ISTerre - Institut des Sciences de la Terre

Students and Postdocs

Alex FERNANDEZ-MARTINEZ — 2015-01-06T23:21:50Z

Postdocs

2024-2027 - Yikai Liu - "ENCAPSULATE - Demystifying mechanisms of metal impurities during CO2 mineralization of industrial solid wastes". MSCA Postdoc.
2025-2027 - Laura Calzolari - "DAPHNE – Deciphering the formation of amorphous binders in ancient Roman mortars for modern applications". MSCA Postdoc.

PhD students

2025-2028 - Giulia Santillo - "Characterization of a cementitious grout for the CIGEO project". Funded by ANDRA. Co-supervised with D. Daval (ISTerre).
2024-2027 - Binh Duong Au - "Nucleation and growth rates of CaCO3 in cement pores and surfaces". Doctoral Network CONTRABASS. Co-supervised with AES Van Driessche (CSIC Granada).
2022-2025 - Mathilde Dehue - "Carbonation of recycled cement pastes : lowering the CO2 footprint of the cement industry". Co-supervised with J.L. Hazemann (Inst. Neel). Industrial collaboration with Heidelberg Cement.
2022-2025 - Diksha Saini - "Selenium redox reactivity in environmental geomedia". Co-supervised with Norbert Jordan (HZDR, Dresden, Germany).

Visiting postdocs

2023 - Luis Monasterio Guillot - "C-S-H nucleation in the presence of organic additives". Univ. Granada, Spain.

Visiting PhD students

May 2022 - July 2022 - Laura Calzolari - Univ. La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. "Ancient Roman mortars".
July 2021 - June 2023 - Maria Curria - Princeton university. "New LDH-based CO2 adsorbents".
September 2019 - January 2020 - Felipe Marti Montava - ETEX Group & Univ. Politecnica de Valencia (Spain). "Understanding xonotlite nucleation and growth"
September - December 2018 / September 2019 - Luis Monasterio - Univ. Granada (Spain). "Fly ash reactivity and silicate dissolution processes"
September - December 2018 - Luis Monasterio - Univ. Granada (Spain). "Fly ash reactivity and silicate dissolution processes"
October 2016 - Ingrid Nayeli Escobar Quiroz - UNAM (Mexico). "Caracterizacion de los minerales secundarios de Fe(III) : Schwertmannita, jarosita e (hidr)oxidos, provenientes de residuos minero-metalurgicos y su reactividad de retencion de iones contaminantes"

Master and License students

2023 - Matthieu Guyon - IUT Mesures Physiques. "Development of an in situ Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) system for carbonation experiments." Co-supervised with Valerie Magnin (ISTerre).
2021 - Lena Bulle - IUT Chimie. "CO2 adsorption by cements, effect of organic additives."
2020 - Rohan Parmar - M2 Marine Geochemisry. "Crystallization in high salinity conditions / Biomineral characterization."
2016-17 - Antoine Bourdin - IUT Mesures Physiques. "Heterogeneous nucleation by UV-vis"
2016 - Ruben Soria-Martinez - M2 Chemistry, Universidad de Oviedo (Spain). "Molecular dynamics simulations of mineral-water interfaces : Impact of surface curvature on wetting properties"
2015 - Hugo Lopez Martinez - M1 Physics, Universidad de Oviedo (Spain). "Structural characterization of amorphous precursors and nanoparticles of environmental interest"
2014 - Nawel Adoui - IUT Chimie. "Chemical characterization of amorphous carbonates"
2014 - William Degouy - L3 Geosciences. "Precipitation of amorphous carbonates in porous media"
2014 - Boris Metral - M1 Chimie. "Interactions of selenium oxyanions with barite"
2013 - Benjamin Bataille - IUT Mesures Physiques. "Synthesis and characterization of hydrated carbonates"

Alumni and current position

2011-2016 - Sergio Carrero-Romero, PhD. Research scientist at IDAEA, Barcelona, Spain.
2014-2017 - Ayumi Koishi, PhD student. Now researcher at RIKEN (Japan).
2014-2017 - Bin Ma, PhD student. Now Professor at North China Electric Power University (China).
2017-2018 - Christine Browne, Postdoc – "Atomic force spectroscopy studies of face-specific interactions between inorganic crystals". Now postdoc in Melbourne Univ.
2015-2019 - Alba Lozano Letellier, PhD student. Now researcher at Univ. Leon, Spain.
2018-2019 - Sara Goberna-Ferron, postdoc. Now postdoc at Inst. Catala de Nanotecnologia, Barcelona, Spain.
2018-2020 - Maria Pilar Asta, MSCA postdoc. Now researcher at Univ. Granada, Spain.
2019-2021 - Agnieszka Poulain, postdoc. Now working at industry.
2018-2021 - Rogier Besselink, postdoc. Now researcher at Eurekite, Netherlands.
2017-2021 - Lina Bouzouaid, PhD student.
2017-2021 - Zhanar Zhakiyeva, PhD student. Now postdoc at Princeton University, USA.
2019-2022 - Kaifeng Wang, PhD student. Now postdoc at Geological urvey of Denmark.
2020-2022 - Alicia Moya Cuenca. Postdoc. Industrial project with TOTAL to characterize mineral wrttability using atomic force spectroscopy – Currently postdoc at Univ. Autonoma de Madrid, Spain.
2019-2022 - Michela La Bella - "In situ studies of cement hydration and alteration processes using nanoscale X-ray diffraction techniques". Co-supervised with Carlotta Giacobbe (ESRF). Currently postdoc at the Physics Dept. of DTU (Denmark).
2019-2022 - Andrew Lauer - "Nucleation in confinement". Co-supervised with Roland Hellmann and Alexander Van Driessche (ISTerre). ANR project. Currently postdoc at ISTerre (France).
2021-2024 - Rajkumar Chowdhury - "Chemical and physical characterization of nannoconus, the main planktonic producer of carbonates in the Cretaceous oceans". Co-supervised with Fabienne Giraud-Guillot (ISTerre). Currently looking for a postdoc.
2021-2024 - Annet Baken - "Understanding how green additives control crystallization at the nanoscale". Co-supervised with Alexander Van Driessche (ISTerre) and Marco di Michiel (ESRF). InnovaXN programme involving ESRF and BASF. Currently looking for a postdoc.

