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Dr Pablo Cubillas
Post-Doctoral Fellow


Pablo is working as a post-doctoral fellow on the EPSRC funded project on "Crystal Growth of Nanoporous Materials". He got his B.S. in Geology and Ph D in Geochemistry (2005) at the University of Oviedo (Spain). As part of his Ph. D. formation he spent six months at LMTG lab in Toulouse working under the supervision of Dr. Eric H. Oelkers on carbonate dissolution and precipitation kinetics. He also spent two months working at the Institute for Mineralogy at the University of Meunster with Dr. Andrew Putnis where he performed AFM studies on metal-carbonate growth.

After finishing his Ph D he spent one year as a Postdoc at Wright State University, Dayton, (Ohio) working with Dr. Steve Higgins in Friction Force Microscopy studies on carbonates and AFM development.
Contact:
tel:        +44 (0)161 306 2770
fax:       +44 (0)161 275 4598
e-mail:  pablo.cubillas-gonzales@manchester.ac.uk
Links:
Universidad de Oviedo Wright State University UniversitŽ Paul Sabatier UniversitŠt MŸnster The University of Manchester works with Mike Anderson works with Jonathan Agger works with Martin Attfield

Selected Publications:
  • Spiral Growth on Nanoporous Silicoaluminophosphate STA-7 as Observed by Atomic Force Microscopy
    Pablo Cubillas, Maria Castro, Kim E. Jelfs, Alan J. W. Lobo, Ben Slater, Dewi W. Lewis, Paul A. Wright, Sam M. Stevens and Michael W. Anderson.
    Cryst. Growth & Design, 2009, 9, 4041-4050.

  • Nano-scale electron beam damage studied by atomic force microscopy
    Sam M. Stevens, Pablo Cubillas, Kjell Jansson, Osamu Terasaki and Michael W. Anderson.
    J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113, 18441-18443.

  • SYNTHESIS OF ZEOLITES, Synthesis Mechanism: Crystal Growth and Nucleation
    Pablo Cubillas and Michael W. Anderson.
    ZEOLITES AND CATALYSIS: Synthesis, Reactions and Applications, eds. Jiri Cejka, Avelino Corma and Stacey Zones, pub. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2009.

  • Morphology Dependent MFI-type Zeolite Intergrowth Structures Leading to Distinct Internal and Outer Surface Molecular Diffusion Barriers
    Lukasz Karwacki, Marianne H.F. Kox, D.A. Matthijs de Winter, Martyn Drury, Johannes D. Meeldijk, Eli Stavitski, Wolfgang Schmidt, Machteld Mertens, Allen W. Burton, Stacey I. Zones, Pablo Cubillas, Neena John, Ally Chan, Simon R. Bare, Michael W. Anderson, Jan Kornatowski and Bert M. Weckhuysen.
    Nature Materials, 2009, 0, 0000-0000.

  • In situ Crystal Growth of Nanoporous Zincophosphate observed by Atomic Force Microscopy
    Mark A. Holden, Pablo Cubillas and Michael W. Anderson.
    Chem. Commun., 2009, 0000-0000.

  • In situ Friction characteristics of Cd-rich carbonate films on calcite surfaces: implications for compositional differentiation at the nanometer scale
    Pablo Cubillas and Steven R. Higgins.
    Geochemical Transaction, 2009, 10, web based.

  • Synthesis and characterization of hierarchical porous materials incorporation a cubic mesoporous phase
    Adonay R. Loiola, Lindomar R.D. da Silva, Pablo Cubillas and Michael W. Anderson.
    J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 4985-4993.

  • Nanometer resolution using high-resolution scanning electron microscopy corroborated by ibidem atomic force microscopy
    Sam M. Stevens, Pablo Cubillas, Kjell Jansson, Osamu Terasaki, Michael W. Anderson, Paul A. Wright and Marķa Castro.
    Chem. Commun., 2008, 3894-3896.

  • Modelling Crystal Growth in Zeolite A
    Ayako Umemura, Pablo Cubillas, Michael W. Anderson, and Jonathan R. Agger.
    Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 2008, 174, 705-708.

  • High-Resolution Scanning Electron and Atomic Force Microscopies: Observation of Nanometer Features on Zeolite Surfaces
    Sam Michael Stevens, Kjell Jansson, Neena S. John, Osamu Terasaki, Michael W. Anderson, Maria Castro, Paul A. Wright & Pablo Cubillas.
    Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 2008, 174, 775-780.

  • Removal of cadmium from wastewaters by aragonite shells and the influence of other divalent cations
    Stephan J. Kohler, Pablo Cubillas, Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco, Christoph Bauer and Manuel Prieto.
    Environmental Science and Technology, 2007, 41, 112-118.

  • How do mineral coatings affect dissolution rates? An experimental study of coupled CaCO3 dissolution - CdCO3 precipitation
    P. Cubillas, S. Kohler, M. Prieto, C. Causserand, E.H. Oelkers
    Geochimica et Cosmochemica Acta, 2005, 69, 5459-5476.

  • Experimental determination of the dissolution rates of calcite, aragonite, and bivalves
    P. Cubillas, S. Kohler, M. Prieto, C. Chairat, E.H. Oelkers
    Chemical Geology, 2005, 216, 59-77.

  • How do mineral coatings affect dissolution rates?
    P. Cubillas, M. Prieto, E.H. Oelkers, S. Kohler
    Geochimica et Cosmochemica Acta, Suppl. S, 2004, 68, A143-A143.

  • Uptake of dissolved Cd by biogenic and abiogenic aragonite: a comparison with sorption onto calcite
    M. Prieto, P. Cubillas, A. Fernandez-Gonzalez
    Geochimica et Cosmochemica Acta, 2003, 67, 3859-3869.

  • Uptake of (Cd2+)(aq) by biogenic and abiogenic aragonite: a comparison with sorption onto calcite
    M. Prieto, P. Cubillas, A. Fernandez
    Geochimica et Cosmochemica Acta, Suppl. 1, 2002, 66, A614-A614.