Advanced Separation Technologies Group

Catalytic hybrid solvent regeneration in membrane vacuum processes for direct air capture

A Momeni, H Anisi, RV McQuillan, MS Alivand, A Zavabeti, S Askari, R Zhang, GW Stevens, KA Mumford

Journal article  |  2026  |  Nature Communications

Open access

Direct Air Capture is a promising climate mitigation technology, but its deployment is limited by high energy demand. This study i..

Techno-economic analysis of manufacturing controlled release nitrogen fertilizers and their farm-level economic value

RV McQuillan, GW Stevens, A Jupke, KA Mumford

Journal article  |  2026  |  Cleaner Environmental Systems

Open access

This techno-economic analysis evaluates the manufacturing feasibility and farm-level economic viability of a biodegradable, polyca..

Dielectric Heating of Ionic Liquids: A Successful Strategy to Enhance Regeneration Kinetics in Direct Air Capture

H Anisi, MS Alivand, RV McQuillan, GW Stevens, A Zavabeti, A Ebrahimi, K Ghorbani, KA Mumford

Journal article  |  2026  |  Environmental Science and Technology

Climate change mitigation strategies have driven research on energy-efficient sorbents for direct air capture (DAC). Ionic liquids..

Directional Gas Diffusion in Liquid Crystal-Doped Cellulose Triacetate Membranes: Insights from Molecular Dynamics and Time-Lag Measurements

A Mahmoud, E Goudeli, K Mumford, CA Scholes

Journal article  |  2026  |  Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Cellulose triacetate membranes incorporating liquid-crystal additives have experimentally demonstrated enhanced gas transport, yet..

Identifying treatment protocols by translating required fluoride thresholds into site-specific removal requirements in community-based defluoridation systems

Akshay Kashyap, Laura A Richards, Suzie M Reichman, Kathryn A Mumford, Meenakshi Arora

Journal article  |  2026

Open access

AbstractCommunity-scale defluoridation systems have been widely implemented in fluoride-affected, groundwater-dependent regions to..

Recovery of cannabinoids from Cannabis sativa flowers using modifier/water leaching method

HT Lu, W Li, MA Deseo, GW Stevens, A Bacic, MS Doblin, KA Mumford

Journal article  |  2026  |  Separation and Purification Technology

Open access

Cannabis sativa L. is a recognised medicinal plant containing a diverse array of phytocannabinoids, which are largely responsible ..

Performance Evaluation and Operational Insights from Community-Scale Groundwater Defluoridation Systems Using Field Evidence from West Bengal, India

A Kashyap, LA Richards, SM Reichman, KA Mumford, N Sahu, PS Ghosal, A Mondal, BK Dubey, M Arora

Journal article  |  2026  |  Water Switzerland

Open access

Millions of people across rural and peri-urban regions worldwide remain exposed to unsafe concentrations of naturally occurring fl..

Improving the flotation of fine valuable lithium minerals through the formation of hydrophobic flocs

Danni Luo

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2026

Recovering spodumene in the fine particle size range is challenging because flotation recovery decreases sharply as particle size ..

Engineering Electrospun Nanostructured Coatings on Macroscopic Particles

MN Soltani, RV McQuillan, O Mazaheri, F Caruso, KA Mumford

Journal article  |  2026  |  ACS applied materials & interfaces

Electrospinning is widely used in industrial applications to produce coatings with different structures and improved physicochemic..

Selective extraction of nickel, cobalt and copper from alkaline glycine leach solution

W Li, J Lu, GW Stevens, KA Mumford

Journal article  |  2026  |  Separation and Purification Technology

Open access

Solvent extraction behaviour of nickel, cobalt and copper from ammonia–glycine alkaline solutions using ketoxime extractant LIX®84..