Meetings and seminars

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A. Fernandez-Martinez. Invited Speaker. Microscopic dynamics in amorphous carbonates : The significance of ACC polyamorphism, Carbonate & Sulfate Minerals : Nucleation, Growth and Control of Scale Formation, 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting. San Diego, USA, 13-17 March 2016.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Oral. Pair distribution function studies of nanominerals of environmental relevance. Analysis of Diffraction Data in Real Space. ILL, Grenoble, 7-11 March 2016.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Organizer. User Dedicated Symposium on X-ray coherence and diffraction. ESRF Users Meeting, Grenoble, 8-10 February 2016.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Oral. Calcium carbonate nucleation in pores and on flat substrates probed by in situ small angle X-ray scattering. Colloque Rayons X et Matiere, Grenoble, December 2015.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Keynote Speaker. Calcium carbonate nucleation in pores and on flat substrates : understanding interfacial energy controls. British Association for Crystal Growth, Annual General Meeting. Queen Mary, University of London, UK. June 2015.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Invited seminar. New insights into carbonate mineral nucleation pathways. School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK. May 2015.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Invited seminar. CaCO3 amorphous precursors. Laboratoire LIONS, CEA Saclay, France. April 2015.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, Romain Lafay, German Montes-Hernandez, Anne-Line Auzende. Talk. Nucleation and growth of synthetic chrysotile nanotubes : Insights into the structure of proto-serpentine. 249th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Denver, USA. March 2015.
Andrew Stack, Alexander Gordon, Hsiu-Wen Wang, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Lawrence Anovitz, Katharine Page. Talk. Mineral precipitation in porous materials. 249th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Denver, USA. March 2015.
G. A. Waychunas, A. Fernandez-Martinez, B. Kalkan, S. Clark. Pressure-induced reversible transformation of amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) into an "aragonitic" form. IMA 2014, South Africa. September 2014.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, R. Poloni, M. Jimenez-Ruiz, G. Montes-Hernandez, G. A. Waychunas, A. F. Wallace. Invited talk. Deciphering the role of water in amorphous carbonate precursors. Goldschmidt Conference 2014, Sacramento, USA. June 2014.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Invited seminar. Carbonate mineral nucleation on flat surfaces and in pores. University of Lausanne, Switzerland. October 2013.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Invited seminar. Carbonate mineral nucleation pathways. Institut de Minéralogie et Physique des Milieux Condensés. Paris, France. October 2013.
A. G. Stack, J. N. Bracco, G. A. Waychunas, A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. Rother, L. M. Anovitz, C. I. Steefel. Talk. Calcium carbonate growth rates from the atomic- to pore-scales. 246th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, USA. September 2013.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, B. Kalkan, S. M. Clark, G. A. Waychunas. Talk. Pressure-induced polyamorphism in amorphous calcium carbonate : insights into biomineral polymorph selection mechanisms. Goldschmidt Conference 2013, Firenze, Italy. August 2013.
Y.-S. Jun, A. Fernandez-Martinez, Y. Hu, Q. Y. Li, G. A. Waychunas. Talk.
In situ probe of interfacial energies for CaCO3 heterogeneously nucleated on environmentally relevant substrates. 245th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. New Orleans, USA. April 2013.
Y.C. Chien, A. Fernandez-Martinez, K. Saeki, J.L. Lau, J. Tao, C.L. Chen,
L.B. Gower, S.F. Habelitz, R.N. Zuckermann, S.J. Marshall, G.W. Marshall and J.J. De Yoreo. Talk. Peptoids as Modulating Agents for Remineralization of Dentin Lesions. Annual meeting of the International Association for Dental Research. Seattle, USA. March 2013.
Y.C. Chien, K. Saeki, A. Fernandez-Martinez, J. Tao, L. Gower, S.F. Habelitz, S.P. Ho, S.J. Marshall, J.J. De Yoreo and G.W. Marshall. Talk. Ultrastructure and Properties in Artificial Dentin Lesions from Two Acids. Annual meeting of the International Association for Dental Research. Seattle, USA. March 2013.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, B. Kalkan, S. M. Clark, G. A. Waychunas. Talk. Pressure-induced polyamorphism and formation of 'aragonitic' amorphous calcium carbonate. European Powder Diffraction Conference. Grenoble, France. November 2012.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Invited seminar. Carbonate Mineral Nucleation on Flat Mineral Substrates and in Confinement. School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, USA. September 2012.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, Y. Hu, Y.-S. Jun, G. A. Waychunas. Talk. In situ GISAXS studies of carbonate mineral nucleation on mineral surfaces. Goldschmidt Conference 2012, Montreal, Canada. June 2012.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Invited talk. Carbonate Mineral Nucleation Pathways in Geological Carbon Sequestration. Young Engineers + Scientists Symposium. Session on CO2 Capture and Sequestration. Berkeley, USA. March 2012.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, Y. Hu, Y.-S. Jun, G. A. Waychunas. Talk. Carbonate mineral nucleation on mineral surfaces : in situ GISAXS and microscopy studies. Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society. San Diego, USA. March 2012.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, Y. Hu, Y.