Latest Publications

2020

Monitoring of ammonia in marine waters using a passive sampler with biofouling resistance and neural network-based calibration L. O’Connor. Šraj, M. I. G. S. Almeida, S. M. Sharp, I. D. McKelvie, R. Morrison, S. D. Kolev, Environmental Pollution, 267 (2020)
Green solvents for the fabrication of polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs) C. A. Carner, C. F. Croft, S. D. Kolev, M. I. G. S. Almeida, Separation and Purification Technology, 239 (2020)
Water monitoring using polymer inclusion membranes: a review B. Kuswandi, F. Nitti, M. I. G. S. Almeida, S. D. Kolev, Environmental Chemistry Letters, 18 (2020) p. 129-150

2019

The potential of polystyrene-block-polybutadiene-block-polystyrene triblock co-polymer as a base-polymer of polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs) Xiaopeng Xionga, M. Inês G. S. Almeida, Silvia Simeonova, Tony G. Spassov, Robert W. Cattrall, Spas D. Kolev, Separation and Purification Technology, 229 (2019)
Effect of cross-linking on the performance of polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs) for the extraction, transport and separation of Zn(II) Bosirul Hoque, M. Inês G. S. Almeida, Robert W. Cattrall, Thiruvancheril G. Gopakumar, Spas D. Kolev, Journal of Membrane Science, 589 (2019)
Development of a micro-distillation microfluidic paper-based analytical device as a screening tool for total ammonia monitoring in freshwaters Jonathan J. Peters, M. Inês G. S. Almeida, Lenka O’Connor Šraj, Ian D. McKelvie, Spas D. Kolev, Analytica Chimica Acta, 1079 (2019) 120-128
Automatic determination of arsenate in drinking water by flow analysis with dual membrane-based separation R Vera, Y Zhang, C Fontàs, MIGS Almeida, E Anticó, RW Cattrall, SD Kolev, Food Chemistry, 283 (2019) 232-238
Selective separation of gold ions from discarded mobile phone leachate by solvent and polymer inclusion membrane based extraction with an amic acid extractant R Kono, W Yoshida, F Kubota, SD Kolev, M Goto, Separation and Purification Technology, 214 (2019) 156-161
Selective transport of scandium(III) across polymer inclusion membranes with improved stability which contain an amic acid carrier W Yoshida, Y Baba, F Kubota, SD Kolev, M Goto, Journal of Membrane Science, 572 (2019) 291–299

2018

Development of a portable 3D-printed flow-through passive sampling device free of flow pattern effects F Nitti, MIGS Almeida, R Morrison, RW Cattrall, VJ Pettigrove, RA Coleman, SD Kolev, Microchemical Journal 143 (2018) 359-366
Volatile chemical emissions from essential oils N Nematollahi, SD Kolev, A Steinemann, Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health 11 (2018) 949-954
A novel on-line organic mercury digestion method combined with atomic fluorescence spectrometry for automatic mercury speciation Y Zhang, M Miro, SD Kolev, Talanta 189 (2018) 220-224
Volatile chemical emissions from fragranced baby products N Nematollahi, A Doronila, PJ Mornane, A Duan, SD Kolev, A Steinemann, Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health 11 (2018) 785–790
Determination of salivary cotinine as tobacco smoking biomarker AN Ramdzan, MIGS Almeida, MJ McCullough, MA Segundo, SD Kolev, Trends in Analytical Chemistry 105 (2018) 89-97
Polymer inclusion membranes as substrates for controlled In-Situ Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis on Polymer Inclusion Membranes C Specht, RW Cattrall, TG Spassov, MI Spassova, SD Kolev, Reactive and Functional Polymers 130 (2018) 81-89
A polymer inclusion membrane composed of the binary carrier PC-88A and Versatic 10 for the selective separation and recovery of Sc M Sharaf, W Yoshida, F Kubota, SD Kolev, M Goto, RSC Advances 8 (2018) 8631-8637
A comparison of the use of commercial and purified LIX84I in poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP)-based polymer inclusion membranes for the extraction and transport of Cu(II) D Wang, RW Cattrall, J Li, MIGS. Almeida, GW Stevens, SD Kolev, Separation and Purification Technology 202 (2018) 59–66
The effect of surface confined gold nanoparticles in blocking the extraction of nitrate by PVC-based polymer inclusion membranes containing Aliquat 336 as the carrier YYN Bonggotgetsakul, RW Cattrall, SD Kolev, Membranes 8 (2018) 6
Flow injection spectrophotometric determination of V(V) involving on-line separation using a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)-based polymer inclusion membrane MR Yaftian, MIGS Almeida, RW Cattrall, SD Kolev, Talanta 181 (2018) 385–391
Gas-diffusion-based passive sampler for ammonia monitoring in marine waters L O’Connor Šraj, MIS Almeida, C. Bassett, ID McKelvie, SD Kolev, Talanta 181 (2018) 52-56
Polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs) containing purified dinonylnaphthalene sulfonic acid (DNNS): performance and selectivity M Ershad, MIGS Almeida, TG Spassov, RW Cattrall, SD Kolev, Separation and Purification Technology 195 (2018) 446–452
A novel hybrid flow platform for on-line simultaneous dynamic fractionation and evaluation of mercury lability in environmental solids Y Zhang, M Miro, SD Kolev, Talanta 178 (2018) 622–628
Developments of microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (mPADs) for water analysis: A Review MIGS Almeida, BM Jayawardane, SD Kolev, ID McKelvie, Talanta 177 (2018) 176–190
Separation of lanthanum(III), gadolinium(III) and ytterbium(III) from sulfuric acid solutions by using a polymer inclusion membrane CF Croft, MIGS Almeida, RW Cattrall, SD Kolev, Journal of Membrane Science 545 (2018) 259–265
Selective extraction of vanadium(V) from sulfate solutions into a polymer inclusion membrane composed of poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) and Cyphos® IL 101 MR Yaftian, MIGS Almeida, RW Cattrall, SD Kolev, Journal of Membrane Science 545 (2018) 57–65