Leila Moura

Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7938-5892

Phone+44 (0)28 9097 4836
EmailL.Moura@qub.ac.uk

Room 02.104 - David Keir Building
United Kingdom

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Achievements

In 2018 Dr Leila Moura was awarded the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) Excellence Award in Fluid Separations for her PhD thesis "Ionic liquids for the separation of gaseous hydrocarbons".

Research Statement

The Moura's group focus is in the development of Liquid Engineering for Gas Separation.

This project aims to overcome the energy and engineering costs associated with the isolation of ethylene and propylene, chemical starting materials for the high-demand materials, from natural gas. This will be achieved by developing new absorbents to selectively capture and release these gases from mixtures.

Research Interests

My core research targets energy reduction and process improvements. I am interested in the development, evaluation and application of new materials to reduce the environmental and energy impact of current operations, specifically in gas-liquid and liquid-liquid separations.

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17 Article
2 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
2 Patent

Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents
Byrne, E., Gilmore, M., Moura, L., Swadzba-Kwasny, G. & Holbrey, J., 2021, Deep Eutectic Solvents for Medicine, Gas Solubilization and Extraction of Natural Substances. Springer, Vol. 56. p. 157-181 (Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World; vol. 56).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Hydration of sulfobetaine dizwitterions as a function of alkyl spacer length
Hammond, O. S., Level, G., Moura, L., Imberti, S., Holbrey, J. & Blesic, M., 29 Jun 2020, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP). 22, p. 16040-16050 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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New generation of supramolecular mixtures: Characterization and solubilization studies
El Achkar, T., Moura, L., Moufawad, T., Ruellan, S., Panda, S., Longuemart, S., Legrand, F. X., Costa Gomes, M., Landy, D., Greige-Gerges, H. & Fourmentin, S., 30 Jun 2020, In: International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 584, 119443.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effect of Water on Deep Eutectic Solvent/β-Cyclodextrin Systems
Dugoni, G. C., Di Pietro, M. E., Ferro, M., Castiglione, F., Ruellan, S., Moufawad, T., Moura, L., Costa Gomes, M. F., Fourmentin, S. & Mele, A., 01 Apr 2019, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 7, 7, p. 7277-7285 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
21 Citations (Scopus)
First Evidence of Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes in a Deep Eutectic Solvent
Moufawad, T., Moura, L., Ferreira, M., Bricout, H., Tilloy, S., Monflier, E., Costa Gomes, M., Landy, D. & Fourmentin, S., 18 Mar 2019, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 7, 6, p. 6345-6351 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
16 Citations (Scopus)

Solvation structure of propane/propene in [C4mim][NTf2] ionic liquid
Holbrey, J. (Creator), Padua, A. A. H. (Creator), Moura, L. (Creator), Callear, S. (Creator), Gomes, M. F. C. (Creator) & Gilmore, M. (Creator), STFC ISIS, 29 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.84424468
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Solvation and structure of iron oxide in a choline chloride/oxalic acid deep eutectic solvent
Imberti, S. (Creator), Swadzba-Kwasny, G. (Creator), Callear, S. (Creator), Gilmore, M. (Creator), Holbrey, J. (Creator) & Moura, L. (Creator), STFC ISIS, 2016
DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.83551647
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EFCE Excellence Award in Fluid Separations
Moura, Leila (Recipient), 19 Sep 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
Moura, Leila (Recipient), 04 Feb 2015
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship
Moura, Leila (Recipient), 28 Mar 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

3 Oral presentation
1 PhD external examination
1 Membership of peer review panel or committee
1 Other
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- 1 Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference

Development of new solvents for VOC absorption
Leila Moura (Examiner)
19 Nov 2019
Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
In-kind value of time awarded at the ISIS Neutron & Muon Source - Total value £130530
Leila Moura (Recipient)
02 Dec 2019 → 14 Dec 2019
Activity: Other activity types › Other
European Commission (External organisation)
Leila Moura (Advisor)
01 Oct 2019 → 05 Jan 2020
Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
LCST-type behaviour in new ionic liquids
Leila Moura (Advisor)
10 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
P_sense: A novel, user-friendly optical sensor for phosphate
Leila Moura (Advisor)
22 May 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation