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John Loring

Geochemistry Team A
Chemist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: K8-96
Richland, WA 99352

PNNL Publications

2024

  • Loring J.S., T.E. Webb, M.E. Bowden, M.H. Engelhard, and S.N. Kerisit. 2024. "Cobalt Substitution Slows Forsterite Carbonation in Low-Water Supercritical Carbon Dioxide." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 26, no. 41:26465-26471. PNNL-SA-203089. doi:10.1039/D4CP02092H
  • Thompson C.J., S.T. Mergelsberg, B.P. Rajan, P.F. Martin, S.N. Kerisit, and J.S. Loring. 2024. "Nanoscale Control Over Water-Film Thickness Using Temperature Modulation: Tuning Mineral Carbonation Reactivity." Environmental Science Nano 11, no. 4:1412-1416. PNNL-SA-192867. doi:10.1039/D3EN00884C

2023

  • Bowers G.M., N. Loganathan, J.S. Loring, H.T. Schaef, and A.O. Yazaydin. 2023. "Chemistry and Dynamics of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and Methane in the Slit Pores of Layered Silicates." Accounts of Chemical Research 56, no. 13:1862-1871. PNNL-SA-186234. doi:10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00188
  • Mergelsberg S.T., B.P. Rajan, B.A. Legg, L. Kovarik, S.D. Burton, G.M. Bowers, and M.E. Bowden, et al. 2023. "Nanoscale Mg-Depleted Layers Slow Carbonation of Forsterite (Mg2SiO4) When Water Is Limited." Environmental Science & Technology Letters 10, no. 1:98-104. PNNL-SA-178504. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00866

2022

  • Graham T.R., E.T. Nienhuis-Marcial, J.G. Reynolds, J. Marcial, J.S. Loring, K.M. Rosso, and C.I. Pearce. 2022. "Sodium Site Occupancy and Phosphate Speciation in Natrophosphate are Invariant to Changes to NaF and Na3PO4 Concentration." Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 9, no. 19:4864-4875. PNNL-SA-172524. doi:10.1039/d2qi00868h
  • McGrail B.P., B.E. Bernacki, O. Ilic, J.S. Loring, C.C. Bonham, H.T. Schaef, and D. Baker, et al. 2022. Selective Thermal Emission with Radiation and Adsorption in Annuli (STERADIAN): An Advanced Heat Exchanger Concept for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles. PNNL-33278. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Selective Thermal Emission with Radiation and Adsorption in Annuli (STERADIAN): An Advanced Heat Exchanger Concept for Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles
  • Nienhuis-Marcial E.T., M. Pouvreau, T.R. Graham, M.P. Prange, K. Page, J.S. Loring, and A.G. Stack, et al. 2022. "Structure and reactivity of sodium aluminate complexes in alkaline solutions." Journal of Molecular Liquids 367, no. Part A:Art. No. 120379. PNNL-SA-175319. doi:10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120379
  • Saunders D.L., S.C. Smith, K.L. Jensen, R.G. Tonkyn, J.S. Loring, A.M. Bradley, and C.A. Banach, et al. 2022. "Spectral Data and Databases for Optical Sensing of Mining, Materials and Mineral Characterization including in situ and Standoff Sensing." In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers: Applied Industrial Spectroscopy (AIS 2022), July 11-15, 2022, Vancouver, Canada, Art. No. ATu5G.3. Washington, District Of Columbia:Optica Publishing Group. PNNL-SA-174420.

