Post-Doctoral Fellow

Pablo is working on a Leverhulme Fellowship looking at the crystal growth of metal-organic framework materials. Prior to that he was working as a post-doctoral fellow on an EPSRC funded project on "Crystal Growth of Nanoporous Materials" also within the CNM.

He received his BSc in Geology and PhD in Geochemistry (2005) at the University of Oviedo (Spain). As part of his PhD 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 PhD 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.

Unstitching the nanoscopic mystery of zeolite crystal formation
Rhea Brent, Pablo Cubillas, Sam M. Stevens, Kim E. Jelfs, Ayako Umemura, James T. Gebbie, Ben Slater, Osamu Terasaki, Mark A. Holden and Michael W. Anderson.
J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 13858-13868.

Hierarchical Porous Materials: Internal Structure Revealed by Argon Ion-Beam Cross-Section Polishing, HRSEM and AFM
Adonay R. Loiola, Lindomar R.D. da Silva, Michael W. Anderson, Pablo Cubillas, Sam M. Stevens and Osamu Terasaki.
Solid State Sciences, 2010, 00, 0000-0000.

Properties of Ca-Rich and Mg-Rich Carbonate Films on Dolomite: Implications for Compositional Surface Mapping with Scanning Force Microscopy
X. Hu, Pablo Cubillas and Steven R. Higgins.
Langmuir, 2010, 26, 4769-4775.

Growth mechanisms in SAPO-34 studied by White Light Interferometry and Atomic Force Microscopy
Borge Holme, Pablo Cubillas, Jasmina Hafizovic Cavka, Ben Slater, Michael W. Anderson and Duncan Akporiaye.
Cryst. Growth & Design, 2010, 10, 2824-2828.

In situ Crystal Growth of Nanoporous Zincophosphate observed by Atomic Force Microscopy
Mark A. Holden, Pablo Cubillas and Michael W. Anderson.
Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 1047-1049.

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, 2010, pp 1-55, ISBN: 978-3-527-32514-6.

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.

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, 8, 959-965.

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.