Brown, Alexander T.Lin, JasonThomas, Milana C.Chabal, Yves J.Balkus, Kenneth J.2020-07-272020-07-272019-02-112059-8521http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/adv.2019.75https://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/8741Due to copyright restrictions and/or publisher's policy full text access from Treasures at UT Dallas is not available. UTD affiliates may be able to acquire a copy through Interlibrary Loan by using the link to UTD ILL.The capture of volatile radioactive iodine-129 is an important process for nuclear fission. Biphenyl-bridged wrinkled mesoporous silica shows similar performance for iodine sequestration to commercial Ag-mordenite and avoids the use of expensive silver The biphenyl-wrinkled mesoporous silica nanoparticles function as a scaffold for biphenyl groups and also as a fluorescent indicator for the loading of iodine. The nanoparticles have a surface area of 973 m²/g and the biphenyl molecules form an electron charge-transfer complex with iodine. Iodine was loaded into the biphenyl-bridged wrinkled mesoporous silica (BUMS) at 19 ± 0.2 % loading by mass.en©2019 Materials Research SocietyIodine—IsotopesMaterials scienceNuclear fissionBiphenyl compoundsSilicaarticleBrown, Alexander T., Jason Lin, Milana C. Thomas, Yves J. Chabal, et al. 2019. "Biphenyl-bridged wrinkled mesoporous silica nanoparticles for radioactive iodine capture." MRS Advances 4(7): 435-439.47