Dr Antonia Yorkshire
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Associate

a.yorkshire@sheffield.ac.uk
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
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Dr Antonia Yorkshire
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Antonia joined the department in 2015 to pursue a PhD in the NucleUS Immobilisation Science Laboratory research group, after graduating from the University of Manchester with an MChem degree. She is now a postdoctoral researcher in the Cements@Sheffield team.
- Qualifications
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2015: MChem Chemistry, The University of Manchester
2020: PhD in Nuclear Materials, The University of Sheffield
- Research interests
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- Radioactive waste management and geological disposal
- Cements, alkali-activated materials
- Mineralogy
- Actinide science
- Technetium-99 science
- X-ray absorption spectroscopy
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Spectroscopic evaluation of UVI–cement mineral interactions: ettringite and hydrotalcite. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 29(1).
- Mechanical and physical properties of inorganic polymer cement made of iron-rich laterite and lateritic clay: A comparative study. Cement and Concrete Research, 140, 106320-106320.
- Effects of plutonium dioxide encapsulation on the physico-chemical development of Portland cement blended grouts. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 530. View this article in WRRO
- Immobilizing Pertechnetate in Ettringite via Sulfate Substitution. Environmental Science & Technology.
- Spectroscopic evaluation of UVI–cement mineral interactions: ettringite and hydrotalcite. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 29(1).
- Research group
- Professional activities
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Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry