Jenna Poonoosamy - Publications

Here, I provide a few publications per research interest. Please check Google Scholar or Research Gate for the exhaustive list.

Developing the lab-on-a chip concept

Poonoosamy, J. et al. A microfluidic experiment and pore scale modelling diagnostics for assessing mineral precipitation and dissolution in confined spaces. Chem. Geol. 528, 119264, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.07.039 (2019).

Prasianakis, N. I. et al. Neural network based process coupling and parameter upscaling in reactive transport simulations. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 291, 126-143, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.07.019 (2020).

Poonoosamy, J. et al. Microfluidic flow-through reactor and 3D Raman imaging for in situ assessment of mineral reactivity in porous and fractured porous media. Lab Chip. 20, 2562-2571, doi:10.1039/D0LC00360C (2020).

Investigating crystallization processes in confinement or porous media

Poonoosamy, J. et al. Microfluidic investigation of pore-size dependency of barite nucleation. Commun. Chem 6, 250, doi:10.1038/s42004-023-01049-3 (2023).

Poonoosamy, J. et al. The use of microfluidic platforms with Raman spectroscopy for investigating the co-precipitation of metals and radionuclides in carbonates. Minerals 13, 636, doi:doi:10.3390/min13050636 (2023).

Poonoosamy, J. et al. A lab-on-a-chip approach integrating in-situ characterization and reactive transport modelling diagnostics to unravel (Ba,Sr)SO4 oscillatory zoning. Sci. Rep. 11, 23678, doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02840-9 (2021).

Prasianakis, N. I., Curti, E., Kosakowski, G., Poonoosamy, J. & Churakov, S. V. Deciphering pore-level precipitation mechanisms. Sci. Rep. 7, 13765, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-14142-0 (2017).

Poonoosamy, J. et al. Barite precipitation following celestite dissolution in a porous medium: A SEM/BSE and μ-XRD/XRF study. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 182, 131-144, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.03.011 (2016).

Using microfluidics for assessing the effect of mineral precipitation on the effective diffusivity of porous media

Lönartz, M. I., Yang, Y., Deissmann, G., Bosbach, D. & Poonoosamy, J. Capturing the Dynamic Processes of Porosity Clogging. Water Resources Research 59, e2023WR034722, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034722 (2023).

Poonoosamy, J. et al. A lab on a chip experiment for upscaling diffusivity of evolving porous media. Energies 15, 2160, doi:doi:10.3390/en15062160 (2022).

Continuum scale reactive transport modelling studies

Lu, R. et al. A new operator-splitting finite element scheme for reactive transport modeling in saturated porous media. Computers & Geosciences 163, 105106, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2022.105106 (2022).

Poonoosamy, J. et al. Benchmarking of reactive transport codes for 2D simulations with mineral dissolution–precipitation reactions and feedback on transport parameters. Comput. Geosci. 25, 1337-1358, doi:10.1007/s10596-018-9793-x (2021).

Idiart, A. et al. Reactive transport modelling of a low-pH concrete / clay interface. Appl. Geochemistry 115, 104562, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104562 (2020).

Transport in partially saturated porous media

Yang, Y. et al. Pore-Scale Modeling of Water and Ion Diffusion in Partially Saturated Clays. Water Resources Research 60, e2023WR035595, doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035595 (2024).

Assessing the effect of mineral precipitation/clogging processes on permeability of porous media

Poonoosamy, J. et al. Combination of MRI and SEM to assess changes in the chemical properties and permeability of porous media due to barite precipitation. Minerals 10, 226 (2020).

Poonoosamy, J. et al. Effects of solution supersaturation on barite precipitation in porous media and consequences on permeability: Experiments and modelling. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 270, 43-60, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.11.018 (2020).

Poonoosamy, J., Kosakowski, G., Van Loon, L. R. & Mäder, U. Dissolution–precipitation processes in tank experiments for testing numerical models for reactive transport calculations: Experiments and modelling. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 177-178, 1-17, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2015.02.007 (2015).

Geochemical modelling studies

Ferrand, K. et al. Dissolution kinetics of international simple glass and formation of secondary phases at very high surface area to solution ratio in young cement water. Materials 14, 1-22, doi:10.3390/ma14051254 (2021).

Klinkenberg, M. et al. The solid solution–aqueous solution system (Sr,Ba,Ra)SO4 + H2O: A combined experimental and theoretical study of phase equilibria at Sr-rich compositions.

Poonoosamy, J. et al. Zr-containing layered double hydroxides: Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of thermodynamic properties. Applied Clay Science 151, 54-65, doi:10.1016/j.clay.2017.10.013 (2018).

Degueldre, C., Pin, S., Poonoosamy, J. & Kulik, D. A. Redox state of plutonium in irradiated mixed oxide fuels. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 75, 358-365, doi:10.1016/j.jpcs.2013.11.001 (2014).