Research

Research Interests

  • Clay minerals

  • Organomineral interactions

  • Environmental Chemistry

  • Soil Chemistry

  • Biogeochemical cycling

Publications

  1. Sanders, R. L.; Washton, N. M.; Mueller, K. T. Measurement of the reactive surface area of clay minerals using solid-state NMR studies of a probe molecule, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114, 2010, 5491-5498, DOI: 10.1021/jp906132k.

  2. Sanders, R. L.; Washton, N. M.; Mueller, K. T. Atomic-level studies of the depletion in reactive sites during clay mineral dissolution, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 92, 2012, 100-116, DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.038.

  3. Mueller, K. T.; Sanders, R. L.; Washton, N. M. Clay minerals, In eMagRes, ed. R. Wasylishen, D. M. Grant and R. K. Harris, pp. 13-28. Wiley Interscience, Hoboken, NJ, 2014, DOI: 10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1332.

  4. Kanno, C. M.; Sanders, R. L.; Flynn, S. M.; Lessard, G.; Myneni, S. C. B. Novel apatite-based sorbent for defluoridation: Synthesis and sorption characteristics of nano-micro-crystalline hydroxyapatite-coated-limestone, Environmental Science and Technology, 48, 2014, 5798-5807, DOI: 10.1021/es405135r.

  5. Chen, H.; Abdulla, H. A. N.; Sanders, R. L.; Myneni, S. C. B.; Mopper, K.; Hatcher, P. G. Production of novel black carbon and aliphatic molecules from terrestrial organic matter in the presence of sunlight and iron, Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 1, 2014, 399-404, DOI: 10.1021/ez5002598.

  6. Stackhouse, B.T.; Vishnivetskaya, T. A.; Layton, A.; Chauhan, A.; Pfiffner, S.; Mykytczuk, N. C.; Sanders, R. L.; Whyte, L. G.; Hedin, L.; Saad, N.; Myneni, S.; Onstott, T.C. Simulated spring thaw of permafrost from mineral cryosol reveals increase in CO2 emissions and an atmospheric CH4 sink, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 120, 2015, 1764-1784, DOI: 10.1002/2015JG003004.

  7. Luo, L.; Ma, Y.; Sanders, R. L.; Xu, C.; Li, J.; Myneni, S. C. B. Phosphorus speciation and transformation in long-term fertilized soil: evidence from chemical fractionation and P K-edge XANES spectroscopy, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2017, doi:10.1007/s10705-017-9830-5.