- Room 602, Davy Building, Drake Circus
- G.Laudone@plymouth.ac.uk
Profiles
Dr Giuliano Laudone
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Role
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Qualifications
- PhD in Applied Physical Chemistry
- Degree in Chemical Engineering, with specialization in Industrial Chemistry
Teaching interests
- Physical Chemistry
- Computer programming
Research interests
My research focus is on the experimental characterisation and modelling of the void structure and fluid flow in porous materials.
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2019
'The effect of irradiation and radiolytic oxidation on the porous space of Gilsocarbon nuclear graphite measured with mercury porosimetry and helium pycnometry'
Carbon
158,
256-266
, DOI
PEARL
2018
'Improved Interpretation of Mercury Intrusion and Soil Water Retention Percolation Characteristics by Inverse Modelling and Void Cluster Analysis'
Transport in Porous Media
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'A multi-technique experimental and modelling study of the porous structure of IG-110 and IG-430 nuclear graphite'
Carbon
128,
1-11
, DOI
PEARL
2017
'Mechanism of adsorption of actives onto microporous functionalised calcium carbonate (FCC)'
Adsorption
23,
603-612
Publisher Site
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Diffusion and Tortuosity in Porous Functionalized Calcium Carbonate'
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
54,
(41)
9938-9947
, DOI
2015
'Validated a priori calculation of tortuosity in porous materials including sandstone and limestone'
Chemical Engineering Science
131,
109-117
, DOI
2014
'Characterisation of the porous structure of Gilsocarbon graphite using pycnometry, cyclic porosimetry and void-network modeling'
Carbon N. Y.
73,
61-70
Publisher Site
, DOI
PEARL
2013
'A dual-porous, inverse model of water retention to study biological and hydrological interactions in soil'
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE
64,
(3)
345-356
, DOI
2011
'A model to predict the effects of soil structure on denitrification and N2O emission'
Journal of Hydrology
409,
(1-2)
283-290
, DOI
2011
'Porometry, porosimetry, image analysis and void network modelling in the study of the pore-level properties of filters'
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
66,
(16)
3701-3709
, DOI
PEARL
2010
'Measurement and simulation of the effect of compaction on the pore structure and saturated hydraulic conductivity of grassland and arable soil'
Water Resources Research
46,
(5)
, DOI
2008
'Modelling diffusion from simulated porous structures'
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
63,
(7)
1987-1996
, DOI
2007
'Estimation of structural element sizes in sand and compacted blocks of ground calcium carbonate using a void network model'
Transport in Porous Media
66,
(3)
403-419
2006
'Effect of latex volumetric concentration on void structure, particle packing, and effective particle size distribution in a pigmented paper coating layer'
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
45,
(6)
1918-1923
2006
'Modelling the shrinkage in pigmented coatings during drying: A stick-slip mechanism'
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
304,
(1)
180-190
2005
'Estimation of the effective particle sizes within a paper coating layer using a void network model'
Chemical Engineering Science
60,
(23)
6795-6802
2004
'Observation of shrinkage during evaporative drying of water-based paper coatings'
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
43,
(3)
712-719
2003
'Indirect measurement of the shrinkage forces acting during the drying of a paper coating layer'
Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Vol 3
3,
479-500
Conference Papers
2006
'Effect of latex volumetric concentration on void structure, particle packing and effective particle size distribution in a pigmented coating layer'
251-264
2003
'Coating shrinkage during evaporation: Observation, measurement and modelling within a network structure'
191-208
Other academic activities
- Mercury porosimetry
- Pycnometry
- Surface area measurements
- Modelling
- Python