Items by Rigby, Sean

2013

Gopinathan, N., Greaves, M., Rigby, S.P. and Wood, J., 2013. Investigation of the problems with using gas adsorption to probe catalyst pore structure evolution during coking. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 393 (1), pp. 234-240.

Shiko, E., Edler, K. J., Lowe, J. P. and Rigby, S. P., 2013. Forthcoming. Probing hysteresis during sorption of cyclohexane within mesoporous silica using NMR cryoporometry and relaxometry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

2012

Shiko, E., Edler, K.J., Lowe, J.P. and Rigby, S.P., 2012. Probing the impact of advanced melting and advanced adsorption phenomena on the accuracy of pore size distributions from cryoporometry and adsorption using NMR relaxometry and diffusometry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 385 (1), pp. 183-192.

Gopinathan, N., Greaves, M., Lowe, J. P., Wood, J. and Rigby, S. P., 2012. Determination of the location of coke in catalysts by a novel NMR-based, liquid-porosimetry approach. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 381 (1), pp. 164-170.

Rouquerol, J., Baron, G., Denoyel, R., Giesche, H., Groen, J., Klobes, P., Levitz, P., Neimark, A. V., Rigby, S., Skudas, R., Sing, K., Thommes, M. and Unger, K., 2012. Liquid intrusion and alternative methods for the characterization of macroporous materials (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure and Applied Chemistry, 84 (1), pp. 107-136.

Greaves, M., Dong, L. and Rigby, S. P., 2012. SPE 15817: Determination of Limits to Production in THAI. In: SPE Heavy Oil Conference, Calgary, 2012-06-12 - 2012-06-14, Alberta.

Burrows, A. D., Fisher, L. C., Hodgson, D., Mahon, M. F., Cessford, N. F., Duren, T., Richardson, C. and Rigby, S. P., 2012. The synthesis, structures and reactions of zinc and cobalt metal-organic frameworks incorporating an alkyne-based dicarboxylate linker. CrystEngComm, 14 (1), pp. 188-192.

2011

Greaves, M., Dong, L. and Rigby, S. P., 2011. Paper A11: Understanding the Mobile Oil Zone in Toe-to-Heel Air Injection (THAI) Process. In: 16th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, 2011-04-12 - 2011-04-14, Cambridge.

Burrows, A. D., Fisher, L. C., Richardson, C. and Rigby, S. P., 2011. Selective incorporation of functional dicarboxylates into zinc metal-organic frameworks. Chemical Communications, 47 (12), pp. 3380-3382.

Gopinathan, N., Rigby, S., Greaves, M., Lowe, J., Wood, J. and Dong, L. L., 2011. Determination of the spatial location of coke in catalysts by a novel NMR approach. In: Fantazzini, P., Bortolotti, V., Karger, J. and Galvosas, P., eds. 10th International Bologna Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media, 2010-09-12 - 2010-09-16, Leipzig.

Hitchcock, I., Holt, E. M., Lowe, J. P. and Rigby, S. P., 2011. Studies of freezing-melting hysteresis in cryoporometry scanning loop experiments using NMR diffusometry and relaxometry. Chemical Engineering Science, 66 (4), pp. 582-592.

Hitchcock, I., Rigby, S., Chudek, J., Holt, L. and Lowe, J., 2011. MRI and PGSE NMR Studies of Long-range, Pore-pore Interaction Effects in Gas Adsorption. In: Fantazzini, P., Bortolotti, V., Karger, J. and Galvosas, P., eds. Magnetic Resonance in Porous Media. Vol. 1330. , pp. 53-56. (AIP Conference Proceedings)

2010

Hitchcock, I., Chudek, J. A., Holt, E. M., Lowe, J. P. and Rigby, S. P., 2010. NMR Studies of Cooperative Effects in Adsorption. Langmuir, 26 (23), pp. 18061-18070.

Chigada, P. I., Wang, J., Al-Duri, B., Wood, J. and Rigby, S. P., 2010. Modelling of pore structure evolution during catalyst deactivation and comparison with experiment. Chemical Engineering Science, 65 (20), pp. 5550-5558.

