Karen Van Hecke

Research output

Research output per year 2005 2005 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

• 23 Article
• 5 Master's thesis
• 4 ER - External report
• 3 Literature review
• 3 More
  • 2 In-proceedings paper
  • 1 BLG - Open report

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  Extraction and speciation studies of new diglycolamides for selective recovery of americium by solvent extraction

  Kolesar, F., Marie, C., Berthon, L., Van Hecke, K., Verguts, K., Cardinaels, T. & Binnemans, K., 31 Mar 2025, In: RSC Advances. 15, 13, p. 9864-9874 11 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access

• New synthetic pathway towards BTrzPhen-tetraol: a hydrophilic 2,9-bis-triazolyl-1,10-phenanthroline ligand for selective americium stripping

  Troosters, P., Opsomer, T., Van Hecke, K., Verguts, K., Reniers, F., Van Hoecke, K., Zsabka, P., Cardinaels, T. & Dehaen, W., 19 Feb 2025, In: Dalton Transactions. 54, 11, p. 4697-4705 9 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2024

  Improving americium/curium separation factors in the AmSel process through symmetry lowering of the diglycolamide extractant

  Kolesar, F., Van Hecke, K., Verguts, K., Marie, C., Berthon, L., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 10 Dec 2024, In: ACS Omega. 9, 49, p. 48336-48349 14 p., 4c06426.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access

• Influence of the gamma source on the radiolytic stability of N,N,N′,N′-tetra-n-octyl-diglycolamide (TODGA)

  Verguts, K., Van Hecke, K., Jordens, J., Voorspoels, S. & Cardinaels, T., Nov 2024, In: Radiochimica Acta. 5 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access

• Kinetics of electrochemical Eu³⁺ to Eu²⁺ reduction in aqueous media

  Arman, M. Ö., Geboes, B., Van Hecke, K., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 20 Apr 2024, In: Electrochimica Acta. 484, 10 p., 144055.

  Research output › peer-review

• Separation of terbium as a first step towards high purity terbium-161 for medical applications

  Arman, M., Mullaliu, A., Geboes, B., Van Hecke, K., Das, G., Aquilanti, G., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 20 Jun 2024, In: RSC Advances. 14, 28, p. 19926-19934 9 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2023

  First-principles study of the radiolytic degradation of diglycolamides

  Verlinden, B., Van Hecke, K., Wilden, A., Modolo, G., Binnemans, K., Cardinaels, T. & Kowalski, P. M., 1 Oct 2023, In: Radiochimica Acta. 111, 10, p. 741-750 10 p.

  Research output › peer-review

• Separation of americium from highly active raffinates by an innovative variant of the AmSel process based on the ionic liquid Aliquat-336 nitrate

  Kolesar, F., Van Hecke, K., Zsabka, P., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 12 Dec 2023, In: RSC Advances. 13, 51, p. 36322-36336 15 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access

• Solvent Optimization Studies for a New EURO- GANEX Process with 2,2’-Oxybis(N,N-di-ndecylpropanamide) (mTDDGA) and Its Radiolysis Products

  Verlinden, B., Wilden, A., Van Hecke, K., Egberink, R. J. M., Huskens, J., Verboom, W., Hupert, M., Weßling, P., Geist, A., Panak, P. J., Hermans, R., Verwerft, M., Modolo, G., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., Jan 2023, In: Solvent extraction and ion exchange. 41, 1, p. 59-87 29 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2022

  Electrochemical oxidation of terbium(III) in aqueous media: influence of supporting electrolyte on oxidation potential and stability

  Arman, M., Geboes, B., Van Hecke, K., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 11 Jan 2022, In: Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 52, p. 583-593 11 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access

• Gamma radiolytic stability of the novel modified diglycolamide 2,20-oxybis(N,Ndidecylpropanamide) (mTDDGA) for grouped actinide extraction

  Verlinden, B., Van Hecke, K., Wilden, A., Hupert, M., Santiago-Schübel, B., Egberink, R. J. M., Verboom, W., Kowalski, P., Modolo, G., Verwerft, M., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 25 Apr 2022, In: RSC Advances. 12, 20, p. 12416-12426 11 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2021

