Siddharth V. Patwardhan

Modelling and optimisation of bio-inspired synthesis of porous silica particles: estimation of kinetics and application to continuous reactors Open

Chinmay A. Shukla, Roja P. Moghadam, Amber Keegan, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Vivek V. Ranade · 2025

Development of a coarse-grained model for the early stages of ordered mesoporous silica formation Open

Tom Stavert, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Miguel Jorge · 2025

Computer-aided development of bio-inspired routes to highly ordered green mesoporous silica Open

Tom Stavert, Carlos Brambila, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Miguel Jorge · 2025

By combining multi-scale modelling and design of experiments, we have elucidated the mechanism of order promotion in mesoporous silica, and have proposed strategies for environmentally friendly, cheap and scalable production of those mater…

Methods for accurate and rapid determination of purity of battery-grade silicon Open

Gwen F. Chimonides, Siddharth V. Patwardhan · 2025

Two independent methods based on TGA and XRD were developed to provide accurate determination of Si content, which is vital for the use of Si in battery anodes.

Review of Bio-Inspired Green Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide for Photocatalytic Applications Open

Manasi R. Mulay, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Natalia Martsinovich · 2024

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is an important photocatalyst that is widely studied for environmental applications, especially for water treatment by degradation of pollutants. A range of methods have been developed to produce TiO2 in the form of…

Key Developments in Magnesiothermic Reduction of Silica: Insights into Reactivity and Future Prospects Open

Maximilian Yan, Sarah A. Martell, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Mita Dasog · 2024

Porous Si (p-Si) nanomaterials are an exciting class of inexpensive and abundant materials within the field of energy storage. Specifically, porous Si has been explored in battery anodes to improve charge storage capacity, to generate clea…

Feasibility and Advantages of Continuous Synthesis of Bioinspired Silica Using CO<sub>2</sub> as an Acidifying Agent Open

Chinmay A. Shukla, Roja P. Moghadam, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Vivek V. Ranade · 2024

In this work, we present a method for the continuous synthesis of bioinspired porous silica (BIS) particles using carbon dioxide (CO₂) as an acidifying agent. Typical BIS synthesis uses strong mineral acids (e.g., HCl) to initia…

Quality-by-Design Approach to Process Intensification of Bioinspired Silica Synthesis Open

Joseph R. H. Manning, Carlos Brambila, Kabir Rishi, Gregory Beaucage, Gemma‐Louise Davies , et al. · 2024

Characterizing nanomaterials is challenging due to their macromolecular nature, requiring suites of physicochemical analysis to fully resolve their structure. As such, their synthesis and scale-up are notoriously complex, especially when c…

Unlocking the Secrets of Porous Silicon Formation: Insights into Magnesiothermic Reduction Mechanism using In-situ Powder X-ray Diffraction Studies Open

Sarah A. Martell, Maximilian Yan, Robert H. Coridan, Kevin H. Stone, Siddharth V. Patwardhan , et al. · 2024

The magnesiothermic reduction of SiO2 is an important reaction as it is a bulk method that produces porous Si for a wide range of applications directly from SiO2. While its main advantage is potential tunability, the reaction behavior and …

Unlocking the secrets of porous silicon formation: insights into magnesiothermic reduction mechanism using <i>in situ</i> powder X-ray diffraction studies Open

Sarah A. Martell, Maximilian Yan, Robert H. Coridan, Kevin H. Stone, Siddharth V. Patwardhan , et al. · 2024

The magnesiothermic reduction is an important reaction as it is a bulk method that produces porous Si for a wide range of applications directly from SiO 2 .

Simultaneous optimisation of shape and magnetisation of nanoparticles synthesised using a green bioinspired route Open

Laura Norfolk, Luc Dewulf, Mauro Chiacchia, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Sarah S. Staniland · 2024

A novel DoE strategy enabled the optimisation of two responses simultaneously to produce high quality magnetic nanoparticles under environmentally friendly conditions.

Key developments in magnesiothermic reduction of silica: insights into reactivity and future prospects Open

Maximilian Yan, Sarah A. Martell, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Mita Dasog · 2024

This perspective summarizes the mechanism and factors affecting magnesiothermic reduction reaction to make porous silicon for energy storage and fuel generation applications.

Multi-criteria discovery, design and manufacturing to realise nanomaterial potential Open

Robert Pilling, Stuart R. Coles, Marc R. Knecht, Siddharth V. Patwardhan · 2023

Advanced nanomaterials have a central role to play in the pursuit of sustainable development goals. Applications span sectors, including energy, medicine and environmental clean-up. However, despite an explosion in their discovery and synt…

Scalable and sustainable manufacturing of ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets (MONs) for solar cell applications Open

David J. Ashworth, Justin Driver, Kezia Sasitharan, Ram R. R. Prasad, Joshua Nicks , et al. · 2023

Metal-organic framework nanosheets (MONs) are an emerging class of 2D materials whose tunable chemistry make them ideal for a wide range of sensing, catalytic, electronics and separation applications. However, creating scalable routes to t…

Cost-competitive manufacture of porous-silicon anodes via the magnesiothermic reduction: A techno-economic analysis Open

Maximilian Yan, Sarah A. Martell, Mita Dasog, Solomon Brown, Siddharth V. Patwardhan · 2023

Lithium-ion batteries play a central role in the electrification of our energy systems, however this technology still suffers from low energy density. Porous silicon (p-Si) has been recognised as a promising, high-energy density anode mate…

Unlocking the holy grail of sustainable and scalable mesoporous silica using computational modelling Open

Tom Stavert, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Robert Pilling, Miguel Jorge · 2023

Enabling the design of silica materials with ordered and controllable pore structure using the principles of green and sustainable chemistry.