-S. Jun, G. A. Waychunas, J. J. DeYoreo. Talk. Carbonate Nucleation on Mineral Surfaces. Energy Frontiers Research Center on Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2. DOE-BES Review. Denver, USA, January 2012.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, L. L. Daemens, R. Poloni, G. A. Waychunas. Poster. Structure and dynamics of amorphous carbonates. Molecular Foundry User's Meeting. Berkeley, USA. October 2011.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. J. Cuello, I. C. Bourg, M. R. Johnson, G. A. Waychunas, G. Sposito, L. Charlet. Talk. Water structure and hydration properties of imogolite nanotubes. Goldschmidt Conference 2011. Prague, Czeck Republic, August 2011.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Talk. Carbonate mineral nucleation pathways. CECAM Workshop on Microscopic-Scale View of CO2 Sequestration. Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2011.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, A.V. Radha, A. G. Stack, L. Hedges, Y. Hu, A. Loulier, L. J. Banuelos, G. Rother, Y.-S. Jun, S. Whitelam, D. R. Cole, A. Navrotsky, G. A. Waychunas, J. J. DeYoreo. Invited talk. Carbonate mineral nucleation pathways. Energy Frontier Research Centers Forum. Washington DC, USA. May 2011.
A. Fernandez-Martinez. Talk. Water structure and hydration properties of imogolite nanotubes. GSA Session on the Structure, Properties, and Geochemistry of Nanoparticles, Nanoclusters, and Nanocomposites in Biogeochemical Systems : In Honor of Benjamin Gilbert. Denver, USA, November 2010.
D. Martinez-Blanco, P. Gorria, A. Fernandez-Martinez, M. J. Perez, G. J. Cuello, J. A. Blanco. Talk. Spin-glass-like behaviour in ball milled Fe30Cr70 alloy studied by ac magnetic susceptibility. 17th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM 2010), Zurich, Switzerland, June 2010.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. J. Cuello, L. Charlet. Invited talk. Structure and reactivity of natural nanoparticles. V Meeting of the Spanish Neutron Scattering Society. Gijon, Spain, June 2010.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. J. Cuello, L. Charlet. Talk. The structure of schwertmannite :-an iron oxyhydroxysulfate. Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society. San Francisco, USA. March 2010.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. J. Cuello, J. E. Daniels, L. J. Michot, J. Brendle, L. Charlet, G. Sposito. Talk. Water structure at the imogolite/water interface : geochemical implications. 1st Symposium on Mineralogy, Environment and Health. Marne la Vallee, France, September 2009.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, L. Charlet. Talk. Surface chemistry of tubular (imogolite) aluminosilicates. Spring Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Salt Lake City, USA. March 2009.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. J. Cuello, J. E. Daniels, L. Charlet. Talk. X-ray Pair Distribution Function studies of nanosize minerals. Reunion de la Sociedad Española de Mineralogia. Zaragoza, Spain. September 2008.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. J. Cuello, J. E. Daniels, A. Burnol, L. Charlet. Poster. PDF study of Imogolite and As-bearing nanoparticles of environmental relevance. Workshop on Powder Diffraction with 2-Dimensional Detectors. Grenoble, France. February 2008.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, A. A. Piarristeguy, G. J. Cuello, M. Ribes, A. Pradel. Local and intermediate order in ionic conducting chalcogenide glasses probed by neutron diffraction and ab-initio molecular dynamics. Poster. Workshop on Pair Distribution Function. ESRF, Grenoble, France. October 2007.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. Roman-Ross, L. Charlet, G.J. Cuello, A. Scheinost, M. R. Johnson, L. J. Michot, E. Montarges-Pelletier. Poster. Adsorption de selenite sur la surface de l'imogolite. Poster. Reunion de la Societe Francaise de la Neutronique. Maubuisson, France. May 2007.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, L. Charlet, G.J. Cuello, M. R. Johnson, G. Roman-Ross, X. Turrillas, F. Bardelli. Talk. Arsenic III / V substitutions in calcite and gypsum. Joint ILL – LGIT Workshop on Neutron Scattering and Molecular Dynamics in the Environmental Sciences. Grenoble, France. January 2007.
A. Gehin, L. Charlet, M. Wolthers, A. Fernandez-Martinez. Talk. Cooperative sorption of Fe(II) with Co(II), Eu(III) and Se(IV) on clay minerals. Fall Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Philadelphia, USA. October 2006.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, P. Gorria, G. J. Cuello, J. D. Santos, M. J. Perez. Talk. Kinetics of crystallization of FeB-based amorphous alloys studied
by neutron thermo-diffractometry. 9th International Conference on Non-Crystalline Solids, Gijon, Spain. June 2006.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. J. Cuello, L. Charlet. Talk. Surface chemistry of imogolite. CECAM Workshop on Modeling and simulation of clays over various scales of time and space. Lyon, France. May 2006.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. J. Cuello, G. Roman-Ross, X. Turrillas, L. Charlet. Poster. Arsenate uptake by gypsum : a neutron diffraction study. Neutrons at the Frontier of Earth Sciences and Environment. European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria. April 2005.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. J. Cuello, G. Roman-Ross, X. Turrillas, L. Charlet. Poster. Arsenate uptake by gypsum : a neutron diffraction study. II Reunion de la Sociedad Española de Tecnicas Neutronicas. Puerto de la Cruz, Spain. 2004.
A. Fernandez-Martinez, S. G. Chiuzbaian, M. Shi, U. Flechsig, M. Falub, L. Patthey. Poster. Phase matching scheme of the UE212 twin electromagnetic undulators. SLS User's Meeting 2003. Villigen, Switzerland. 2003.

