Microfluidic investigation of pore-size dependency of barite nucleation

J Poonoosamy, A Obaied, G Deissmann… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The understanding and prediction of mineral precipitation processes in porous media are
relevant for various energy-related subsurface applications. While it is well known that …

EURAD state-of-the-art report on the understanding of radionuclide retention and transport in clay and crystalline rocks

N Maes, S Churakov, M Glaus, B Baeyens… - Frontiers in Nuclear …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
After isolation of radioactive waste in deep geological formations, radionuclides can enter
the biosphere via slow migration through engineered barriers and host rocks. The amount of …

Microfluidic flow-through reactor and 3D Raman imaging for in situ assessment of mineral reactivity in porous and fractured porous media

J Poonoosamy, C Soulaine, A Burmeister… - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
An in-depth understanding of dissolution and precipitation of minerals in porous and
fractured porous media and the complex feedback on the transport of fluids is essential for …

Studies of Mineral Nucleation and Growth Across Multiple Scales: Review of the Current State of Research Using the Example of Barite (BaSO4)

J Weber, JN Bracco, K Yuan… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sparingly soluble sulfate minerals, particularly barite (BaSO4), present an ideal system to
understand mineral–water interfacial reactions. The model system barite has been used to …

Effects of solution supersaturation on barite precipitation in porous media and consequences on permeability: Experiments and modelling

J Poonoosamy, M Klinkenberg, G Deissmann… - … et cosmochimica acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The understanding of porosity evolution in porous media due to mineral reactions and its
impact on the transport of fluids and solutes is important, as this is a key factor in the long …

A lab-on-a-chip approach integrating in-situ characterization and reactive transport modelling diagnostics to unravel (Ba,Sr)SO4 oscillatory zoning

J Poonoosamy, M Mahrous, E Curti, D Bosbach… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The co-precipitation of sulphate minerals such as celestine and barite is widely studied
because their formation is ubiquitous in natural and anthropogenic systems. Co-precipitation …

The use of microfluidic platforms with Raman spectroscopy for investigating the co-precipitation of metals and radionuclides in carbonates

J Poonoosamy, A Kaspor, S Rudin, GL Murphy… - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the context of long-term safety assessments of deep geological repositories for radio-
active wastes, a rigorous understanding of the retention of radionuclides such as 226Ra due …

Research for the Safe Management of Nuclear Waste at Forschungszentrum Jülich: Materials Chemistry and Solid Solution Aspects

D Bosbach, F Brandt, A Bukaemskiy… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The safe management of high‐level nuclear wastes, including their final disposal in a deep
geological repository, requires a sound scientific understanding of the processes affecting …

Combination of MRI and SEM to assess changes in the chemical properties and permeability of porous media due to barite precipitation

J Poonoosamy, S Haber-Pohlmeier, H Deng… - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The understanding of the dissolution and precipitation of minerals and its impact on the
transport of fluids in porous media is essential for various subsurface applications, including …

A radiochemical lab-on-a-chip paired with computer vision to unlock the crystallization kinetics of (Ba,Ra)SO4

J Poonoosamy, A Kaspor, C Schreinemachers… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract (Ra, Ba) SO4 solid solutions are commonly encountered as problematic scales in
subsurface energy-related applications, eg, geothermal systems, hydraulic fracturing …