Luke Woodliffe

Contact

• workUniversity Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
• Luke.Woodliffe1@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Luke is an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellow in the Advanced Materials Research Group at the University of Nottingham. He submitted his PhD thesis in September 2023, having worked on metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and magnetic framework composites (MFCs) for CO₂ capture applications.

Prior to his PhD, Luke graduated in 2015 from the University of Cambridge and holds a BA, MA (Cantab) and MSci in Natural Sciences, Chemistry. He then spent 2 years working in R&D in the UK pharmaceutical industry and 2 years working and traveling abroad (living in South Korea).

Outside of work, Luke is actively involved with his local church, Trent Vineyard, and is a keen racket sports player and surfer.

Research Summary

The largest contributor to global anthropogenic CO2 emissions is coal-fired power plants. However, the current amine absorption technologies for CO2 capture are not widely used due to their high… read more

Selected Publications

• MOLINAR-DÍAZ, J., WOODLIFFE, J. L., MILBORNE, B., MURRELL, L., ISLAM, M. T., STEER, E., WESTON, N., MORLEY, N. A., BROWN, P. D. and AHMED, I., 2023. Ferromagnetic Cytocompatible Glass-Ceramic Porous Microspheres for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications: Advanced Materials Interfaces Advanced Materials Interfaces.
• MOLINAR-DÍAZ, J., WOODLIFFE, J. L., STEER, E., MORLEY, N. A., BROWN, P. D. and AHMED, I., 2023. Optimisation of the Flame Spheroidisation Process for the Rapid Manufacture of Fe3O4-Based Porous and Dense Microspheres: Molecules Molecules. 28(6),
• WOODLIFFE, J. L., MOLINAR-DÍAZ, J., ISLAM, M. T., STEVENS, L. A., WADGE, M. D., RANCE, G. A., FERRARI, R., AHMED, I. and LAYBOURN, A., 2023. Rapid synthesis of magnetic microspheres and the development of new macro-micro hierarchically porous magnetic framework composites: Journal of Materials Chemistry A JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A. 11, 14705-14719
• WOODLIFFE, J. L., JOHNSTON, A-L., FAY, M., FERRARI, R., GOMES, R. L., LESTER, E., AHMED, I. and LAYBOURN, A., 2023. Rapid microwave synthesis of sustainable magnetic framework composites of UTSA-16(Zn) with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for efficient CO2 capture Materials Advances.

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Current Research

The largest contributor to global anthropogenic CO₂ emissions is coal-fired power plants. However, the current amine absorption technologies for CO₂ capture are not widely used due to their high energy requirements for separation and purification, increasing a power plant's energy demand by 25-40%. In addition to CO₂, other pollutant gases such as SO_x and NO_x are detrimental to both the environment and human health. My research aims to develop novel and sustainable metal-organic framework and magnetic framework composite materials, with leading adsorption profiles and processing capabilities for capturing CO₂ and other pollutant gases.

• MOLINAR-DÍAZ, J., WOODLIFFE, J. L., MILBORNE, B., MURRELL, L., ISLAM, M. T., STEER, E., WESTON, N., MORLEY, N. A., BROWN, P. D. and AHMED, I., 2023. Ferromagnetic Cytocompatible Glass-Ceramic Porous Microspheres for Magnetic Hyperthermia Applications: Advanced Materials Interfaces Advanced Materials Interfaces.
• MOLINAR-DÍAZ, J., WOODLIFFE, J. L., STEER, E., MORLEY, N. A., BROWN, P. D. and AHMED, I., 2023. Optimisation of the Flame Spheroidisation Process for the Rapid Manufacture of Fe3O4-Based Porous and Dense Microspheres: Molecules Molecules. 28(6),
• WOODLIFFE, J. L., MOLINAR-DÍAZ, J., ISLAM, M. T., STEVENS, L. A., WADGE, M. D., RANCE, G. A., FERRARI, R., AHMED, I. and LAYBOURN, A., 2023. Rapid synthesis of magnetic microspheres and the development of new macro-micro hierarchically porous magnetic framework composites: Journal of Materials Chemistry A JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A. 11, 14705-14719
• WOODLIFFE, J. L., JOHNSTON, A-L., FAY, M., FERRARI, R., GOMES, R. L., LESTER, E., AHMED, I. and LAYBOURN, A., 2023. Rapid microwave synthesis of sustainable magnetic framework composites of UTSA-16(Zn) with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for efficient CO2 capture Materials Advances.
• WOODLIFFE, J. L., FERRARI, R. S., AHMED, I. and LAYBOURN, A., 2021. Evaluating the purification and activation of metal-organic frameworks from a technical and circular economy perspective: Coordination Chemistry Reviews Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 428,