Research projects and collaborations

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Ongoing industrial collaborations

INNOVANDI (co-PI). Carbonated microstructure via CO2 utilization (2022-2026).

HeidelbergCement (PI). Reducing the carbon footprint of cement through the CO2 mineralization of recycled concrete (2022-2025). PhD project of Mathilde Dehue.

Ongoing research projects

DAPHNE (co-PI). MSCA postdoctoral project of Laura Calzolari - "Deciphering the formation of amorphous binders in ancient Roman mortars for modern applications".

ENCAPSULATE (co-PI). MSCA postdoctoral project of Yikai Liu. - "Demystifying mechanisms of metal impurities during CO2 mineralization of industrial solid wastes".

CONTRABASS (co-PI). Zero-CO2 cemeNt ThRough cArBonation of cAlcium Silicates and aluminateS (2024-2027). PhD project of Binh Au Duong.

ANDRA (PI). Selenium reactivity in environmental geomedia (2022-2025). PhD project of Diksha Saini.

ANDRA (PI). Characterization of a cementitous grout for the CIGEO project (2025-2028). PhD project of Giulia Santillo.

Past research projects

InnovaXN (co-PI). Understanding how green additives control crystallization at the nanoscale (2021-2024).

Nannoconus (co-PI). The physical and chemical characterization of Nannoconus, the major planktonic producers of bio-carbonate from the Early Cretaceous oceans." (2021-2024).

NANOCEM (co-PI). Activities and nucleation processes in the SiO2-CaO-H2O-Organics system (2016-2021).

TOTAL (PI). Probing wetting properties of carbonate rocks (2021-2022).

ANDRA (co-PI). RN interaction with cementitious barriers. (2016-2021).

ANR-PRCE (co-PI). Dynamic characterization and modeling of coupled structural - chemical - and transport processes : a multiscale approach (2018-2022).

ANR-JCJC NUANCE (PI). Multi-step nucleation pathways in natural and engineered cements (2018-2021).

Amorphous precursors in biomineralization. Marie-Curie Sklodowska incoming fellowship, Maria Pilar Asta. (2018-2020).

BASF (co-PI). Heterogeneous nucleation. (2016-2019).

BASF Construction Solutions (co-PI). Interactions between inorganic crystals. (2017-2018).

Biomerieux (PI). Consulting activities on inorganic chemistry. (2016-2018).

EC2CO "NUCLEATION" (PI). Understanding mineral nucleation and precipitation in environmental and porous media. Funded by CNRS-INSU (2015-2016).

"WetNanotube" (PI). Understanding wettability properties of mineral nanotubes of environmental and geological interest. Funded by AGIR (UJF - INP) (2015-2016).

"TGA-DSC" (PI). Acquisition of a TGA-DSC at ISTerre. Funded by LABEX OSUG@2020 (2015).

"AMICO" (PI). Nucleation, growth and aggregation behavior of Al and Fe sulfate oxyhydroxide mineral colloids from Acid Mine Drainage. Funded by LABEX OSUG@2020 and BQR (2013-2015).
– Acquisition of a portable Infors-HT biochemical reactor for in situ probing of mineral nucleation. Development of flow cells for in situ measurements.
– Co-PIs : Rafael Perez-Lopez (Univ. Huelva), Bruno Lanson, Laurent Charlet (ISTerre).
– Travel support from and to the University of Huelva (Spain) provided by Nano-Espagne Campus France (2013).

EC2CO "VALVE" (co-PI). Chemical weathering of mineral surfaces. (PI : Damien Daval, LHyGES, Strasbourg). Funded by CNRS-INSU (2013-2014).

Defi NEEDS CNRS (PI). Anionic exchange of radionuclides in sulfate-bearing cement phases (EARN). (2014-2015).
– Co-PIs : Sylvain Grangeon (BRGM), Agnieszka Poulain (ESRF), Laurent Charlet (ISTerre).

LABEX SERENADE (co-PI). Exploratory study of nanoparticle bio-composites used in textile and packaging industry. (2014-2015).
– co-PIs : Geraldine Sarret, Laurent Charlet, German Montes-Hernandez (ISTerre).

Other collaborations

Fabrice Brunet (ISTerre), Martin Wilding (Aberystwyth University, UK) and Monica Jimenez (ILL). Water structure at mineral-water interfaces.

Andre Stack (ORNL, USA) and Yandi Hu (University of Houston). Pore-size dependence of carbonate mineral nucleation in confinement.

Jinhui Tao and Jim De Yoreo (PNNL, USA), Yung-Ching Chien (UCSF, USA), Dongbo Wang (NIST, USA) & Adam Wallace (Delaware Unversity, USA). Amorphous precursor pathways in apatite biomineralization.

Ian Bourg (Princeton Univ., USA), Laurent Michot (PHENIX, Paris), Carlos Pina (Universidad Complutense, Madrid) Namhey Lee and Glenn Waychunas (LBNL, USA). Heterogeneous nucleation processes.

Francisco Martinez-Casado (MAX-Lab, Sweden). Polymesomorphism.

Tomasz Stawski (Univ. Leeds, UK), Agnieszka Poulain (ESRF) & Sylvain Grangeon (BRGM, France). PDF studies of poorly-crystalline minerals and amorphous precursors.

