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From: Siderophore-inspired chelator hijacks uranium from aqueous medium

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Structures of ligands for selective recognition of metal ions. a Glutaroimide-dioxime (H3IDO) ligand, which is the major functional unit of polyamidoxime adsorbents for uranium recovery from seawater22. b Cartoon representation of the ferric hydroxamate uptake (FhuA) protein (image from the RCSB PDB (www.rcsb.org) of PDB ID 1BY546) with the highlighted structure of ferrichrome—a natural siderophore. c Bis-(hydroxylamino)-1,3,5-triazine (H2BHT)—an artificial siderophore investigated in this study

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