The effect of alkyl chain length attached to the diglycolamide and n-paraffin on the aggregation behaviour of diglycolamide and MD simulation of aggregates

The structure of diglycolamide (DGA) plays a vital role in the extraction of trivalent lanthanides and actinides from high-level nuclear waste. The radiolytic degradation of the solvent phase composed of DGAs in n-dodecane produces a range of alkanes differing in chain length and branching, and various other derivatives of DGA in organic phase, known as degradation products. However, the alkyl chain attached to the degraded DGA and n-dodecane...