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h-index: 37
Works: 159
Citations: 4,142

Most-cited papers

Field Validation of Supercritical CO2 Reactivity with Basalts
B. P. McGrail, H. Schaef, Frank A. Spane, J. Cliff +5 more
2017231 citations
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Labile Fe(III) from sorbed Fe(II) oxidation is the key intermediate in Fe(II)-catalyzed ferrihydrite transformation
Anxu Sheng, Juan Liu, Xiao-Xu Li, O. Qafoku +7 more
2020Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta139 citations Open access
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Facet-Specific Photocatalytic Degradation of Organics by Heterogeneous Fenton Chemistry on Hematite Nanoparticles.
Xiaopeng Huang, Ying Chen, E. Walter, M. Zong +5 more
2019Environmental Science and Technology137 citations Open access
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Wallula Basalt Pilot Demonstration Project: Post-injection Results and Conclusions
B. Mcgrail, H. Schaef, F. Spane, J. Horner +5 more
2017129 citations Open access
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Removal of iodine (I− and IO3−) from aqueous solutions using CoAl and NiAl layered double hydroxides
Jaehyuk Kang, Ferdinan Cintron-Colon, Hyojoo Kim, Jueun Kim +5 more
2022Chemical Engineering Journal54 citations Open access
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Critical Water Coverage during Forsterite Carbonation in Thin Water Films: Activating Dissolution and Mass Transport.
Edmundo Placencia Gomez, S. Kerisit, H. Mehta, O. Qafoku +4 more
2020Environmental Science and Technology50 citations Open access
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Size dependent microbial oxidation and reduction of magnetite nano- and micro-particles
J. Byrne, G. van der Laan, A. I. Figueroa, O. Qafoku +6 more
2016Scientific Reports49 citations Open access
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Evaluation of materials for iodine and technetium immobilization through sorption and redox-driven processes.
C. Pearce, E. Cordova, W. Garcia, S. Saslow +19 more
2019Science of the Total Environment46 citations Open access
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Tc(VII) and Cr(VI) Interaction with Naturally Reduced Ferruginous Smectite from a Redox Transition Zone.
O. Qafoku, C. Pearce, A. Neumann, L. Kovarik +8 more
2017Environmental Science and Technology45 citations Open access
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Trace Uranium Partitioning in a Multiphase Nano-FeOOH System.
M. McBriarty, Jennifer A. Soltis, S. Kerisit, O. Qafoku +4 more
2017Environmental Science and Technology45 citations
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Emerging sensing, imaging, and computational technologies to scale nano-to macroscale rhizosphere dynamics – Review and research perspectives
Amir H. Ahkami, O. Qafoku, T. Roose, Quanbing Mou +10 more
2023Soil Biology and Biochemistry43 citations Open access
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In situ imaging of amorphous intermediates during brucite carbonation in supercritical CO2
Xin Zhang, A. Lea, A. Chaka, J. Loring +6 more
2021Nature Materials39 citations
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Role of Fe(II) Content in Olivine Carbonation in Wet Supercritical CO2
C. E. Wood, O. Qafoku, J. Loring, A. Chaka
2019Environmental Science and Technology Letters38 citations
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The Association of Defects and Zinc in Hematite.
E. Bylaska, J. Catalano, S. Mergelsberg, S. Saslow +3 more
2019Environmental Science and Technology35 citations Open access
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Surface-Catalyzed Oxygen Exchange during Mineral Carbonation in Nanoscale Water Films
Q. Miller, D. Dixon, S. Burton, Eric D. Walter +10 more
2019Journal of Physical Chemistry C34 citations
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Nanoscale observations of Fe(ii)-induced ferrihydrite transformation
O. Qafoku, L. Kovarik, M. Bowden, E. Nakouzi +4 more
202032 citations Open access
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A coupled microscopy approach to assess the nano-landscape of weathering
R. Lybrand, J. C. Austin, Jennifer Fedenko, R. Gallery +4 more
2019Scientific Reports32 citations Open access
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Hybrid Sorbents for 129I Capture from Contaminated Groundwater.