Alexander van Driessche (ISTerre, CNRS), Matthias Kellermeier (BASF). SAXS/WAXS studies of CaSO4 nucleation and growth.

Anna Llordes (CIC Energygune, Spain). Amorphous transition metal oxides for flexible electrochromics.

Links

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Lab supplies

Fisher Scientific - Chemicals
Welco - Portable peristaltic pumps
Labandco.com - Scientific Instruments
Direct Industry - Scientific Instruments
Carl Roth France - Chemicals, glassware
Milian - Labware
Presi - Polissage, solutions diamante, silica, tapis...
Eurisotop - Isotopes
Isoflex - Isotopes
Chemgas - Isotopes
Sigma Aldrich - Chemicals
Hilgenberg - Glass capillaries
Microlumen - Polyimide medical tubing
CMS - Glass and quartz capillaries
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Petrography - Thin sections, chemical analysis
Goodfellow - Mica

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Publications

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Citations : Researcher ID (ISIWeb), Google Scholar

Book Chapters

Advanced characterization for stabilization / solidification technologies. Bin Ma, Jinqin Yang, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Alexander Lyubartsev, Laurent Charlet. Low Carbon Stabilization and Solidification of Hazardous Wastes (2021). Elsevier.
Physicochemistry of Pure Lead(II) Soaps : Crystal Structures, Solid and Liquid Mesophases, and Glass Phases – Crystallographic, Calorimetric, and Pair Distribution Function Analysis. Francisco J. Martínez-Casado, José A. Rodríguez-Cheda, Miguel Ramos-Riesco, María Isabel Redondo-Yélamos, Fabio Cucinotta and Alejandro Fernández-Martínez. Metal Soaps in Art (2019). Cultural Heritage Science. Springer, Cham, pp 227-239.
Structural characteristics and the occurrence of polyamorphism in amorphous calcium carbonate. Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Hugo Lopez-Martinez and Dongbo Wang. New Perspectives on Mineral Nucleation and Growth (2017). Springer, Cham, pp. 77-92.
Physico-chemical properties of imogolite. Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez & Laurent J. Michot. Developments in Clay Science. Nanosized Tubular Clay Minerals — Halloysite and Imogolite (2016) v. 7, p. 202-222
In Situ Investigations of Carbonate Nucleation on Mineral and Organic Surfaces. James J. De Yoreo, Glenn A. Waychunas, Young-Shin Jun, and Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez. Geochemistry of Geologic CO2 Sequestration, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2013) v. 77, p. 229-257
Pollutant speciation in water and related environmental treatment issues In Neutron applications in Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences. Neutron scattering applications and techniques' series. Edited by Liang L., Rinaldi R. and Schober H. Springer Ed. (2009). Cuello G. J., Roman-Ross G., Fernandez-Martinez A., Sobolev O., Charlet L. and Skipper N. T.

Journal articles

* Student or postdoc

2026

*Assessing the Hydraulic Properties and Binder Composition of Mortars in Ancient Roman Aqueducts and Cisterns. Laura Calzolari, Alejandro Fernández-Martínez, Valérie Magnin, Laura Medeghini, Silvano Mignardi. Submitted (2026)
*Influence of redox atmospheres on selenate retention by mackinawite, magnetite and pyrite. Kaifeng Wang, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Nicolas Menguy, Laura Simonelli, Benoit Madé, Pierre Hénocq, Bin Ma, Laurent Charlet. Journal of Hazardous Materials 508, 141869 (2026)
*The 3D submicron-scale skeletal reconstruction of Nannoconus (Cretaceous calcareous nannofossil) – Insights into biomineralization. Rajkumar Chowdhury, Redhouane Boudjehem, Baptiste Suchéras-Marx, Maxime Dupraz, Anico Kulow, Julio Cesar da Silva, Jean Louis Hazemann, Marie-Pierre Aubry, Javier Pérez, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, and Fabienne Giraud. Biogeosciences, 23, 2023–2043 (2026)
*Characterization of the nature of Organic matter in carbonate rocks : Implications for geological and environmental studies. Alicia Moya, Rajkumar Chowdhury, Yves Perrette, Fabienne Giraud, Laurent Charlet, Christophe Sandt, Hugo Chauvet, Frederic Jamme, Alexander Van Driessche, Alejandro Fernandez‐Martinez. Journal of Geophysical Research : Biogeosciences 131 (3), e2025JG009197 (2026)
*Comparative evaluation of deep learning architectures for bioclast classification in atomic force microscopy images. Alicia Moya, Adrián Inés, Francisco Cedrón, Carlos Fernández-Lozano, Alejandro Fernández-Martínez, Jónathan Heras. Systems and Soft Computing 8, 200458 (2026)
*Additive-specific modulation of non-classical nucleation pathways. Annet Baken, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Martine Lanson, Xavier M Aretxabaleta, Hegoi Manzano, Matthias Kellermeier, Marco Di Michiel, Alexander ES Van Driessche. Nature Communications, 17, 1925 (2026).
*Dynamic Flat Field Correction for High Quality PDF Data. Annet Baken, Stefano Checchia, Marco Di Michiel, Gavin Vaughan, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez and Alexander E.S. Van Driessche. Journal of Applied Crystallography, in press (2026).

