Dr Yolanda Sanchez Vicente

Assistant Professor

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

Dr Yolanda Sanchez Vicente joined the Mechanical Engineering Department at Northumbria University in 2019. Previously to her current position, she spent four years as a Research Fellow in the Chemical Engineering Department at Imperial College London (UK). Her work was carried out as part of the Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage Research Centre (QCCSRC). In 2012, she was awarded a two-year fellowship in Spain as part of the Campus of International Excellency at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). Earlier, in 2009, she worked as a postdoc at the University of Nottingham, where she participated in three UK projects: COZOC, MATTRAN and COOLTRANS projects. She earned a PhD in Green Chemistry from the UCM in 2008, and she graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of Castilla la Mancha (Spain) in 2002.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Her research interest involved measuring and modelling thermodynamic properties, developing sustainable processes using supercritical fluids, and synthesis of new materials. They have included four main fields of physical chemistry, engineering, green chemistry, and materials.

Measurement and modelling of thermodynamic properties. Knowledge of thermophysical properties of fluid mixtures across extended temperature and pressure ranges is critical for designing and optimising many industrial processes such as carbon capture and storage. In particular, she has performed experimental studies about densities, viscosities, speed of sound and phase behaviour of CO₂ mixtures using in-house apparatus. The data measured have been used to model or optimise empirical correlations and theoretical models such as SAFT.

Sustainable process using supercritical fluids. Supercritical carbon dioxide is considered a green solvent for both separation and reaction processes due to its accessible critical parameters (Tc = 304.1 K, Pc = 7.38 MPa), non-toxicity, low cost and non-flammability. In this area, she has worked on the supercritical extraction of natural products such as microalgae biomass.

Synthesis of new materials. In the field of material, she has investigated the modification of the silica surface with amino groups using supercritical carbon dioxide to develop material for adsorption or catalysis applications. Currently, she supervises a PhD project in "multifunctional antimicrobial sensor fabrics for patient's healthcare".

Key Publications

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Density and Viscosity of Orange Oil, Turpentine, and Their Hydrogenated Derivatives as Biofuel Components, Mellows, B., Sanchez-Vicente, Y. 16 Dec 2025, In: Thermo
Electrical Behavior of Green-Synthesized Nano Silver Particles Embedded in Polyurethane: Numerical and Experimental Studies, Mehvari, S., Martynkova, G., Kratošová, G., Kupková, J., González, S., Sanchez Vicente, Y., Lafdi, K. 10 Nov 2025, In: Polymer Composites
Molecular dynamics simulations and experimental measurements of density and viscosity of phase change material based on stearic acid with graphene nanoplatelets, Gonzalez, M., Tenorio, M., Bismilla, A., D'Oliveira, E., Costa Pereira, S., Sanchez-Vicente, Y. 1 Jun 2025, In: Fluid Phase Equilibria
Thermophysical properties of tetrabutylammonium chloride, paraffin and fatty acids for thermal energy applications, Costa, T., Sanchez Vicente, Y., Yang, Z., Stevens, L., Dias, F., Costa Pereira, S. 2024, In: RSC Advances
Effect of Processing Methods on The Electrical Conductivity Properties of Silver-Polyurethane Composite Films (Experimental and Numerical Studies), Mehvari, S., Goodhew, B., González Sanchez, S., Lafdi, K., Sanchez Vicente, Y. 1 Dec 2023, In: Journal of Composite Materials
Conductivity Behaviour under Pressure of Copper Micro-Additive/Polyurethane Composites (Experimental and Modelling), Mehvari, S., Sanchez Vicente, Y., Gonzalez Sanchez, S., Lafdi, K. 23 Mar 2022, In: Polymers
Effect of the Vertical Pressure on the Electrical Behaviour of the Micro-Copper Polyurethane Composite Films, Mehvari, S., Sanchez Vicente, Y., González, S., Lafdi, K. 4 Nov 2022, In: International Journal of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Measurements and Modelling of Vapour−Liquid Equilibrium for (H 2 O + N 2 ) and (CO 2 + H 2 O + N 2 ) Systems at Temperatures between 323 and 473 K and Pressures up to 20 MPa, Sanchez-Vicente, Y., Trusler, J. 26 May 2022, In: Energies
Saturated Phase Densities of (CO2 + Methylcyclohexane) at Temperatures from (298 to 448) K and Pressures up to the Critical Pressure, Sanchez Vicente, Y., Trusler, J. 13 Jan 2022, In: Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data
Density and Phase Behavior of the CO2 + Methylbenzene System in Wide Ranges of Temperatures and Pressures, Sanchez-Vicente, Y., Tay, W., Al Ghafri, S., Efika, E., Trusler, J. 15 Apr 2020, In: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

PGR Supervision

Tesfay Berhe Gebreegziabher Development of Biomass-based Porous Carbon Materials for Hydrogen Storage Start Date: 01/10/2022
Tesfay Berhe Gebreegziabher Development of Biomass-based Porous Carbon Materials for Hydrogen Storage Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 17/10/2025
Saeid Mehvari Effect of particle size, shape, and composition on physical properties of derived polymer nanocomposites (experimental and numerical studies) Start Date: 18/01/2021 End Date: 01/05/2025