2021

  • Dembowski M., J.S. Loring, M.E. Bowden, J.G. Reynolds, T.R. Graham, K.M. Rosso, and C.I. Pearce. 2021. "The controlling role of atmosphere in dawsonite versus gibbsite precipitation from tetrahedral aluminate species." Dalton Transactions 50, no. 38:13438-13446. PNNL-SA-163459. doi:10.1039/D1DT02081A
  • Kerisit S.N., S.T. Mergelsberg, C.J. Thompson, S.K. White, and J.S. Loring. 2021. "Thin Water Films Enable Low-Temperature Magnesite Growth Under Conditions Relevant to Geologic Carbon Sequestration." Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 18:12539-12548. PNNL-SA-160459. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c03370
  • Loring J.S., O. Qafoku, C.J. Thompson, A.S. Mcneill, M. Vasiliu, D.A. Dixon, and Q. Miller, et al. 2021. "Synergistic Coupling of CO2 and H2O during Expansion of Clays in Supercritical CO2-CH4 Fluid Mixtures." Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 16:11192-11203. PNNL-SA-143713. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c00275
  • Qafoku O., B.T. O'Callahan, Q. Zhao, M.E. Bowden, R.K. Kukkadapu, J.S. Loring, and A. Andersen. 2021. "Characterizing the Localization of Organic C on Mineral Surfaces: A Correlative Microscopy/spectroscopy Approach." Microscopy and Microanalysis 27, no. S1:306-307. PNNL-SA-165849. doi:10.1017/S1431927621001665
  • Zhu G., M.L. Sushko, J.S. Loring, B.A. Legg, M. Song, J.A. Soltis, and X. Huang, et al. 2021. "Self-similar Mesocrystals Form Via Interface-Driven Nucleation and Assembly." Nature 590, no. 7846:416-422. PNNL-SA-157135. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03300-0

2020

  • Huang X., Q. Zhao, R.P. Young, X. Zhang, E.D. Walter, Y. Chen, and E. Nakouzi, et al. 2020. "Photo-production of Reactive Oxygen Species and Degradation of Dissolved Organic Matter by Hematite Nanoplates Functionalized by Adsorbed Oxalate." Environmental Science: Nano 7, no. 8:2278-2292. PNNL-SA-148918. doi:10.1039/D0EN00365D
  • Loring J.S., E.D. Walter, D.W. Hoyt, and C.J. Thompson. 2020. Multimodal Instrument Platform for High-Pressure MAS-NMR and IR Spectroscopic Interrogation. PNNL-30427. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Multimodal Instrument Platform for High-Pressure MAS-NMR and IR Spectroscopic Interrogation
  • Mergelsberg S.T., S.N. Kerisit, E.S. Ilton, O. Qafoku, C.J. Thompson, and J.S. Loring. 2020. "Low Temperature and Limited Water Activity Reveal a Pathway to Magnesite via Amorphous Magnesium Carbonate." Chemical Communications 56, no. 81:12154-12157. PNNL-SA-154304. doi:10.1039/D0CC04907G
  • Placencia-Gomez R.E., S.N. Kerisit, H.S. Mehta, O. Qafoku, C.J. Thompson, T.R. Graham, and E.S. Ilton, et al. 2020. "Critical Water Coverage during Forsterite Carbonation in Thin Water Films: Activating Dissolution and Mass Transport." Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 11:6888-6899. PNNL-SA-151291. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c00897

