“…The composite materials bearing phosphate group have been synthesized and were successfully employed owing to their high ion exchange capacity, thermal and chemical stabilities, reproducibility and preferential ion selectivity. It has been observed that the insertion of zirconium hydrophosphate, which forms both single and aggregated nanoparticles in the polymer matrix, increased the electrical conductivity of the cation-exchange resin from 0.2 to 0.7 Ω −1 m −1 with an increase in total ion exchange capacity from 600 to 1800 mol m −3 [10]. In order to provide thermal stability to the hybrid material, thorium compounds offer great advantage owing to high melting point of around 3300°C for thorium oxide.…”