Dr Giuliano Laudone
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
Markoulidis F, Bates J, Lekakou C, Slade R & Laudone GM 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 PEARL
Jones KL, Matthews GP & Laudone GM 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
Matthews GP, Levy C, Laudone GM, Jones K, Ridgway C, Halllin I, Gazze SA, Francis L, Whalley WR & Schoelkopf J 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
Jones KL, Laudone GM & Matthews GP 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
Levy CL, Matthews GP, Laudone GM, Beckett S, Turner A, Schoelkopf J & Gane PAC 2017 'Mechanism of adsorption of actives onto microporous functionalised calcium carbonate (FCC)' Adsorption 23, 603-612 Publisher Site , DOI PEARL
Levy CL, Matthews GP, Laudone GM, Gribble CM, Turner A, Ridgway CJ, Gerard DE, Schoelkopf J & Gane PAC 2015 'Diffusion and Tortuosity in Porous Functionalized Calcium Carbonate' Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 54, (41) 9938-9947 , DOI
Laudone GM, Gribble CM, Jones KL, Collier HJ & Matthews GP 2015 'Validated a priori calculation of tortuosity in porous materials including sandstone and limestone' Chemical Engineering Science 131, 109-117 , DOI
Laudone GM, Gribble CM & Matthews GP 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
Laudone GM, Matthews GP, Gregory AS, Bird NRA & Whalley WR 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 Author Site , DOI
Laudone GM, Matthews GP, Bird NRA, Whalley WR, Cardenas LM & Gregory AS 2011 'A model to predict the effects of soil structure on denitrification and N2O emission' Journal of Hydrology 409, (1-2) 283-290 , DOI
Gribble CM, Matthews GP, Laudone GM, Turner A, Ridgway CJ, Schoelkopf J & Gane PAC 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 Author Site , DOI PEARL
Matthews GP, Laudone GM, Gregory AS, Bird NRA, De AG & Whalley WR 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
Laudone GM, Matthews GP & Gane PAC 2008 'Modelling diffusion from simulated porous structures' CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE 63, (7) 1987-1996 Author Site , DOI
Laudone GM, Matthews GP, Gane PAC, Matthews AG, Ridgway CJ, Schoelkopf J & Huggett SA 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
Laudone GM, Matthews GP & Gane PAC 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
Laudone GM, Matthews GP & Gane PAC 2006 'Modelling the shrinkage in pigmented coatings during drying: A stick-slip mechanism' Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 304, (1) 180-190
Laudone GM, Matthews GP, Gane PAC, Ridgway CJ & Schoelkopf J 2005 'Estimation of the effective particle sizes within a paper coating layer using a void network model' Chemical Engineering Science 60, (23) 6795-6802
Laudone GM, Matthews GP & Gane PAC 2004 'Observation of shrinkage during evaporative drying of water-based paper coatings' Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 43, (3) 712-719
Laudone GM, Matthews GP & Gane PAC 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
Laudone GM, Matthews GP & Gane PAC 2006 'Effect of latex volumetric concentration on void structure, particle packing and effective particle size distribution in a pigmented coating layer' 1-/-0/1900 1-/-0/1900 251-264
Laudone GM, Matthews GP & Gane PAC 2003 'Coating shrinkage during evaporation: Observation, measurement and modelling within a network structure' 1-/-0/1900 1-/-0/1900 191-208

Other academic activities

  • Mercury porosimetry
  • Pycnometry
  • Surface area measurements
  • Modelling
  • Python