Publications

Mineral Processing and Hydrometallurgy

  • Hassas, Behzad Vaziri, Younes Shekarian, Mohammad Rezaee, and Sarma V. Pisupati, (2022). Selective recovery of high-grade rare earth, Al, and Co-Mn from acid mine drainage treatment sludge material. Minerals Engineering, vol. 187, 107813, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2022.107813.
  • Shekarian, Younes, Behzad Vaziri Hassas, Mohammad Rezaee, and Sarma V. Pisupati, (2022). Development of a chemical-free process utilizing ozone oxidative precipitation for the recovery of cobalt and manganese from acid mine drainage. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering,  vol. 10:5, 108533, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.108533.
  • Yang, Xiaojing, Peter L. Rozelle, and Sarma V. Pisupati, (2021). The effect of caustic soda treatment to recover rare earth elements from secondary feedstocks with low concentrations. Minerals Engineering, vol. 173:1, 107184, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107184.
  • Rozelle, Peter L., Maureen D. Feineman, Timothy S. White, Nicholas A. Crescenzo, Lee R. Kump, Alan R. Larson, and Sarma V. Pisupati, (2021). The Mercer Clay in Pennsylvania as a Polymetallic Mineral Resource: Review and Update. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-021-00452-5
  • Pan, J., Hassas, B. V., Rezaee, M., Zhou, C., and Pisupati, S. V., (2021). Recovery of rare earth elements from coal fly ash through sequential chemical roasting, water leaching, and acid leaching processes. Journal of Cleaner Production, 124725.
  • Vaziri Hassas, B., Rezaee, M., and Pisupati, S. V., (2021). Effect of various ligands on selective precipitation of critical and rare earth elements from acid mine drainage. Chemosphere, vol 280, 130684.
  • Hassas, B. V., Rezaee, M., and Pisupati, S. V., (2020). Precipitation of rare earth elements from acid mine drainage by CO2 mineralization process. Chemical Engineering Journal, 125716.
  • Pan, J., Nie, T., Hassas, B. V., Rezaee, M., Wen, Z., and Zhou, C., (2020). Recovery of rare earth elements from coal fly ash by integrated physical separation and acid leaching. Chemosphere, 248, 126112.
  • Rezaee, M., and Honaker, R. Q. (2020). Long-term leaching characteristic study of coal processing waste streams. Chemosphere, 249, 126081.
  • Yang, X., Kozar, D., Gorski, D., Marchese, A., Pagnotti, J., Sutterlin, R., Rezaee, M., Klima, M., and Pisupati, S., (2020). Using yttrium as an indicator to estimate total rare earth element concentration: a case study of anthracite-associated clays from northeastern Pennsylvania. International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 1-10.
  • Luttrell, G. H., Kiser, M. J., Yoon, R. H., Noble, A., Bhagavatula, A., and Honaker, R. Q., (2019). A field survey of rare earth element concentrations in process streams produced by coal preparation plants in the Eastern USA. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 36(5), 889-902.
  • Rezaee, M., Rajagopalan, V. N., and Honaker, R. Q., (2019). Conceptual modifications of coal preparation plants to minimize potential environmental issues associated with coal waste disposal. Fuel, 250, 352-361.

REE Separation

  • Hassas, Behzad Vaziri, Younes Shekarian, Mohammad Rezaee, and Sarma V. Pisupati, (2022). Selective recovery of high-grade rare earth, Al, and Co-Mn from acid mine drainage treatment sludge material. Minerals Engineering, vol. 187, 107813, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mineng.2022.107813.
  • Callura J., Shi Q., Dzombak D.A., Karamalidis A.K., (2021). Selective recovery of rare earth elements with ligand-functionalized polymers in fixed-bed adsorption columns, Separation and Purification Technology, 265, DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118472.
  • Karamalidis A.K. and Eggert R., (2021) “Rare earth elements: Sustainable processing, purification, and recovery”, John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York, 320.
  • Patel, M. and Karamalidis, A.K., (2021) “Solid phase extraction and separations for the recovery of rare earth elements from unconventional sources” in Karamalidis A.K. & Eggert R., (2020) Rare Earth Elements: Sustainable Processing, Purification, and Recovery, John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York.
  • Deblonde, G.J.-P., Mattocks, J.A., Park, D.M., Reed, D.W., Cotruvo, J.A., Jr., and Jiao, Y., (2020). Selective and efficient biomacromolecular extraction of rare earth elements using lanmodulin. Inorganic Chemistry, 59, 11855-11867.
  • Mattocks, J.A. and Cotruvo, J.A., Jr. (2020). Biological, biomolecular, and bio-inspired strategies for detection, extraction, and separations of lanthanides and actinides. Chemical Society Rev., 49, 8315-8334. (Invited review for 2020 Emerging Investigators Special Issue)
  • Callura J., Perkins K., Baltrus J.P., Washburn N., Noack C.W., Dzombak D.A., and Karamalidis A.K., (2019). Adsorption kinetics, thermodynamics, and isotherm studies for functionalized lanthanide- chelating resins, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 557, 465-477 DOI:10.1016/j.jcis.2019.08.097.
  • Cook, E.C., Featherston, E.R., Showalter, S.A., and Cotruvo, J.A., Jr., (2019). Structural basis for rare earth element recognition by Methylobacterium extorquens lanmodulin. Biochemistry, 58, 120-125.
  • Cotruvo, J.A., Jr., (2019). The chemistry of lanthanides in biology: Recent discoveries, emerging principles, and technological applications. ACS Central Science, 5, 1496-1506.
  • Kolker A., Hower J.C., and Karamalidis A.K., (2019). Introduction to critical elements in coal and coal ash and their recovery, a virtual special issue, International Journal of Coal Geology, DOI:10.1016/j.coal.2019.03.001.
  • Mattocks, J.A., Ho, J.V., and Cotruvo, J.A., Jr., (2019). A selective, protein-based fluorescent sensor with picomolar affinity for rare earth elements. Journal of American Chemical Society, 141, 2857-2861.
  • Thakkar, J., Wissler, B., Dudenas, N., Yin, X., Vailhe, M., Bricker, J., and Zhang, X., (2019). Recovery of critical rare-earth elements using ETS-10 titanosilicate. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58(25), 11121-11126.
  • Callura J., Perkins K., Washburn N., Noack C.W., Dzombak D.A., and Karamalidis A.K., (2018). Selective adsorption of rare earth elements onto functionalized silica particles, Green Chemistry 20, 1515 - 1526 DOI: 10.1039/C8GC00051D.
  • Cotruvo, J.A., Jr., Featherston, E.R., Mattocks, J.A., Ho, J.V., and Laremore, T.N., (2018). Lanmodulin: A highly selective lanthanide-binding protein from a lanthanide-utilizing bacterium. Journal of American Chemical Society, 140, 15056-15061.
  • Narayanan, Remya P., Nikolaos K. Kazantzis, and Marion H. Emmert, (2018). Selective Process Steps for the Recovery of Scandium from Jamacian Bauxite Residue (Red Mud). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6, 1, 1478-1488. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03968