2016
2015
2014
- Joe and Eleni to present at the ChemEngDay in March.
- Cassie's paper on "Seaweed Biopolymers as Additives for Unfired Clay Bricks" is now published in Materials and Structures.
- Colin's work on scaling-up MOF synthesis is now accepted for publication in Chem. Eng. J.
- A patent was filed on our new green process.
- Dr. Patwardhan presented "Mineralisation as a way to Capture and Store CO2" at the 35th Cement and Concrete Sciences Conference.
- Proud to be part of the team that was listed as one of the "Five projects that raise the profile of chemical engineering"
- Group to present at the MC12 in York in July.
- Thomas presenting "Novel Approaches to the Preparation & Exploitation of Carbon Capture Materials" at the 1st Chemistry in Energy Conference at Heriot-Watt University.
- Dr. Patwardhan received C.Chem. recognition awarded by the RSC.
- Breakthrough in scale-up: tested 30L/hr (~800g/d) production of nanomaterials! Watch a video.
- Group to present at the ACS in Denver.
- We have moved to University of Sheffield, its time to unpack and set-up lab.
- Welcome to Eleni, who Started as a PhD student in January.
2015
- Colin's work on scaling-up MOF synthesis is now accepted for publication in Chem. Eng. J.
- A patent was filed on our new green process.
- Dr. Patwardhan presented "Mineralisation as a way to Capture and Store CO2" at the 35th Cement and Concrete Sciences Conference.
- Proud to be part of the team that was listed as one of the "Five projects that raise the profile of chemical engineering"
- Group to present at the MC12 in York in July.
- Thomas presented "Novel Approaches to the Preparation & Exploitation of Carbon Capture Materials" at the 1st Chemistry in Energy Conference at Heriot-Watt University.
- Dr. Patwardhan received C.Chem. recognition awarded by the RSC.
- Colin successfully completed his viva and graduated in November.
- Breakthrough in scale-up: tested 30L/hr (~800g/d) production of nanomaterials!
- Group to present at the ACS in Denver.
- An article downloaded or viewed 651 times: Drummond, C., McCann, R. & Patwardhan, S. V. A Feasibility Study of the Biologically Inspired Green Manufacturing of Precipitated Silica. Chem. Eng. J. 244, 483, 2014.
2014
- An article published: "Synthesis of Homopolypeptides by Aminolysis Mediated by Proteases Encapsulated in Silica Nanospheres", in Macromolecular Bioscience.
- An article published in Materials Matters.
- Dr. Patwardhan presented "Bioinspired nanomaterials: synthesis, assembly and applications" at the European MRS in Lille.
- A manuscript published on "Bioinspired Silica as Drug Delivery Systems and their Biocompatibility" J. Mater. Chem. B.
- A book chapter published on Understanding Biomineral Growth and Assembly accepted in a book - Bio-Inspired Nanotechnology.
- Group involved in a paper about silica force-fields, accepted in Chem. Mater.
- Joe and Declan to present their UG projects at the SCI Undergraduate Symposium.
- Colin's abstract accepted as a poster for the Challenges in Inorganic and Materials Chemistry (ISACS13) conference.
- Our work on "A Feasibility Study of the Biologically Inspired Green Manufacturing of Precipitated Silica" is published in Chemical Engineering Journal.
- Dr. Patwardhan is a visiting faculty at the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (January 2014). He is establishing a collaboration with Professor Murugavel.
- Dr. Patwardhan has been awarded an EPSRC grant on "Manufacturing Green Nanoparticles for Efficient Cell Manufacture". He will be leading this project, working in close collaboration with Oxford, UCL and Loughborough.
- Group involved in a work on interactions of silica and cell-penetrating peptides, now published in J. Phys. Chem. B.
- Colin's first paper was accepted in Cryst. Growth Des. on MOF-5 formation mechanisms.
- SP selected on the RSC's Materials Chemistry Division Council.
- Scott Davidson presented his research at MC11 and was awarded student bursary.
- Claire Forsyth published two articles and a cover feature from her UG research.
- SP selected in EPSRC's Early Career Forum in Manufacturing Research
- SP visits RIKEN, Japan.
- SP hosts 2012 annual conference of Recent Appointees in Materials Science (RAMS).
- SP presented six talks at the ACS Spring 2012 meeting.
- A full article published in JACS.
- SP awarded a Japanese research grant in Collaboration with Dr. Keiji Numata from RIKEN on bioplastic and biofuels.
- Group involved in a project which assists in £3bn BP Investment Plan.