2025

Single rhenium atoms on nanomagnetite : Probing the recharge process that controls the fate of rhenium in the environment. Rongrong Ding, Carolina Guida, Carolyn I Pearce, Elke Arenholz, Jean-Marc Grenèche, Alexandre Gloter, Andreas C Scheinost, Kristina O Kvashnina, Kaifeng Wang, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Yang Mu, Kevin M Rosso, Laurent Charlet. Science Advances 11(20) eadq3650 (2025)
Adsorption of rare earth elements (REEs) onto schwertmannite and basaluminite from acid mine drainage to estuary water. Joan Gutiérrez-León, Sergio Carrero, Devis Di Tommaso, Dimitrios Toroz, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Antonio Aguilar Tapia, Josep M Soler, Jordi Cama. Environmental Science : Processes & Impacts, 27, 3612-3627 (2025)
A mineral world. AES Van Driessche, A Fernandez-Martinez. Elements 21 (1), 10-17 (2025)
Pb-induced retardation of early hydration of Portland cement : Insights from in-situ XRD and implications for substitution with industrial by-products. Yikai Liu, Maria Chiara Dalconi, Maurizio Pietro Belloto, Luca Valentini, Simone Molinari, Xinyi Yuan, Daolin Wang, Wei Hu, Qiusong Chen, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Gilberto Artioli. Cement and Concrete Research, 193, 107867 (2025)
*High energy X-ray Scattering reveals the short-range order of proto-C-S-H : implications for the nucleation of cement hydrates. R. Besselink, A. Poulain, M. la Bella, A.-L. Auzende, S. Goberna-Ferron, M.P. Asta, V. Magnin, S. Bureau, L. Fernández-Carrasco, A.E.S. Van Driessche, A. Fernandez-Martinez. Cement and Concrete Research, 193, 107855 (2025)
Desorption of rare earth elements (REEs) from REE-rich schwertmannite under acid mine drainage (AMD) and AMD-seawater conditions. Joan Gutiérrez-Leon, Sergio Carrero, Devis Di Tommaso, Dimitrios Toroz, Alejandro Fernández-Martínez, Antonio Aguilar, Alba Lozano, Rafael Pérez-López, Josep M. Soler and Jordi Cama. Chemical Geology, 674, 122588 (2025)

2024

From Ions to Crystals : A Comprehensive View of the Non-Classical Nucleation of Calcium Sulfate. Matthias Kellermeier, Johanna Scheck, Markus Drechsler, Rose Rosenberg, Tomasz M. Stawski, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Denis Gebauer and Alexander E. S. Van Driessche. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63(51), e202408429 (2024)
*A high-throughput approach to assess the performance of antiscaling agents during mineral precipitation from seawater and hard water. Agnieszka Poulain, Rogier Besselink, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Matthias Kellermeier, Alexander E.S. Van Driessche. Npj Clean Water, 7, 30 (2024)
Recommendations and good practices for Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) analyses at low concentrations. Delphine Tisserand, Damien Daval, Laurent Truche, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Géraldine Sarret, Lorenzo Spadini, Julien Némery. MethodsX, 12, 102663 (2024).
(2024).
The Effect of Solution Stoichiometry on BaSO₄ Crystallisation from Turbidity Measurements and Modeling. Vincent Peters, Annet Baken, Sergěj Seepma, Janou Koskamp, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Alexander E.S. Van Driessche, Mariette Wolthers. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63, 1, 78–88 (2024).
*Water dynamics in calcium silicate hydrates probed by inelastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations Zhanar Zhakiyeva, Valérie Magnin, Agnieszka Poulain, Sylvain Campillo, María Pilar Asta, Rogier Besselink, Stéphane Gaboreau, Francis Claret, Sylvain Grangeon, Svemir Rudic, Stéphane Rols, Mónica Jiménez-Ruiz, Ian C. Bourg, Alexander E.S. Van Driessche, Gabriel J. Cuello & Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez. Cement and Concrete Research, 184, 107616 (2024)

2023

New insights into the nucleation of portlandite and the effects of polymeric additives. Benjamin Madeja, Denis Gebauer, Maximilian R. Marsiske, Andreas Ott, Markus Rückel, Rose Rosenberg, Annet Baken, Tomasz M. Stawski, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Alexander E.S. Van Driessche, Helmut Colfen, Matthias Kellermeier. Cement and Concrete Research, 173, 107258 (2023).
Calcium speciation and coordination environment in intracellular amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) formed by cyanobacteria. Neha Mehta, Delphine Vantelon, Juliette Gaëtan, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Karim Benzerara. Chemical Geology, 641, 121765 (2023).
*Mechanisms and kinetics of C-S-H nucleation approaching the spinodal line : Insights into the role of organics additives. Christophe Labbez, Lina Bouzouaid, Alexander E.S. Van Driessche, Wai Li Ling, Juan Carlos Martinez, Barbara Lothenbach, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez. Cement and Concrete Research, 173, 107299 (2023).
Immobilisation of contaminants by ‘green'-synthesized magnetite as a remediation approach to the phosphogypsum waste leachates model solution. Evgenia Maria Papaslioti, Philippe Le Bouteiller, Hugo Carreira, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Laurent Charlet. Journal of Environmental Management, 341, 117997 (2023).
*Exploring carbonate rock wettability across scales : role of (bio)minerals. Alicia Moya, Fabienne Giraud, Valerie Molinier, Yves Perrette, Laurent Charlet, Alexander Van Driessche, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 642, 747-756 (2023).
*Hierarchical synchrotron diffraction and imaging study of the calcium sulfate hemihydrate–gypsum transformation. Michela La Bella, Rogier Besselink, Jonathan P. Wright, Alexander E.S. Van Driessche, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Carlotta Giacobbe. Journal of Applied Crystallography, 56, 660-672 (2023).
*Deciphering strontium sulfate precipitation via Ostwald's rule of stages : From prenucleation clusters to solution-mediated phase tranformation. A. R. Lauer, R. Hellmann, G. Montes-Hernandez, N. Findling, W. L. Ling, T. Epicier, A. Fernandez-Martinez and A. E. S. Van Driessche. Journal of Chemical Physics, 158, 054501 (2023).