E. Cordova, V. Garayburu-Caruso, C. Pearce, K. Cantrell +14 more
2020ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces30 citations
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Synthesis of nanometer-sized fayalite and magnesium-iron(II) mixture olivines.
O. Qafoku, E. Ilton, M. Bowden, L. Kovarik +8 more
2018Journal of Colloid and Interface Science28 citations Open access
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Ab initio thermodynamics of magnesium carbonates and hydrates in water-saturated supercritical CO2 and CO2-rich regions
A. Chaka, A. Felmy, O. Qafoku
201628 citations Open access
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Structure and composition of natural ferrihydrite nano-colloids in anoxic groundwater.
Maya Engel, V. Noël, Samuel Pierce, L. Kovarik +9 more
2023Water Research26 citations Open access
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Synergetic Effects of Soil Organic Matter Components During Interactions with Minerals.
O. Qafoku, A. Andersen, Qian Zhao, S. Mergelsberg +5 more
2024Environmental Science and Technology25 citations Open access
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Nanoscale Mg-Depleted Layers Slow Carbonation of Forsterite (Mg2SiO4) When Water Is Limited
S. Mergelsberg, Bavan P. Rajan, B. Legg, L. Kovarik +8 more
2022Environmental Science & Technology Letters23 citations Open access
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Microbe-Encapsulated Silica Gel Biosorbents for Selective Extraction of Scandium from Coal Byproducts.
Ziye Dong, G. Deblonde, A. Middleton, De-Hong Hu +9 more
2021Environmental Science and Technology23 citations Open access
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Technetium and iodine aqueous species immobilization and transformations in the presence of strong reductants and calcite-forming solutions: Remedial action implications.
A. Lawter, W. Garcia, R. Kukkadapu, O. Qafoku +3 more
2018Science of the Total Environment23 citations Open access
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Ion-ion interactions enhance aluminum solubility in alkaline suspensions of nano-gibbsite (α-Al(OH)3) with sodium nitrite/nitrate.
Mateusz Dembowski, Michelle M. V. Snyder, C. Delegard, J. G. Reynolds +9 more
2019Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP20 citations Open access
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A Mineral-Doped Micromodel Platform Demonstrates Fungal Bridging of Carbon Hot Spots and Hyphal Transport of Mineral-Derived Nutrients
A. Bhattacharjee, O. Qafoku, J. Richardson, Lindsey N. Anderson +12 more
2022mSystems19 citations Open access
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Selective Interactions of Soil Organic Matter Compounds with Calcite and the Role of Aqueous Ca
O. Qafoku, A. Andersen, William R. Kew, R. Kukkadapu +9 more
2022ACS Earth and Space Chemistry18 citations
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Manganese-calcium intermixing facilitates heteroepitaxial growth at the 101¯4 calcite-water interface
Man Xu, Shawn L. Riechers, E. Ilton, Ying-Ge Du +5 more
201718 citations Open access
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Element mobilization and immobilization from carbonate rocks between CO2 storage reservoirs and the overlying aquifers during a potential CO2 leakage.
A. Lawter, N. Qafoku, R. Asmussen, R. Kukkadapu +3 more
2018Chemosphere17 citations Open access
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Accumulation mechanisms for contaminants on weak-base hybrid ion exchange resins.
S. Saslow, E. Cordova, N. Escobedo, O. Qafoku +11 more
2023Journal of Hazardous Materials16 citations Open access
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Water Structure Controls Carbonic Acid Formation in Adsorbed Water Films.
Q. Miller, E. Ilton, O. Qafoku, D. Dixon +5 more
2018Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters16 citations
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One thousand soils for molecular understanding of belowground carbon cycling
M. Bowman, Alexis E. Heath, T. Varga, A. Battu +11 more
2023bioRxiv15 citations Open access
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Cobalt hydroxide–cobalt carbonate competitive growth on carbonate surfaces
Shawn L. Riechers, E. Ilton, O. Qafoku, Ying-Ge Du +1 more
2022Chemical Geology14 citations Open access
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Low temperature and limited water activity reveal a pathway to magnesite via amorphous magnesium carbonate.