Shah, A., Fishwick, R., Wood, J., Leeke, G., Rigby, S. and Greaves, M., 2010. A review of novel techniques for heavy oil and bitumen extraction and upgrading. Energy & Environmental Science, 3 (6), pp. 700-714.

Chua, L. M., Vazhnova, T., Mays, T. J., Lukyanov, D. B. and Rigby, S. P., 2010. Deactivation of PtH-MFI bifunctional catalysts by coke formation during benzene alkylation with ethane. Journal of Catalysis, 271 (2), pp. 401-412.

Perkins, E., Lowe, J., Edler, K. and Rigby, S., 2010. Studies of structure-transport relationships in biodegradable polymer microspheres for drug delivery using NMR cryodiffusometry. Chemical Engineering Science, 65 (2), pp. 611-625.

Rigby, S. P. and Chigada, P. I., 2010. MF-DFT and experimental investigations of the origins of Hysteresis in Mercury porosimetry of Silica materials. Langmuir, 26 (1), pp. 241-248.

Lee, Y. S., Lowe, J. P., Gilby, E., Perera, S. P. and Rigby, S. P., 2010. The initial release of cisplatin from poly(lactide-co-glycolide) microspheres. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 383 (1-2), pp. 244-254.

Shah, A., Fishwick, R. P., Leeke, G. A., Wood, J., Rigby, S. P. and Greaves, M., 2010. Experimental optimization of catalytic process in-situ for heavy oil and bitumen upgrading. In: Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference 2010, October 19, 2010 - October 21, 2010, 2010-10-19 - 2010-10-21, Calgary Alberta.

2009

Wang, J., Hassan, F., Chigada, P. I., Rigby, S. P., Al-Duri, B. and Wood, J., 2009. Coke Formation and Characterization During 1-Hexene Isomerization and Oligomerization over H-ZSM-5 Catalyst under Supercritical Conditions. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 48 (17), pp. 7899-7909.

Shah, A., Fishwick, R., Wood, J., Leek, G., Greaves, M. and Rigby, S. P., 2009. A Review of Novel Techniques for Heavy Oil and Bitumen Extraction and Recovery. In: 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 2009-08-23 - 2009-08-27, Montreal, Quebec.

Cao, E., Greaves, M. and Rigby, S. P., 2009. Paper 2009-048: Phase Properties of Mobile Oil Zone in the THAI™- CAPRI™ Process. In: Canadian International Petroleum Conference, 2009-06-16 - 2009-06-18, Calgary, Alberta.

Rigby, S. P. and Chigada, P. I., 2009. Interpretation of integrated gas sorption and mercury porosimetry studies of adsorption in disordered networks using mean-field DFT. Adsorption, 15 (1), pp. 31-41.

Wanga, J., Chigada, P. I., Rigby, S. P., Al-Duri, B. and Wood, J., 2009. Prolonging catalyst lifetime in supercritical isomerization of 1-hexene over a platinum/alumina catalyst. Chemical Engineering Science, 64 (15), pp. 3427-3436.

2008

Watt-Smith, M. J., Rigby, S., Ralph, T. R. and Walsh, F. C., 2008. Characterisation of porous carbon electrode materials used in proton exchange membrane fuel cells via gas adsorption. Journal of Power Sources, 184 (1), pp. 29-37.

Watt-Smith, M. J., Friedrich, J. M., Rigby, S., Ralph, T. R. and Walsh, F. C., 2008. Determination of the electrochemically active surface area of Pt/C PEM fuel cell electrodes using different adsorbates. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 41 (17), 174004.

Perkins, E. L., Lowe, J. P., Edler, K. J., Tanko, N. and Rigby, S. P., 2008. Determination of the percolation properties and pore connectivity for mesoporous solids using NMR cryodiffusometry. Chemical Engineering Science, 63 (7), pp. 1929-1940.

Rigby, S. P., Fairhead, M. and van der Walle, C. F., 2008. Engineering silica particles as oral drug delivery vehicles. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 14, pp. 1821-1831.

Rigby, S. P., Chigada, P. I., Evbuomvan, I. O., Chudek, J. A., Miri, T., Wood, J. and Bakalis, S., 2008. Experimental and modelling studies of the kinetics of mercury retraction from highly confined geometries during porosimetry in the transport and the quasi-equilibrium regimes. Chemical Engineering Science, 63 (24), pp. 5771-5788.