2022

Bioenergetic control of soil organic carbon persistence across depth. Ludovic Henneron, Jerôme Balesdent, Gaël Alvarez, Pierre Barré, François Baudin, Isabelle Basile-Doelsch, Lauric Cécillon, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Christine Hatté and Sébastien Fontaine. Nature Communications, 13, 7676 (2022).
Water adsorption on mica surfaces with hydrophilicity tuned by counterion type (Na, K, Cs) and structural fluorination. Ayumi Koishi, Sang Soo Lee, Paul Fenter, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Ian C. Bourg. J. Phys. Chem. C, 126, 38, 16447–16460 (2022).
Size and strain of zinc sulfide nanoparticles altered by interaction with organic molecules. Maureen Le Bars, Clément Levard, Samuel Legros, Vladimir Vidal, Alejandro Fernandez Martinez, F. Marc Michel, Antoine Thill, Bénédicte Prelot, Gabrielle Dublet-Adli, Daniel Borschneck, Jérôme Rose, Emmanuel Doelsch. Environmental Science & Technology, 56 (23), 16831-16837 (2022).
*Nucleation precursors compatible with a single energy barrier : catching the non-classical culprit. A.R. Lauer, M.A. Durán-Olivencia, A. Fernandez-Martinez, A.E.S. Van Driessche. Faraday Discussions, 235, 95-108 (2022).
Effects of Aluminum Incorporation on Schwertmannite Structure and Surface Properties. Sergio Carrero, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Rafael Pérez-López, Jordi Cama, Catherine Dejoie, José Miguel Nieto. Environmental Science : Processes & Impacts, 24, 1383-1391 (2022).
*Selenium nanowire formation by reaction of selenate with magnetite. Agnieszka Poulain, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Jean-Marc Greneche, Damien Prieur, Andreas Scheinost, Nicolas Menguy, Sarah Bureau, Valerie Magnin, Nathaniel Findling, Jakub Drnec, Isaac Martens, Marta Mirolo, Laurent Charlet. Environmental Science & Technology, 56, 20, 14817–14827 (2022).
*Structure of water adsorbed on nanocrystalline calcium silicate hydrate determined from neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations. Zhanar Zhakiyeva, Gabriel J. Cuello, Henry Fischer, Daniel Bowron, Catherine Dejoie, Valerie Magnin, Sylvain Campillo, Sarah Bureau, Agnieszka Poulain, Rogier Besselink, Stephane Gaboreau, Sylvain Grangeon, Francis Claret, Ian C. Bourg, Alexander E. S. Van Driessche, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez. J. Phys. Chem. C, 126, 30, 12820–12835 (2022).
*Gluconate and hexitol effects on C-S-H solubility. Lina Bouzouaid, Barbara Lotehnbach, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Christophe Labbez. Cement and Concrete Research, 160, 106894 (2022).
*Redox interaction between selenite and mackinawite in cement pore water. Kaifeng Wang, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Laura Simonelli, Benoit Madé, Pierre Henocq, Bin Ma, Laurent Charlet. Environmental Science & Technology, 56, 9, 5602–5610 (2022).

2021

*Portlandite solubility and Ca2+ activity in presence of gluconate and hexitols. Lina Bouzouaid, Barbara Lotehnbach, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Christophe Labbez. Cement and Concrete Research, 149, 106563 (2021).
*Influence of silica coatings on magnetite-catalyzed selenium reduction. Sara Goberna-Ferrón, Maria Pilar Asta, Bahareh Zareeipolgardani, Sarah Bureau, Nathaniel Findling, Laura Simonelli, Jean-Marc Greneche, Laurent Charlet, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez. Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 3021-3031 (2021).
Carbonation of calcium-magnesium pyroxenes : Physical-chemical controls and effects of reaction-driven fracturing. Luis Monasterio-Guillot, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Encarnacion Ruiz-Agudo, Carlos Rodriguez-Navarro. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, in press (2021).
In situ Formation of Silver Nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) onto Textile Fibers. German Montes-Hernandez, Mahaut Di Girolamo, Géraldine Sarret, Sarah Bureau, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Cécile Lelong, Elise Eymard Vernain. ACS Omega, 6(2), 1316–1327 (2021).
Synchrotron-based spectroscopic study on structural incorporation pathways of FeIII in the zeolite framework. Ma, Bin ; Fernandez-Martinez, Alejandro ; Mancini, Andrea ; Lothenbach, Barbara. Cement and Concrete Research, 140, 106304 (2021).