S. Mergelsberg, S. Kerisit, E. Ilton, O. Qafoku +2 more
2020Chemical Communications14 citations Open access
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Chemical composition, coordination, and stability of Ca- organic associations in presence of dissolving calcite.
O. Qafoku, A. Battu, T. Varga, Matthew Marcus +7 more
2023Environmental Science: Nano13 citations Open access
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The effect of ion irradiation on the dissolution of UO 2 and UO 2 -based simulant fuel
A. Popel, T. Wietsma, M. Engelhard, A. Lea +6 more
201813 citations Open access
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Simultaneous immobilization of aqueous co-contaminants using a bismuth layered material.
A. Lawter, T. Levitskaia, O. Qafoku, M. Bowden +2 more
2021Journal of Environmental Radioactivity12 citations Open access
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Fungal organic acid uptake of mineral-derived K is dependent on distance from carbon hotspot
Arunima Bhattacharjee, Dušan Veličković, J. Richardson, Sneha P. Couvillion +6 more
2023mBio10 citations Open access
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Elemental iron: reduction of pertechnetate in the presence of silica and periodicity of precipitated nano-structures
D. Boglaienko, O. Qafoku, R. Kukkadapu, L. Kovarik +4 more
202110 citations
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Can mineral growth by oriented attachment lead to incorporation of uranium(vi) into the structure of goethite?
Jennifer A. Soltis, M. McBriarty, O. Qafoku, S. Kerisit +3 more
2019Environmental Science: Nano10 citations
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Characterizing Technetium in Subsurface Sediments for Contaminant Remediation
C. Pearce, R. Serne, S. Saslow, W. Um +13 more
2018ACS Earth and Space Chemistry10 citations Open access
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Conceptual Model of Subsurface Processes for Iodine at the Hanford Site
N. Qafoku, C. Bagwell, A. Lawter, M. Truex +6 more
201810 citations Open access
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Enhanced Transport of TiO2 in Unsaturated Sand and Soil after Release from Biodegradable Plastic during Composting.
Ying-wah. Yu, H. Sintim, A. F. Astner, D. Hayes +5 more
2022Environmental Science and Technology8 citations Open access
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Atomic Force Microscopy and Infrared Nanospectroscopy of COVID-19 Spike Protein for the Quantification of Adhesion to Common Surfaces
B. O'Callahan, O. Qafoku, V. Balema, Oscar A. Negrete +3 more
2021Langmuir8 citations Open access
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Dispersible Colloid Facilitated Release of Organic Carbon From Two Contrasting Riparian Sediments
K. Rod, Kaizad F. Patel, Swatantar Kumar, E. Cantando +6 more
2020Frontiers in Water8 citations Open access
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Vivianite oxidation is not photocatalyzed
Winnie Liu, Zheming Wang, M. Bowden, O. Qafoku +1 more
2024Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta7 citations Open access
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Comparing plant litter molecular diversity assessed from proximate analysis and 13C NMR spectroscopy
Arjun Chakrawal, B. Lindahl, O. Qafoku, S. Manzoni
2024Soil Biology and Biochemistry7 citations Open access
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Effluent Management Facility Evaporator Bottoms: Waste Streams Formulation and Waste Form Qualification Testing
S. Saslow, W. Um, R. Russell, B. D. Williams +8 more
20187 citations Open access
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In Situ Natural Abundance 17O and 25Mg NMR Investigation of Aqueous Mg(OH)2 Dissolution in the Presence of Supercritical CO2.
Mary Y. Hu, Xu-Chu Deng, K. Sahan Thanthiriwatte, Virgil E. Jackson +6 more
2016Environmental Science and Technology7 citations
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