Lila Laundry-mottiar

Research Project

Carbene Corrosion Inhibition
This project will investigate how different carbenes can adhere to multiple stainless steels and will eventually test how the carbene coating works to prevent against corrosion. The first step will be to choose the stainless steels from the 7 kinds provided from Yolanda Hedberg, after which the chosen few will be prepared through cutting, grinding, and polishing processes. Once the steel is appropriately prepared, the carbene will be coated onto the steel using self-assembly techniques. If successful, the carbene coated steels will be tested using a tribocorrosion instrument, electrochemical methods, and the surface will be explored by SEM, XPS, and possibly PXRD.

Email:  lila.laundry-mottiar@mail.mcgill.ca
Phone: 514-398-4135
Office: PP-111

Current Position: Ph.D. Student

Education

MSc, Chemistry, McGill University, Canada, August 2022 – Present
BSc, Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario, Canada, Sept. 2017 – April 2022

Honors/Awards

Grad Excellence Award, McGill University, 2022
Dean’s Honour Roll, The University of Western Ontario, 2019 – 2022
Chemistry Class of 1950 Scholarship, The University of Western Ontario, 2019

Publications

Wright, A.; Laundry-Mottiar, L.; Hedberg, Y.S. The ability of sweat and buffer solutions to reduce hexavalent chromium of relevance for leather extraction. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology 2022, 133, 105222.

Stepan, T.; Tete, L.; Laundry-Mottiar, L.; Romanovskaia, E.; Nie, H-Y.; Hedberg, Y.S.; Danninger, H.; Auinger, M. Effect of nanoparticle size on the near-surface pH distribution in aqueous and carbonate buffered solutions. Electrochimica Acta, 2022, 409, 139923.

Romanovskaia, E.; Slovenský, P.; Kalantarian, S.M.; Laundry-Mottiar, L.; Romanovski, V.; Halama, M.; Auinger, M.; Hedberg, Y.S. Electrochemical Estimations of the Gold Nanoparticle Size Effect on Cysteine-Gold Oxidation. Journal of Electrochemical Society 2022, 169, 021501.

Westin, E.M.; McCarrick, S.; Laundry-Mottiar, L. et al. New weldable 316L stainless flux-cored wires with reduced Cr(VI) fume emissions: part 1—health aspects of particle composition and release of metals. Weld World 2021, 65, 2319–2337.

Westin, E.M.; McCarrick, S.; Laundry-Mottiar, L. et al. New weldable 316L stainless flux-cored wires with reduced Cr(VI) fume emissions: part 2—round robin creating fume emission data sheets. Weld World 2021, 65, 2339–2348.

CONFERENCES/presentations

L. Laundry-Mottiar (2022) Investigating surface changes and metal release of 316L biomedical stainless steel in the presence of amino acids, SOUSCC Southern Ontario University Student Chemistry Conference, Online, March 26, 2022.