Rigby, S. P., Chigada, P. I., Perkins, E. L., Watt-Smith, M. J., Lowe, J. P. and Edler, K. J., 2008. Fundamental studies of gas sorption within mesopores situated amidst an inter-connected, irregular network. Adsorption, 14 (2-3), pp. 289-307.

Burrows, A. D., Cassar, K., Düren, T., Friend, R. M. W., Mahon, M. F., Rigby, S. P. and Savarese, T. L., 2008. Syntheses, structures and properties of cadmium benzenedicarboxylate metal–organic frameworks. Dalton Transactions, 18, pp. 2465-2474.

2007

Lawrence, R. M. H., Mays, T., Rigby, S., Walker, P. and D'Ayala, D., 2007. Effects of carbonation on the pore structure of non-hydraulic lime mortars. Cement and Concrete Research, 37 (7), pp. 1059-1069.

Rigby, S. P., 2007. A Unified Model for the Effects of Surface Heterogeneity on Gas Absorption and Surface Diffusion on Silica Surfaces. In: Fong, P. A., ed. Colloid and Surface Research Trends. Nova Science, pp. 147-167.

Perkins, E. L., Rigby, S. P., Edler, K. J. and Lowe, J., 2007. NMR cryoporometry and PFG studies of water diffusion in poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) microspheres for drug delivery. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 59, A17-A17.

Watt-Smith, M. J., Rigby, S. P., Chudek, J. A. and Fletcher, R. S., 2007. Simulation of mercury porosimetry using MRI images of porous media. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 160 (Characterization of ), pp. 177-184.

2006

Watt-Smith, M. J., Kolaczkowski, S. T., Rigby, S. P. and Chudek, J. A., 2006. Prediction of gas sorption kinetics for porous media using MRI. AIChE Journal, 52 (9), pp. 3278-3289.

Watt-Smith, M. J., Rigby, S. P., Chudek, J. A. and Fletcher, R. S., 2006. Simulation of Nonwetting Phase Entrapment within Porous Media Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Langmuir, 22 (11), pp. 5180-5188.

Rigby, S. P., Watt-Smith, M. J., Chigada, P., Chudek, J. A., Fletcher, R. S., Wood, J., Bakalis, S. and Miri, T., 2006. Studies of the entrapment of non-wetting fluid within nanoporous media using a synergistic combination of MRI and micro-computed X-ray tomography. Chemical Engineering Science, 61 (23), pp. 7579-7592.

Rigby, S. P., Evbuomwan, I. O., Watt-Smith, M. J., Edler, K. and Fletcher, R. S., 2006. Using nano-cast model porous media and integrated gas sorption to improve fundamental understanding and data interpretation in mercury porosimetry. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 23 (1), pp. 82-93.

2005

Watt-Smith, M. J., Edler, K. J. and Rigby, S. P., 2005. An Experimental Study of Gas Adsorption on Fractal Surfaces. Langmuir, 21 (6), pp. 2281-2292.

Rigby, S. P., Watt-Smith, M. J. and Fletcher, R. S., 2005. Integrating gas sorption with mercury porosimetry. Adsorption, 11, pp. 201-206.

Edler, K. J., Arrowsmith, M., Hamilton, M. and Rigby, S. P., 2005. Modeling the fractal growth of templated, mesoporous silica films. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109 (13), pp. 6294-6303.

Messaritaki, A., Black, S. J., van der Walle, C. F. and Rigby, S. P., 2005. NMR and confocal microscopy studies of the mechanisms of burst drug release from PLGA microspheres. Journal of Controlled Release, 108 (2-3), pp. 271-281.

Rigby, S. P., 2005. Predicting surface diffusivities of molecules from equilibrium adsorption isotherms. Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 262 (1-3), pp. 139-149.

Burrows, A. D., Cassar, K., Friend, R. M. W., Mahon, M. F., Rigby, S. P. and Warren, J. E., 2005. Solvent hydrolysis and templating effects in the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks. CrystEngComm, 7, pp. 548-550.

2004

Rigby, S. P., Fletcher, R. S. and Riley, S. N., 2004. Characterization of porous solids using integrated nitrogen sorption and mercury porosimetry. Chemical Engineering Science, 59 (1), pp. 41-51.