2019

  • Bowers G.M., H.T. Schaef, Q. Miller, E.D. Walter, S.D. Burton, D.W. Hoyt, and J.A. Horner, et al. 2019. "13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Methane and Carbon Dioxide in a Natural Shale." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 3, no. 3:324-328. PNNL-SA-140683. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00214
  • Bowers G.M., J.S. Loring, E.D. Walter, S.D. Burton, M.E. Bowden, D.W. Hoyt, and B.W. Arey, et al. 2019. "Influence of Smectite Structure and Hydration on Supercritical Methane Binding and Dynamics in Smectite Pores." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123, no. 48:29231-29244. PNNL-SA-146425. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b08875
  • Bowers G.M., J.S. Loring, H.T. Schaef, S.S. Cunniff, E.D. Walter, S.D. Burton, and R.K. Larsen, et al. 2019. "Chemical Trapping of CO2 by Clay Minerals at Reservoir Conditions: Two Mechanisms Observed by In Situ High Pressure and Temperature Experiments." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 3, no. 6:1034-1046. PNNL-SA-140918. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00038
  • Miller Q., D.A. Dixon, S.D. Burton, E.D. Walter, D.W. Hoyt, A.S. Mcneill, and J. Moon, et al. 2019. "Surface-Catalyzed Oxygen Exchange during Mineral Carbonation in Nanoscale Water Films." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123, no. 20:12871-12885. PNNL-SA-141756. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b02215
  • Myers T.L., R.G. Tonkyn, J.S. Loring, A.M. Oeck, C.A. Banach, R.M. Francis, and Y. Su, et al. 2019. "Accurate Optical Constants for Liquids in the Near-Infrared: Improved Methods for Obtaining the n and k Constants from 1 to 4 Microns." In Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing XX, April 14-18, 2019, Baltimore, MD. Proceedings of the SPIE, edited by JA Guicheteau and CR Howle, 11010, Article No. 11010O. Bellingham, Washington:SPIE. PNNL-SA-142990. doi:10.1117/12.2519499
  • Oeck A.M., R.G. Tonkyn, J.S. Loring, C.A. Banach, R.M. Francis, S.D. Burton, and B.E. Bernacki, et al. 2019. "A Free Spectroscopic Databank of Optical Constants for Use in Optics Education and Modeling: complex refractive index data n and k from 1.0 to 25 um." In Fifteenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2019, edited by Anne-Sophie Poulin-Girard and Joseph A. Shaw, 11143, 111430H. PNNL-SA-144111. doi:10.1117/12.2532130
  • Wood C.E., O. Qafoku, J.S. Loring, and A.M. Chaka. 2019. "Role of Fe(II) Content in Olivine Carbonation in Wet Supercritical CO2." Environmental Science & Technology Letters 6, no. 10:592-599. PNNL-SA-146347. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.9b00496

2018

  • Bowers G.M., J.S. Loring, H.T. Schaef, E.D. Walter, S.D. Burton, D.W. Hoyt, and S.S. Cunniff, et al. 2018. "Interaction of Hydrocarbons with Clays under Reservoir Conditions: In Situ Infrared and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction for Expandable Clays with Variably Wet Supercritical Methane." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2, no. 7:640-652. PNNL-SA-136218. doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00039
  • Loganathan N., G.M. Bowers, A.O. Yazaydin, H.T. Schaef, J.S. Loring, A.G. Kalinichev, and R.J. Kirkpatrick. 2018. "Clay Swelling in Dry Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Effects of Interlayer Cations on the Structure, Dynamics, and Energetics of CO2 Intercalation Probed by XRD, NMR, and GCMD Simulations." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122, no. 8:4391-4402. PNNL-SA-136310. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b12270
  • Loring J.S., Q. Miller, C.J. Thompson, and H.T. Schaef. 2018. "Experimental studies of reactivity and transformations of rocks and minerals in water-bearing supercritical CO2." In Science of Carbon Storage in Deep Saline Formations: Process Coupling Across Time and Spatial Scales, edited by P. Newell and A.G. Ilgen. 63-88. Cambridge, Massachusetts:Elsevier. PNNL-SA-129113. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-812752-0.00004-6
  • Miller Q., E.S. Ilton, O. Qafoku, D.A. Dixon, M. Vasiliu, C.J. Thompson, and H.T. Schaef, et al. 2018. "Water Structure Controls Carbonic Acid Formation in Adsorbed Water Films." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 9, no. 17:4988-4994. PNNL-SA-136469. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b02162
  • Motkuri R.K., V.S. Vemuri, D. Barpaga, H.T. Schaef, J.S. Loring, P.F. Martin, and D. Lao, et al. 2018. "An Efficient, Solvent-Free Process for Synthesizing Anhydrous MgCl2." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 6, no. 1:1048-1054. PNNL-SA-119379. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03366
  • Qafoku O., E.S. Ilton, M.E. Bowden, L. Kovarik, X. Zhang, R.K. Kukkadapu, and M.H. Engelhard, et al. 2018. "Synthesis of Nanometer-Sized Fayalite and Magnesium-Iron(II) Mixture Olivines." Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 515. PNNL-SA-131663. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.036