A Novel Method for Understanding the Mixing Mechanisms to Enable Sustainable Manufacturing of Bioinspired Silica Open

Yahaya D. Baba, Mauro Chiacchia, Siddharth V. Patwardhan · 2022

Bioinspired silica (BIS) has received unmatched attention in recent times owing to its green synthesis, which offers a scalable, sustainable, and economical method to produce high-value silica for a wide range of applications, including ca…

Recent Advances in Enabling Green Manufacture of Functional Nanomaterials: A Case Study of Bioinspired Silica Open

Robert Pilling, Siddharth V. Patwardhan · 2022

Global specialty silica production is over 3 million tonnes per annum with diverse applications across sectors and an increasing demand for more complex material structures and surface chemistries. Commercial manufacturing of high-value si…

A Comparison of Environmental Impact of Various Silicas Using a Green Chemistry Evaluator Open

Carlos Brambila, Peter D. W. Boyd, Amber Keegan, Pankaj Sharma, Caleb Vetter , et al. · 2022

To answer questions surrounding the sustainability of silica production, MilliporeSigma's DOZN 2.0 Green Chemistry Evaluator was employed as it provides quantitative values based on the 12 principles of Green Chemistry. As a first study us…

Facile Cellulase Immobilisation on Bioinspired Silica Open

V. Lombardi, Matteo Trande, Michele Back, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, A. Benedetti · 2022

Cellulases are enzymes with great potential for converting biomass to biofuels for sustainable energy. However, their commercial use is limited by their costs and low reusability. Therefore, the scientific and industrial sectors are focusi…

Green Nanosilicas for Monoaromatic Hydrocarbons Removal from Air Open

Abdunaser M. Ewlad-Ahmed, Michael A. Morris, Justin D. Holmes, David J. Belton, Siddharth V. Patwardhan , et al. · 2021

Plate Spinning: A Beginner’s Guide to Surviving and Thriving as an Engineering/Science Academic Open

Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Adam T. Clare · 2021

[When printing, please note that the document is in A5 format, so fits 2 pages in A4]This document is intended as a frame of reference and a quick-start guide for new appointees in Science and Engineering to make sense and su…

Unified mechanistic interpretation of amine-assisted silica synthesis methods to enable design of more complex materials Open

Joseph R. H. Manning, Carlos Brambila, Siddharth V. Patwardhan · 2021

We present ‘joined-up’ thinking for several families of porous silicas; the mechanistic insights gained can help design structurally complex materials.

Designing bioinspired green nanosilicas using statistical and machine learning approaches Open

Luc Dewulf, Mauro Chiacchia, Aaron S. Yeardley, Robert A. Milton, Solomon Brown , et al. · 2021

This is a first comparison of the sequential design of experiments strategy and global sensitivity analysis for nanomaterials, thus enabling sustainable product and process design in future.

Enabling scale-up of mesoporous silicon for lithium-ion batteries: a systematic study of a thermal moderator Open

Jake Entwistle, Siddharth V. Patwardhan · 2021

By identifying the critical controlling factors, this manuscript provides the first report enabling scale-up of mesoporous silicon, which is non-trivial due to the large excess heat produced.

Exploiting nanoscale effects enables ultra-low temperature to produce porous silicon Open

Maximilian Yan, Siddharth V. Patwardhan · 2021

We show the first evidence of reduction of silica occurring at temperatures as low as 380 °C to produce porous silicon without sacrificing the porosity and yield, thus paving the way for sustainable manufacturing.

Mimicking Biosintering: The Identification of Highly Condensed Surfaces in Bioinspired Silica Materials Open

Joseph R. H. Manning, Brant Walkley, John L. Provis, Siddharth V. Patwardhan · 2020

Interfacial interactions between inorganic surfaces and organic additives are vital to develop new complex nanomaterials. Learning from biosilica materials, composite nanostructures have been developed, which exploit the strength and direc…

Insights into the Electrochemical Reduction Products and Processes in Silica Anodes for Next‐Generation Lithium‐Ion Batteries Open

Jake Entwistle, Samuel G. Booth, Dean S. Keeble, Faisal Ayub, Maximilian Yan , et al. · 2020

The use of silica as a lithium‐ion battery anode material requires a pretreatment step to induce electrochemical activity. The partially reversible electrochemical reduction reaction between silica and lithium has been postulated to produc…

Correction: Azamacrocycles and tertiary amines can be used to form size tuneable hollow structures or monodisperse oxide nanoparticles depending on the ‘M’ source Open

Graham E. Tilburey, Toby J. Blundell, Siddharth V. Patwardhan, Stephen P. Argent, Carole C. Perry · 2020

Correction for ‘Azamacrocycles and tertiary amines can be used to form size tuneable hollow structures or monodisperse oxide nanoparticles depending on the ‘M’ source’ by Graham E. Tilburey, et al., Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 15470–15479.

Report from the Symposium on Bridging the gap: bioinspired nanomaterials and sustainable manufacture Open

Eleni Routoula, Robert Pilling, Siddharth V. Patwardhan · 2020

As part of the EPSRC funded "Enabling manufacturing of Functional Nanomaterials using SynBio" (SynBIM) project, a symposium-cum-workshop organised in January 2020. This report summarises what was presented and discussed during that symposi…

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