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Catalytic and kinetic investigation into 4-dimethylamino pyridine/1,3-diphenyl thiourea catalyzed synthesis of chloromethyl ethylene carbonate under pure CO₂ and simulated flue gas conditions (2024)
Journal Article
Eton, U. O., Meredith, W., & Snape, C. E. (2025). Catalytic and kinetic investigation into 4-dimethylamino pyridine/1,3-diphenyl thiourea catalyzed synthesis of chloromethyl ethylene carbonate under pure CO₂ and simulated flue gas conditions. Fuel, 382(Part A), Article 133657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.133657

Synthesis of chloromethyl ethylene carbonate (CMEC) via CO2 cycloaddition to epichlorohydrin (ECH) has been investigated using a simple metal-free and halide-free catalyst comprising 4-dimethylamino pyridine (DMAP) and N–H type hydrogen bond donors (... Read More about Catalytic and kinetic investigation into 4-dimethylamino pyridine/1,3-diphenyl thiourea catalyzed synthesis of chloromethyl ethylene carbonate under pure CO₂ and simulated flue gas conditions.

Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Bird, M., Meredith, W., Snape, C. E., Large, D., Tilston, E., Apperley, D., Bernabé, A., & Shen, L. (2018). Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00061

Pyrogenic carbon (PyC) is a polyaromatic residue of the incomplete combustion of biomass or fossil fuels. There is a growing recognition that PyC forms an important part of carbon budgets, due to production rates of 116–385 Tg C yr, and the size and... Read More about Dynamics of charcoal alteration in a tropical biome: a biochar-based study.

Cryogenian evolution of stigmasteroid biosynthesis (2017)
Journal Article
Hoshino, Y., Poshibaeva, A., Meredith, W., Snape, C., Poshibaev, V., Versteegh, G. J., Kuznetsov, N., Leider, A., van Maldegem, L., Neumann, M., Naeher, S., Moczydłowska, M., Brocks, J. J., Jarrett, A. J., Tang, Q., Xiao, S., McKirdy, D., Das, S. K., Alvaro, J. J., Sansjofre, P., & Hallmann, C. (2017). Cryogenian evolution of stigmasteroid biosynthesis. Science Advances, 3(9), Article e1700887. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700887

Sedimentary hydrocarbon remnants of eukaryotic C26–C30 sterols can be used to reconstruct early algal evolution. Enhanced C29 sterol abundances provide algal cell membranes a density advantage in large temperature fluctuations. Here, we combined a li... Read More about Cryogenian evolution of stigmasteroid biosynthesis.

Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields (2017)
Journal Article
Uguna, J. O., Carr, A. D., Marshall, C., Large, D., Meredith, W., Jochmann, M., Snape, C. E., Vane, C. H., Jensen, M. A., & Olaussen, S. (2017). Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields. International Journal of Coal Geology, 179, 278-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2017.06.007

Central Tertiary Basin (CTB) coals from a variety of palaeogeographic conditions within the Longyear and Verkhnij seams, were sampled to assess the relationship between the petroleum present, the remaining generation potential and coal geochemistry i... Read More about Improving spatial predictability of petroleum resources within the Central Tertiary Basin, Spitsbergen: a geochemical and petrographic study of coals from the eastern and western coalfields.

Analysis of biochars for C,H,N,O and S by elemental analyser (2017)
Book Chapter
Bird, M., Keitel, C., & Meredith, W. (2017). Analysis of biochars for C,H,N,O and S by elemental analyser. In B. Singh, M. Camps-Arbestain, & J. Lehmann (Eds.), Biochar: a guide to analytical methods. CSIRO Publishing

Analysis of biochars by hydropyrolysis (2017)
Book Chapter
Meredith, W., McBeath, A., Ascough, P., & Bird, M. (2017). Analysis of biochars by hydropyrolysis. In B. Singh, M. Camps-Arbestain, & J. Lehmann (Eds.), Biochar: a guide to analytical methods. CSIRO Publishing

Molecular characterization of the thermally labile fraction of biochar by hydropyrolysis and pyrolysis-GC/MS (2016)
Journal Article
Rombolà, A. G., Fabbri, D., Meredith, W., Snape, C. E., & Dieguez-Alonso, A. (2016). Molecular characterization of the thermally labile fraction of biochar by hydropyrolysis and pyrolysis-GC/MS. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 121, 230-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2016.08.003

Agroenvironmental benefits and limitations of biochar in soil applications require a full understanding of the stability and fate of the various carbon fractions. Analytical hydropyrolysis (HyPy) enables the determination of the stable black carbon (... Read More about Molecular characterization of the thermally labile fraction of biochar by hydropyrolysis and pyrolysis-GC/MS.

The priming potential of environmentally weathered pyrogenic carbon during land-use transition to biomass crop production (2015)
Journal Article
McClean, G. J., Meredith, W., Cross, A., Heal, K. V., Bending, G. D., & Sohi, S. P. (2016). The priming potential of environmentally weathered pyrogenic carbon during land-use transition to biomass crop production. GCB Bioenergy, 8(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12293

Since land-use change (LUC) to lignocellulosic biomass crops often causes a loss of soil organic carbon (SOC), at least in the short term, this study investigated the potential for pyrogenic carbon (PyC) to ameliorate this effect. Although negative p... Read More about The priming potential of environmentally weathered pyrogenic carbon during land-use transition to biomass crop production.

Determining the lower limit of Liangzhu culture based on black carbon purification with hydropyrolysis technique (2015)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Huang, D., Han Deng, H., Snape, C., Meredith, W., Zhao, Y., Du, Y., Chen, X., & Sun, Y. (2015). Determining the lower limit of Liangzhu culture based on black carbon purification with hydropyrolysis technique. Quaternary Geochronology, 30(A), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2015.07.001

Located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Liangzhu Culture was one of the most important Neolithic cultures at the dawn of Chinese civilization. However, uncertainty over the lower age limit ending the Liangzhu Culture has res... Read More about Determining the lower limit of Liangzhu culture based on black carbon purification with hydropyrolysis technique.

Multiple Cosmic Sources for Meteorite Macromolecules? (2015)
Journal Article
Sephton, M. A., Watson, J. S., Meredith, W., Love, G. D., Gilmour, I., & Snape, C. E. (2015). Multiple Cosmic Sources for Meteorite Macromolecules?. Astrobiology, 15(10), 779-786. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2015.1331

The major organic component in carbonaceous meteorites is an organic macromolecular material. The Murchison macromolecular material comprises aromatic units connected by aliphatic and heteroatom-containing linkages or occluded within the wider struct... Read More about Multiple Cosmic Sources for Meteorite Macromolecules?.