2017

  • Bowers G.M., H.T. Schaef, J.S. Loring, D.W. Hoyt, S.D. Burton, E.D. Walter, and R.J. Kirkpatrick. 2017. "Role of Cations in CO2 Adsorption, Dynamics, and Hydration in Smectite Clays Under in situ Supercritical CO2 Conditions." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121, no. 1:577-592. PNNL-SA-122523. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b11542
  • Loring J.S., D.H. Bacon, R.D. Springer, A. Anderko, S. Gopinath, C. Yonkofski, and C.J. Thompson, et al. 2017. "Water Solubility at Saturation for CO2-CH4 Mixtures at 323.2 K and 9.000 MPa." Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data 62, no. 5:1608-1614. PNNL-SA-122783. doi:10.1021/acs.jced.6b00999
  • Schaef H.T., N. Loganathan, G.M. Bowers, R.J. Kirkpatrick, A.O. Yazaydin, S.D. Burton, and D.W. Hoyt, et al. 2017. "Tipping Point for Expansion of Layered Aluminosilicates in Weakly Polar Solvents: Supercritical CO2." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9, no. 42:36783-36791. PNNL-SA-127664. doi:10.1021/acsami.7b10590

2016

  • Elsaidi S.K., M.H. Mohamed, J.S. Loring, B.P. McGrail, and P.K. Thallapally. 2016. "Coordination Covalent Frameworks: A New Route for Synthesis and Expansion of Functional Porous Materials." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, no. 42:28424-28427. PNNL-SA-122052. doi:10.1021/acsami.6b11116

2015

  • Loring J.S., J. Chen, P. Benezeth Ep Gisquet, O. Qafoku, E.S. Ilton, N.M. Washton, and C.J. Thompson, et al. 2015. "Evidence for Carbonate Surface Complexation during Forsterite Carbonation in Wet Supercritical Carbon Dioxide." Langmuir 31, no. 27:7533-7543. PNNL-SA-110896. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01052
  • Loring J.S., J. Chen, P. Benezeth, O. Qafoku, E.S. Ilton, N.M. Washton, and C.J. Thompson, et al. 2015. "Evidence for Carbonate Surface Complexation during Forsterite Carbonation in Wet Supercritical Carbon Dioxide." Langmuir 31, no. 27:7533-7543. PNNL-SA-109630. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01052
  • Schaef H.T., J.S. Loring, V.A. Glezakou, Q.R. Miller, J. Chen, A.T. Owen, and M. Lee, et al. 2015. "Competitive Sorption of CO2 and H2O in 2:1 Layer Phyllosilicates." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 16. PNNL-SA-101900. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.027

2014

  • Loring J.S., E.S. Ilton, J. Chen, C.J. Thompson, P.F. Martin, P. Benezeth, and K.M. Rosso, et al. 2014. "In Situ Study of CO2 and H2O Partitioning Between Na-Montmorillonite and Variably Wet Supercritical Carbon Dioxide." Langmuir 30, no. 21:6120-6128. PNNL-SA-101130. doi:10.1021/la500682t
  • Schaef H.T., C.L. Davidson, A.T. Owen, Q.R. Miller, J.S. Loring, C.J. Thompson, and D.H. Bacon, et al. 2014. "CO2 Utilization and Storage in Shale Gas Reservoirs: Experimental Results and Economic Impacts." Energy Procedia 63. PNNL-SA-105772. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.819
  • Schaef H.T., J.A. Horner, A.T. Owen, C.J. Thompson, J.S. Loring, and B.P. McGrail. 2014. "Mineralization of Basalts in the CO2-H2O-SO2-O2 System." Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 9:5298-5305. PNNL-SA-98605. doi:10.1021/es404964j
  • Thompson C.J., P.F. Martin, J. Chen, P. Benezeth, H.T. Schaef, K.M. Rosso, and A.R. Felmy, et al. 2014. "Automated High-Pressure Titration System with In Situ Infrared Spectroscopic Detection." Review of Scientific Instruments 85, no. 4:Article No. 044102. PNNL-SA-101170. doi:10.1063/1.4870411