Rigby, S. P., Van der Walle, C. F. and Raistrick, J. H., 2004. Determining drug spatial distribution within controlled delivery tablets using MFX imaging. Journal of Controlled Release, 96 (1), pp. 97-100.

Rigby, S. P. and Fletcher, R. S., 2004. Experimental Evidence for Pore Blocking as the Mechanism for Nitrogen Sorption Hysteresis in a Mesoporous Material. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108 (15), pp. 4690-4695.

Rigby, S. P. and Fletcher, R. S., 2004. Interfacing mercury porosimetry with nitrogen sorption. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 21, pp. 138-148.

Rigby, S. P., Beanlands, K., Evbuomwan, I. O., Watt-Smith, M. J., Edler, K. J. and Fletcher, R. S., 2004. Nanocasting of novel, designer-structured catalyst supports. Chemical Engineering Science, 59 (22-23), pp. 5113-5120.

Rigby, S. P., Watt-Smith, M. J. and Fletcher, R. S., 2004. Simultaneous determination of the pore-length distribution and pore connectivity for porous catalyst supports using integrated nitrogen sorption and mercury porosimetry. Journal of Catalysis, 227 (1), pp. 68-76.

2003

Rigby, S. P., 2003. A Model for the Surface Diffusion of Molecules on a Heterogeneous Surface. Langmuir, 19 (2), pp. 364-376.

Rigby, S. P., Fletcher, R. S. and Riley, S. N., 2003. Determination of the cause of mercury entrapment during porosimetry experiments on sol-gel silica catalyst supports. Applied Catalysis A General, 247 (1), pp. 27-39.

Rigby, S. P., Barwick, D., Fletcher, R. S. and Riley, S. N., 2003. Interpreting mercury porosimetry data for catalyst supports using semi-empirical alternatives to the Washburn equation. Applied Catalysis A General, 238 (2), pp. 303-318.

Rigby, S. P., 2003. Structure-transport relationships in the surface diffusion of molecules over heterogeneous surfaces within porous catalysts. Catalysis in Application [Papers presented at the International Symposium on Applied Catalysis]

2002

Rigby, S. P. and Daut, S., 2002. A statistical model for the heterogeneous structure of porous catalyst pellets. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 98 (2), pp. 87-119.

Rigby, S. P., Fletcher, R. S., Raistrick, J. H. and Riley, S. N., 2002. Characterisation of porous solids using a synergistic combination of nitrogen sorption, mercury porosimetry, electron microscopy and micro-focus X-ray imaging techniques. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 4 (14), pp. 3467-3481.

Rigby, S. P., Fletcher, R. S. and Riley, S. N., 2002. Determination of the Multiscale Percolation Properties of Porous Media Using Mercury Porosimetry. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 41 (5), pp. 1205-1226.

Rigby, S. P., 2002. Fractal Theory for the Compensation Effect Observed in a Surface Diffusion Process Studied Using Deuteron NMR. Langmuir, 18 (5), pp. 1613-1618.

Rigby, S. P., 2002. New methodologies in mercury porosimetry. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 144 (Characterization of ), pp. 185-192.

Rigby, S. P., 2002. Structural models for the interpretation of gas-solid adsorption and mercury porosimetry data. In: Hubbard, A., ed. Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science. New York: Marcel Dekker, pp. 4825-4852.

Rigby, S. P. and Edler, K. J., 2002. The influence of mercury contact angle, surface tension, and retraction mechanism on the interpretation of mercury porosimetry data. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 250 (1), pp. 175-190.

2001

Rigby, S. P., Fletcher, R. S. and Riley, S. N., 2001. Characterization of Macroscopic Structural Disorder in Porous Media Using Mercury Porosimetry. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 240 (1), pp. 190-210.

Rigby, S. P., 2001. Experimental design for high-throughput experimentation. In: Combinatorial Approaches to Chemistry and Biology III, R.S.C., 2001-01-01, Cambridge.

Ruffino, L., Mann, R., Oldman, R. J., Rigby, S. and Allen, S., 2001. Using low melting point alloy intrusion to quantify pore structure: studies on an alumina support. Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 133, pp. 155-162.