Applications of solid-state NMR spectroscopy in environmental science

Qian Wang; Ulla Gro Nielsen

doi:10.1016/j.ssnmr.2020.101698

Applications of solid-state NMR spectroscopy in environmental science

Solid State Nucl Magn Reson. 2020 Dec:110:101698. doi: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2020.101698. Epub 2020 Oct 23.

Authors

Qian Wang¹, Ulla Gro Nielsen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark.
² Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark. Electronic address: ugn@sdu.dk.

PMID: 33130521
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssnmr.2020.101698

Abstract

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field, which integrates chemical, physical, and biological sciences to study environmental problems and human impact on the environment. This article highlights the use of solid-state NMR spectroscopy (SSNMR) in studies of environmental processes and remediation with examples from both laboratory studies and samples collected in the field. The contemporary topics presented include soil chemistry, environmental remediation (e.g., heavy metals and radionuclides removal, carbon dioxide mineralization), and phosphorus recovery. SSNMR is a powerful technique, which provides atomic-level information about speciation in complex environmental samples as well as the interactions between pollutants and minerals/organic matter on different environmental interfaces. The challenges in the application of SSNMR in environmental science (e.g., measurement of paramagnetic nuclei and low-gamma nuclei) are also discussed, and perspectives are provided for the future research efforts.

Keywords: CO(2) mineralization; Environmental remediation; P recovery; Pollutant-mineral interaction; Soil; Solid-state NMR.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't