Synthesis, characterization and application of nanosilicon in radiochemical separation

Nanomaterials having extremely large surface area to volume ratio are expected to provide unprecedented opportunities in developing a new class of sorbents for chromatographic applications due to their unique surface and morphological features. Further, owing to the high radiation stability, nanomaterials can withstand the radiation environment and demonstrate consistently good performance over a prolonged period of time. This article is about vastly studied silicon nanoparticles which show application of Si nanoparticles to energy source, electronic, sensor, catalysis and biomedical purposes. The present work deals with synthesis, characterization and application of nanosilica (SINP) in radiochemical separation of therapeutically important radioisotope ⁹⁰Y from its parent radionuclide ⁹⁰Sr in column chromatographic technique