- Room 602, Davy Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
- +44 1752 584966
- 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)
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
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2021 'Design of Porous Carbons for Supercapacitor Applications for Different Organic Solvent-Electrolytes' C 7, (1) 15-15 , DOI Open access
2020 'Supercapacitors with lithium-ion electrolyte: An experimental study and design of the activated carbon electrodes via modelling and simulations' Carbon 164, 422-434 , DOI Open access
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 Open access
2018 'Improved Interpretation of Mercury Intrusion and Soil Water Retention Percolation Characteristics by Inverse Modelling and Void Cluster Analysis' Transport in Porous Media , DOI Open access
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 Open access
2017 'Mechanism of adsorption of actives onto microporous functionalised calcium carbonate (FCC)' Adsorption 23, 603-612 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
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 73, 61-70 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
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 Open access
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