Gabriel , Da Silva - University of Melbourne - Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

研究领域

Dr Gabriel da Silva is a Lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The University of Melbourne. Research Activities - Environmental engineering - Combustion and atmospheric chemistry - Biofuels research - Nitrosation reactions - Materials and minerals engineering - Bioleaching (biohydrometallurgy) Dr da Silva’s research interests are broadly in the area of energy and the environment, using computational chemistry techniques and reaction rate theory to model complex reaction networks relevant to combustion and atmospheric chemistry, as well as environmentally important organic reaction mechanisms. The current research focus is directed toward understanding and modeling reaction processes related to the use of biofuels (ethanol, biodiesel, and biomass), allowing us to optimize their combustion and thereby support the uptake of these green, renewable energy-sources. Studies are also underway to model the formation and atmospheric reactions of pollutants like soot, persistent free radicals, and ozone depleting substances. A further area of interest is bioleaching, where naturally occurring bacteria are used to leach base and precious metals from sulphide minerals.

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Decomposition of Pyruvic Acid on the Ground-State Potential Energy Surface. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 120. 2016 Formation and stability of gas-phase o-benzoquinone from oxidation of ortho-hydroxyphenyl: a combined neutral and distonic radical study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18. 2016 A Theoretical Study of the Photoisomerization of Glycolaldehyde and Subsequent OH Radical-Initiated Oxidation of 1,2-Ethenediol. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 119. 2015 Are the three hydroxyphenyl radical isomers created equal? - The role of the phenoxy radical -. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17. 2015 Carbonic anhydrase promoted absorption of CO2 into potassium carbonate solutions. Greenhouse Gases: science and technology. 5. 2015 Experimental and Theoretical Understanding of the Gas Phase Oxidation of Atmospheric Amides with OH Radicals: Kinetics, Products, and Mechanisms. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 119. 2015 Modeling the IR Spectra of Aqueous Metal Carboxylate Complexes: Correlation between Bonding Geometry and Stretching Mode Wavenumber Shifts. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21. 2015 Modeling the antisymmetric and symmetric stretching vibrational modes of aqueous carboxylate anions. Spectrochimica Acta Part A - Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 134. 2015 Radical Formation in the Gas-Phase Ozonolysis of Deprotonated Cysteine. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 54. 2015 The autoignition of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in spark-ignition engines. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 35. 2015