Blackburn, Lewis, Dr

Dr Lewis Blackburn

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

Lecturer

Lewis.Blackburn@sheffield.ac.uk

Sir Robert Hadfield Building

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Dr Lewis Blackburn
School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
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Profile: Bio: Dr Lewis Blackburn completed his PhD at the University of ��߲ݴ�ý in 2021 within the Immobilisation Science Laboratory (ISL) and was further awarded the EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship to develop advanced zirconolite and pyrochlore-structured ceramics for the immobilisation of separated actinides. Lewis was subsequently contracted by Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) to investigate the long-term evolution of candidate ceramic wasteforms for the immobilisation of separated Pu. His primary research interests involve synthesis, advanced characterisation, chemical durability and radiation stability of advanced ceramic and glass-ceramic materials for radioactive waste immobilisation. Lewis was promoted to Lecturer in Nuclear Materials in 2023.

Research interests

Ceramics, glass and glass-ceramic composites for radioactive waste immobilisation
Development of advanced titanate, zirconate and high-entropy oxide ceramic wasteform
materials for the immobilisation of radioactive wastes
Solid state chemistry of actinides (Pu, U, Th, Am) and related surrogates (Ce, Ln)
Advanced processing methods for waste consolidation and disposal
Application of X-ray spectroscopy in support of nuclear waste management
Radiation damage effects in candidate Pu wasteforms

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Cole MR, Blackburn LR, Haigh LT, Bailey DJ, Townsend LT, Kvashnina KO, Hyatt NC & Corkhill CL (2024) . Materials Advances.
Errandonea D, Turnbull R, Sánchez-Martín J, Oliva R, Muñoz A, Radescu S, Mujica A, Blackburn L, Hyatt NC, Popescu C & Ibáñez-Insa J (2024) . Results in Physics, 61, 107704-107704.
Ai Q, Sun S-K, Hao P-W, Chen Y-B, Zhao Y, Tan S-H, Bao W-C, Guo W-M, Lin H-T & Blackburn LR (2024) . Ceramics International.
Chen Y-B, Wu J-Y, Huang K-H, Sun S-K, Ai Q, Bao W-C, Blackburn LR, Tan S-H, Guo W-M & Lin H-T (2023) . Ceramics International, 49(19), 31517-31523.
Yudintsev SV, Nickolsky MS, Ojovan MI, Stefanovsky OI, Malkovsky VI, Ulanova AS & Blackburn LR (2023) . Ceramics, 6(3), 1573-1622.
Blackburn LR, Townsend LT, Dixon Wilkins MC, Ina T, Kuman M, Sun S-K, Mason AR, Gardner LJ, Stennett MC, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC (2023) . Scientific Reports, 13(1).
Blackburn L, Crawford R, Walling S, Gardner L, Cole M, Sun S, Gausse C, Mason A, Stennett M, Maddrell E , Hyatt N et al (2021) . npj Materials Degradation, 5.
Blackburn LR, Sun S, Gardner LJ, Maddrell ER, Stennett MC, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC (2021) . Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 104(7), 2937-2951.
Blackburn LR, Corkhill CL & Hyatt NC () . Ceramics, 6(3), 1330-1347.
Dimosthenous S, Handley CM, Blackburn LR, Freeman CL & Hyatt NC () . RSC Advances, 11(41), 25179-25186.