Dr Davide Mattia holds degrees in Materials Engineering from the Università ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy, and Drexel University, PA, US. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, and a Chartered Engineer in Italy

Centre for Advanced Separations Engineering

Davide's research interests are in the area of engineered nanomaterials synthesis and applications. One area of research focuses on synthesis of inorganic nanoporous membranes via electrochemical anodization of metals both in flat sheet and tubular geometries.

Owen, R. E., Plucinski, P., Mattia, D., Torrente-Murciano, L., Ting, V. P. and Jones, M., 2016. Forthcoming. Effect of support of Co-Na-Mo catalysts on the direct conversion of CO2 to hydrocarbons. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 16, pp. 97-103. Da Ros, S., Jones, M., Mattia, D., Clarke, T., Kondrat, S., Tayloar, S., Pinto, J., Schwaab, M. and Noronha, F., 2016. Ethanol to 1,3-butadiene conversion using ZrZn-containing MgO-SiO2 systems prepared by co-precipitation and effect of catalyst acidity modification. ChemCatChem, 8 (14), pp. 2376-2386. Owen, R., Plucinski, P., Mattia, D., Torrente-Murciano, L., Ting, V. and Jones, M., 2016. Studies into the effect of catalyst support on Co-Mo-Na systems for the conversion of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons. Journal of CO2 Utilization Zhang, B., Fang, J., Li, J., Lau, J. J., Mattia, D., Zhong, Z., Xie, J. and Yan, N., 2016. Soft, oxidative stripping of alkyl thiolate ligands from hydroxyapatite-supported gold nanoclusters for oxidation reactions. Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 11 (4), pp. 532-539. Mattia, D., Leese, H. and Calabrò, F., 2016. Electro-osmotic flow enhancement in carbon nanotube membranes. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2060), 20150268. Mattia, D., Corry, B., Lockerby, D., Emerson, D. and Reese, J., 2016. Nanostructured carbon membranes for breakthrough filtration applications:advancing the science, engineering and design. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2060), 20150035. Torrente Murciano, L., Chapman, R. S. L., Narvaez-Dinamarca, A., Mattia, D. and Jones, M., 2016. Effect of nanostructured ceria as support for the iron catalysed hydrogenation of CO2 into hydrocarbons. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18 (23), pp. 15496-15500. Mattia, D., Jones, M., O'Byrne, J., Griffiths, O., Owen, R., Sackville, E., McManus, M. and Plucinski, P., 2015. Towards Carbon Neutral CO2 Conversion to Hydrocarbons. ChemSusChem, 8 (23), pp. 4064-4072. Miles, D. O., Cameron, P. J. and Mattia, D., 2015. Hierarchical 3D ZnO nanowire structures via fast anodization of zinc. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (34), pp. 17569-17577. Bisignano, F., Mattia, D. and De Luca, G., 2015. Selectivity-permeability optimization of functionalised CNT-polymer membranes for water treatment:A modeling study. Separation and Purification Technology, 146, pp. 235-242. Mattia, D., Leese, H. and Lee, K. P., 2015. Carbon nanotube membranes:From flow enhancement to permeability. Journal of Membrane Science, 475 (1), pp. 266-272. Mattia, D. and Leese, H., 2014. Controlled hydrothermal pore reduction in anodic alumina membranes. Nanoscale, 6 (22), pp. 13952-13957. Minett, D.R., O'Byrne, J.P., Pascu, S.I., Plucinski, P.K., Owen, R.E., Jones, M.D. and Mattia, D., 2014. Fe@CNT-monoliths for the conversion of carbon dioxide to hydrocarbons:Structural characterisation and Fischer-Tropsch reactivity investigations. Catalysis Science and Technology, 4 (9), pp. 3351-3358. Torrente Murciano, L., Mattia, D., Jones, M. D. and Plucinski, P. K., 2014. Formation of hydrocarbons via CO2 hydrogenation - A thermodynamic study. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 6, pp. 34-39. Mattia, D., Lee, K. P. and Calabrò, F., 2014. Water permeation in carbon nanotube membranes. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, 4, pp. 32-37. Lewandowski, M., Babu, G. S., Vezzoli, M., Jones, M. D., Owen, R. E., Mattia, D., Plucinski, P., Mikolajska, E., Ochenduszko, A. and Apperley, D. C., 2014. Investigations into the conversion of ethanol to 1,3-butadiene using MgO:SiO2 supported catalysts. Catalysis Communications, 49, pp. 25-28. Leese, H. and Mattia, D., 2014. Electroosmotic flow in nanoporous membranes in the region of electric double layer overlap. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 16 (4), pp. 711-719. Ritos, K., Mattia, D., Calabrò, F. and Reese, J. M., 2014. Flow enhancement in nanotubes of different materials and lengths. Journal of Chemical Physics, 140 (1), 014702. Owen, R. E., O'Byrne, J. P., Mattia, D., Plucinski, P. K., Pascu, S. I. and Jones, M. D., 2013. Cobalt catalysts for the conversion of CO2 to light hydrocarbons at atmospheric pressure. Chemical Communications, 49 (99), pp. 11683-11685. Quignon, B., Pilkington, G. A., Thormann, E., Claesson, P. M., Ashfold, M. N. R., Mattia, D., Leese, H., Davis, S. A. and Briscoe, W. H., 2013. Sustained frictional instabilities on nanodomed surfaces:Stick–slip amplitude coefficient. ACS Nano, 7 (12), pp. 10850-10862.