  Dosimetry and methodology of gamma irradiation for degradation studies on solvent extraction systems

  Verlinden, B., Zsabka, P., Van Hecke, K., Verguts, K., Mihailescu, C., Modolo, G., Verwerft, M., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 2021, In: Radiochimica Acta. 109, 1, p. 61-72 12 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access

• Selective extraction of trivalent actinides using CyMe4BTPhen in the ionic liquid Aliquat-336 nitrate

  Zsabka, P., Van Hecke, K., Adriaensen, L., Wilden, A., Modolo, G., Verwerft, M., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 3 Feb 2021, In: RSC Advances. 11, p. 6014-6021 8 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2020

  Gamma Radiolysis of TODGA and CyMe4BTPhen in the Ionic Liquid Tri-n-Octylmethylammonium Nitrate

  Zsabka, P., Van Hecke, K., Wilden, A., Modolo, G., Hupert, M., Jespers, V., Voorspoels, S., Verwerft, M., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 20 Jan 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Solvent extraction and ion exchange. 38, 2, p. 212-235 24 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access

• Selective Extraction of Americium from Curium and the Lanthanides by the Lipophilic Ligand CyMe4BTPhen Dissolved in Aliquat-336 Nitrate Ionic Liquid

  Zsabka, P., Van Hecke, K., Cardinaels, T., Wilden, A., Modolo, G., Verwerft, M., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 21 Jan 2020, In: Solvent extraction and ion exchange. 38, 2, p. 1-18 18 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access

• Solvent Extraction Studies for the Separation of Trivalent Actinides from Lanthanides with a Triazole-functionalized 1,10-phenanthroline Extractant: Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange

  Zsabka, P., Opsomer, T., Van Hecke, K., Dehaen, W., Wilden, A., Modolo, G., Verwerft, M., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 13 Jul 2020, In: Solvent extraction and ion exchange. 38, 7, p. 719-734 16 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access

• Supported ionic liquid phases for the separation of samarium and europium in nitrate media: Towards purification of medical samarium-153

  Van de Voorde, M., Van Hecke, K., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., Jan 2020, In: Separation and Purification Technology. 232, p. 1-10 10 p., 115939.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2019

  Monte Carlo simulations of pre-clinical SPECT systems with (99m)Tc and (188)Re sources: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 46, S829-S830.

  Van Hecke, K., Cardinaels, T. & Vandenberghe, S., 10 May 2019, (In preparation) In: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 46, p. S829-S830 2 p.

  Research output › peer-review

• Solvent Extraction of Am(III), Cm(III), and Ln(III) Ions from Simulated Highly Active Raffinate Solutions by TODGA Diluted in Aliquat-336 Nitrate Ionic Liquid

  Zsabka, P., Van Hecke, K., Adriaensen, L., Wilden, A., Modolo, G., Verwerft, M., Binnemans, K. & Cardinaels, T., 4 Feb 2019, In: Solvent extraction and ion exchange. 36, 6, p. 519-541 24 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access

• Stability of europium(II) in aqueous nitrate media

  Van de Voorde, M., Geboes, B., Van Hecke, K., Cardinaels, T., Vander Hoogerstraete, T. & Binnemans, K., 5 Sep 2019, In: Dalton Transactions. 48, 39, p. 14758-14768 11 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2018

  Separation of samarium and europium by solvent extraction with an undiluted quaternary ammonium ionic liquid: towards high-purity medical samarium-153

  Van de Voorde, M., Van Hecke, K., Cardinaels, T. & Binnemans, K., 24 May 2018, In: RSC Advances. 8, p. 20077-20086 10 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2017

  Thorium-229 quantified in historical thorium-228 sources

  Boden, S., Vints, K., Cagno, S., Maertens, D., Van Hecke, K. & Cardinaels, T., 1 Feb 2017, In: Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 120, p. 40-44 5 p.

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2009

  Comparison of Positron Emission Tomography and X-ray radiography for studies of physical processes in sandstone

  Goethals, P., Volkaert, A., Jacobs, P., Roels, S., Carmeliet, J. & Van Hecke, K. (Peer reviewer), Feb 2009, In: Engineering Geology. 103, 3-4, p. 134-138

  Research output › peer-review

  Open Access