, L Zhang… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Scandium, a pivotal metal with widespread applications, faces challenges in recovery due to
its highly dispersed distribution. Biological molecules such as proteins and peptides have …

Eu (III) and Cm (III) Complexation by the Aminocarboxylates NTA, EDTA, and EGTA Studied with NMR, TRLFS, and ITC—An Improved Approach to More Robust …

S Friedrich, C Sieber, B Drobot, S Tsushima, A Barkleit… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The complex formation of Eu (III) and Cm (III) was studied via tetradentate, hexadentate, and
octadentate coordinating ligands of the aminopolycarboxylate family, viz., nitrilotriacetate …

Electrospun Membranes Modified with Lanmodulin-Derived Peptides for Lanthanide Adsorption

L Johnson, BL Schneider, H Mithaiwala… - ACS Applied …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Rare earth elements (REEs) are crucial for clean energy technologies but are predominantly
purified by solvent extraction using strong acids. This work explores two adsorbents with …