2013

  • Loring J.S., H.T. Schaef, C.J. Thompson, R.V. Turcu, Q.R. Miller, J. Chen, and J.Z. Hu, et al. 2013. "Clay hydration/dehydration in dry to water-saturated supercritical CO2: Implications for caprock integrity." Energy Procedia 37. PNNL-SA-91508. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2013.06.463
  • Miller Q., C.J. Thompson, J.S. Loring, C.F. Windisch, M.E. Bowden, D.W. Hoyt, and J.Z. Hu, et al. 2013. "Insights into Silicate Carbonation Processes in Water-Bearing Supercritical CO2 Fluids." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 15. PNNL-SA-89916. doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.02.005
  • Schaef H.T., B.P. McGrail, J.S. Loring, M.E. Bowden, B.W. Arey, and K.M. Rosso. 2013. "Forsterite [Mg2SiO4)] Carbonation in Wet Supercritical CO2: An in situ High Pressure X-Ray Diffraction Study." Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 1:174-181. PNNL-SA-84791. doi:10.1021/es301126f
  • Schaef H.T., Q. Miller, C.J. Thompson, J.S. Loring, M.E. Bowden, B.W. Arey, and B.P. McGrail, et al. 2013. "Silicate Carbonation in Supercritical CO2 Containing Dissolved H2O: An in situ High Pressure X-Ray Diffraction Study." Energy Procedia 37. PNNL-SA-85671. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2013.06.514
  • Thompson C.J., J.S. Loring, K.M. Rosso, and Z. Wang. 2013. "Comparative Reactivity Study of Forsterite and Antigorite in Wet Supercritical CO2 by In Situ Infrared Spectroscopy." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 18. PNNL-SA-93361. doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.07.007
  • Turcu R.V., D.W. Hoyt, K.M. Rosso, J.A. Sears, J.S. Loring, A.R. Felmy, and J.Z. Hu. 2013. "Rotor Design for High Pressure Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance." Journal of Magnetic Resonance 226. PNNL-SA-88703. doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2012.08.009
  • Wang Z., A.R. Felmy, C.J. Thompson, J.S. Loring, A.G. Joly, K.M. Rosso, and H.T. Schaef, et al. 2013. "Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Investigation of Water in Supercritical CO2 and the Effect of CaCl2." Fluid Phase Equilibria 338. PNNL-SA-89926. doi:10.1016/j.fluid.2012.11.012

2012

  • Loring J.S., H.T. Schaef, R.V. Turcu, C.J. Thompson, Q. Miller, P.F. Martin, and J.Z. Hu, et al. 2012. "In Situ Molecular Spectroscopic Evidence for CO2 Intercalation into Montmorillonite in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide." Langmuir 28, no. 18:7125-7128. PNNL-SA-86500. doi:10.1021/la301136w

2011

  • Loring J.S., C.J. Thompson, Z. Wang, A.G. Joly, D.S. Sklarew, H.T. Schaef, and E.S. Ilton, et al. 2011. "In Situ Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Forsterite Carbonation in Wet Supercritical CO2." Environmental Science & Technology 45, no. 14:6204-6210. PNNL-SA-74249. doi:10.1021/es201284e

2010

  • Simanova A.A., P. Persson, and J.S. Loring. 2010. "Evidence for Ligand Hydrolysis and Fe(III) Reduction in the Dissolution of Goethite by Desferrioxamine-B." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, no. 23:6706-6720. PNNL-SA-79257. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.037

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