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Overview

V. K. Manchanda is affiliated with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in India. Their research primarily focuses on radioactive element chemistry and processing, nuclear materials and properties, and chemical synthesis and characterization.

The scientist's recent work includes two notable papers: "Thorium as an abundant source of nuclear energy and challenges in separation science", published in 2023 in Radiochimica Acta, and "Some information on dirty bomb", published in 2020 in Radiation Protection and Environment.

Their publication record spans subfields such as:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Frequent co-authors collaborating with V. K. Manchanda include:

  • Ram Singh
  • Babudhan Tripura
  • Chandra Shekhar Pandey
  • Madhu Maheshwari
  • Manish Sharma

The scientist has published mainly in these venues:

  • Radiochimica Acta
  • Radiation Protection and Environment

Best Publications

  • Chemistry of Diglycolamides: Promising Extractants for Actinide Partitioning

    Seraj A. Ansari;Priyanath Pathak;Prasanta K. Mohapatra;Vijay K. Manchanda;Vijay K. Manchanda

  • N,N,N′,N′‐Tetraoctyl Diglycolamide (TODGA): A Promising Extractant for Actinide‐Partitioning from High‐Level Waste (HLW)

    S. A. Ansari;P. N. Pathak;V. K. Manchanda;M. Husain

  • Amides and diamides as promising extractants in the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle: an overview

    V.K. Manchanda;P.N. Pathak

  • Phytoremediation: role of terrestrial plants and aquatic macrophytes in the remediation of radionuclides and heavy metal contaminated soil and water

    Sunita Sharma;Bikram Singh;V. K. Manchanda;V. K. Manchanda

  • Aqueous Partitioning of Minor Actinides by Different Processes

    Seraj A. Ansari;Priyanath Pathak;Prashanta K. Mohapatra;Vijay K. Manchanda

  • Effect of gamma irradiation on the optical properties of CR-39 polymer

    Tanu Sharma;Sanjeev Aggarwal;Shyam Kumar;V. K. Mittal

  • Substituted malonamides as extractants for partitioning of actinides from nuclear waste solutions

    G.R. Mahajan;D.R. Prabhu;V.K. Manchanda;L.P. Badheka

  • Chemical aspects of uranium recovery from seawater by amidoximated electron-beam-grafted polypropylene membranes

    Sadananda Das;A.K. Pandey;Anjali Athawale;Virendra Kumar

  • Exchanges of uranium(VI) species in amidoxime-functionalized sorbents.

    Sadananda Das;Ashok K. Pandey;Anjali A. Athawale;Vijay K. Manchanda

  • Extraction of actinides using N, N, N′, N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA): a thermodynamic study

    S. A. Ansari;P. N. Pathak;M. Husain;A. K. Prasad

  • Evaluation of polymer inclusion membranes containing crown ethers for selective cesium separation from nuclear waste solution.

    P.K. Mohapatra;D.S. Lakshmi;A. Bhattacharyya;V.K. Manchanda

  • Counter-current extraction of uranium and lanthanides from simulated high-level waste using N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl diglycolamide

    S.A. Ansari;D.R. Prabhu;R.B. Gujar;A.S. Kanekar

  • Comparative evaluation of two substituted diglycolamide extractants for ‘actinide partitioning’

    R. B. Gujar;S. A. Ansari;M. S. Murali;P. K. Mohapatra

  • Extraction chromatographic studies of metal ions using N,N,N',N'-tetraoctyl diglycolamide as the stationary phase.

    S A Ansari;P N Pathak;M Husain;A K Prasad

  • SOLVENT EXTRACTION STUDIES ON U(VI), Pu(IV), AND FISSION PRODUCTS USING N,N-DIHEXYLOCTANAMIDE

    K.K. Gupta;V.K. Manchanda;M.S. Subramanian;R.K. Singh

  • Dynamic light scattering study on the aggregation behaviour of N,N,N',N'-tetraoctyl diglycolamide (TODGA) and its correlation with the extraction behaviour of metal ions.

    P.N. Pathak;S.A. Ansari;Sumit Kumar;B.S. Tomar

  • Removal of 137Cs and 90Sr from actual low level radioactive waste solutions using moss as a phyto-sorbent

    M.V Balarama Krishna;S.V Rao;J Arunachalam;M.S Murali

  • Facilitated transport of americium(III) from nitric acid media using dimethyldibutyltetradecyl-1,3-malonamide

    S Sriram;P.K Mohapatra;A.K Pandey;V.K Manchanda

  • Transport of Americium(III) through a supported liquid membrane containing N,N,N¿,N¿-tetraoctyl-3-oxapentane diamide (TODGA) in n-dodecane as the carrier

    S.A. Ansari;P.K. Mohapatra;D.R. Prabhu;V.K. Manchanda

  • Selective americium(III) complexation by dithiophosphinates: a density functional theoretical validation for covalent interactions responsible for unusual separation behavior from trivalent lanthanides.

    Arunasis Bhattacharyya;Tapan Kumar Ghanty;Prasanta Kumar Mohapatra;Vijay Kumar Manchanda

  • Amides and diamides as promising extractants in the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle : an overview

    V. K. Manchanda

Frequent Co-Authors

Prasanta K. Mohapatra
Prasanta K. Mohapatra Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Virinder S. Parmar
Virinder S. Parmar City University of New York
Arijit Sengupta
Arijit Sengupta Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
A. K. Tyagi
A. K. Tyagi Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Jurriaan Huskens
Jurriaan Huskens University of Twente
Reed M. Izatt
Reed M. Izatt Brigham Young University
Carl Erik Olsen
Carl Erik Olsen University of Copenhagen
R. E. Tribble
R. E. Tribble Texas A&M University
Swagata Mukherjee
Swagata Mukherjee Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Willem Verboom
Willem Verboom University of Twente

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