Publications by Mohammad Reza Andalibi

Global uncertainty-sensitivity analysis on mechanistic kinetic models: From model assessment to theory-driven design of nanoparticles

Paul Bowen, Andrea Testino, Agnese Carino, Mohammad Reza Andalibi

Recently, we developed a population balance framework describing the precipitation of calcium-silicate-hydrate, a key nanomaterial in the construction industry and with potential applications in biomedicine, environmental remediation, and catalysis. In thi ...

2020

Kinetics and Mechanism of Metal Nanoparticle Growth via Optical Extinction Spectroscopy and Computational Modeling: The Curious Case of Colloidal Gold

Paul Bowen, Alexander Wokaun, Andrea Testino, Mohammad Reza Andalibi

An overarching computational framework unifying several optical theories to describe the temporal evolution of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) during a seeded growth process is presented. To achieve this, we used the inexpensive and widely available optical exti ...

2019

From Experiment to Kinetic and Thermodynamic Modelling of Precipitation: Examples of Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H) and Gold Nanoparticles

Mohammad Reza Andalibi

Precipitation is a process wherein a solid phase forms from a solution. Precipitation is at the heart of many industries producing pharmaceuticals, catalysts, ceramics, and nanoparticles. In addition to being a material synthesis route, precipitation has i ...

EPFL2019

A dilute gold nanoparticle suspension as small-angle X-ray scattering standard for an absolute scale using an extended Guinier approximation

Andrea Testino, Agnese Carino, Mohammad Reza Andalibi

In this article, a practical procedure for absolute intensity calibration for small-angle scattering (SAXS) studies on liquid microjets is established. A gold nanoparticle suspension is used as standard so that the intercept at Q = 0 of the SAXS scattering ...

2019

In Situ Liquid SAXS Studies on the Early Stage of Calcium Carbonate Formation

Andrea Testino, Agnese Carino, Mohammad Reza Andalibi

Calcium carbonate is a model system to investigate the mechanism of solid formation by precipitation from solutions, and it is often considered in the debated classical and nonclassical nucleation mechanism. Despite the great scientific relevance of calciu ...

2019

On the mesoscale mechanism of synthetic calcium–silicate–hydrate precipitation: a population balance modeling approach

Paul Bowen, Karen Scrivener, Andrea Testino, Christian Ludwig, Abhishek Kumar, Mohammad Reza Andalibi, Bhuvanesh Srinivasan

Royal Society of Chemistry2018

Thermodynamic-Kinetic Precipitation Modeling. A Case Study: The Amorphous Calcium Carbonate (ACC) Precipitation Pathway Unravelled

Paul Bowen, Andrea Testino, Christian Ludwig, Frank Pilger, Agnese Carino, Mohammad Reza Andalibi

Nine accurate experimental data sets on amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) formation in dilute solution were collected varying temperature and pH. The entire precipitation process is described using a complete thermodynamic-kinetic model. The thermodynamic ...

American Chemical Society2017