2020

*Nanoscale ion dynamics controls on amorphous calcium carbonate crystallization : precise control of calcite crystal sizes. Maria Asta, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Juan Alonso, Laurent Charlet, Nathaniel Findling, Valerie Magnin, Beatrice Ruta, Michael Sprung, Fabian Westermeier. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 124, 46, 25645–25656 (2020).
Curvature-induced hydrophobicity at imogolite-water interfaces. Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Jinhui Tao, Adam F. Wallace, Ian C. Bourg, Mark R. Johnson, James J. De Yoreo, Garrison Sposito, Gabriel J. Cuello and Laurent Charlet. Environmental Science : Nano, 7, 2759-2772 (2020). Correction.
CO2 sequestration and simultaneous zeolite production by carbonation of coal fly ash : impact on the trapping of toxic elements. Luis Monasterio-Guillot, Pedro Alvarez-Lloret, Aurelia Ibañez-Velasco, Alex Fernandez-Martinez, Encarnacion Ruiz Agudo, Carlos Rodriguez-Navarro. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 40, 101263 (2020).
Monitoring a Mechanochemical Reaction Reveals the Formation of a New ACC Defect Variant Containing the HCO3- Anion Encapsulated by an Amorphous Matrix. Phil Opitz, Maria P Asta, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Martin Panthöfer, Anke Kabelitz, Franziska Emmerling, Mihail Mondeshki, Wolfgang Tremel. Crystal Growth and Design, 20, 10, 6831–6846 (2020).
*The influence of surface composition on the reactivity of pyrite toward aqueous U(VI). Bin Ma, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Mingliang Kang, Kaifeng Wang, Aled R. Lewis, Thierry G.G. Maffeis, Nathaniel Findling, Eduardo Salas-Colera, Delphine Tisserand, Laurent Charlet. Environmental Science & Technology, 54, 13, 8104–8114 (2020).
*Selenite Sorption on Hydrated CEM-V/A Cement in the Presence of Steel Corrosion Products : Redox vs. Non-redox Sorption. Bin Ma, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Kaifeng Wang, Benoît Madé, Pierre Henocq, Delphine Tisserand, Sarah Bureau, Laurent Charlet. Environmental Science & Technology, 54, 4, 2344-2352 (2020).
*Sorption of rare earth elements on schwertmannite and their mobility in acid mine drainage treatments. Alba Lozano, Carlos Ayora, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez. Applied Geochemistry, 113, 104499 (2020).
Effects of redox oscillations on the phosphogypsum waste in an estuarine salt-marsh system. Evgenia Maria Papaslioti, Rafael Pérez-López, Annika Parviainen, Van T.H. Phan, Claudio Marchesi, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Carlos Garrido, José M. Nieto, Laurent Charlet. Chemosphere (2020) 242, 125174.

2019

*Solid and aqueous speciation of yttrium in passive remediation systems of acid mine drainage. Alba Lozano, Alejandro Fernández-Martínez, Carlos Ayora, Devis Di Tommaso, Agnieszka Poulain, Mauro Rovezzi and Carlo Marini. Environmental Science & Technology (2019), 53, 19, 11153-11161.
Physical properties of interfacial layers developed on weathered silicates : a case study based on labradorite feldspar. Bastien Wild, Damien Daval, Jean-Sebastien Micha, Ian C. Bourg, Claire White, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2019), 123, 40, 24520-24532.
*Sorption of rare earth elements onto basaluminite : The role of sulfate and pH. Alba Lozano, Carlos Ayora, Alejandro Fernández-Martínez. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2019) 258 (1) 50-62.
*Surface wetting controls calcium carbonate crystallization kinetics. Ayumi Koishi, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Alexander E. S. Van Driessche, Laurent J. Michot, Carlos M. Pina, Carlos Pimentel, Byeongdu Lee, German Montes-Hernandez. Chemistry of Materials (2019) 31 (9), pp 3340–3348.
Impact of As(V) on precipitation and transformation of schwertmannite in acid mine drainage-impacted waters. Pablo Cruz-Hernández, Sergio Carrero, Rafael Pérez-López, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Matthew B. J. Lindsay, Jose M. Nieto. European. J. Mineralogy (2019) 31 (2) : 237-245.
Interplay of S and As in Mekong Delta sediments during redox oscillations Thi Hai Van Phan, Fabrizio Bardelli, Pierre Le Pape, Raoul-Marie Couture, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Delphine Tisserand, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Laurent Charlet. Geoscience Frontiers (2019) 10, 5, 1715-1729.
*Review of the retention mechanisms of redox-sensitive radionuclides in multi-barrier systems. Bin Ma, Laurent Charlet, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Mingliang Kang, Benoît Madé. Applied Geochemistry (2019) 100, 414-431.

2018

Control of calcium phosphate nucleation and transformation through co-assembly of enamelin and amelogenin exhibits the “Goldilocks effect”. Jinhui Tao, Remco Fijneman, Jiaqi Wan, Saumya Prajapati, Kaushik Mukherjee, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Janet Moradian-Oldak and James J. De Yoreo. Crystal Growth and Design,18, 12, 7391-7400 (2018).
*XANES-based determination of redox potentials imposed by steel corrosion products in cement-based media. Bin Ma, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Benoit Madé, Nathaniel Findling, Ekaterine Markelova, Eduardo Salas-Colera, Thierry Maffeis, Aled Lewis, Delphine Tisserand, Sarah Bureau, Laurent Charlet. Environmental Science and Technology, 52 (20), pp. 11931-11940 (2018).
*Local structure and ageing of basaluminite at different pH values and sulphate concentrations. Alba Lozano, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Carlos Ayora, Agnieszka Poulain. Chemical Geology, 496, pp. 25-33 (2018).
*The role of impurities in the kinetic persistence of amorphous calcium carbonate : a nanoscopic dynamics view. Ayumi Koishi, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Beatrice Ruta, Mónica Jiménez-Ruiz, Roberta Poloni, Devis di Tommaso, Federico Zontone, Glenn A. Waychunas and German Montes-Hernandez. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2018) 122 (29), pp 16983–16991.
Natural occurrence of nanocrystalline Al-hydroxysulfates : Insights on formation, Al solubility control and As retention. Christoph Wanner, Rosemarie Pöthig, Sergio Carrero, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Christian Jäger, Gerhard Furrer. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2018) 238, pp 252-269.
“On demand” triggered crystallization of CaCO3 from solute precursor species stabilized by the water-in-oil microemulsion. T. Stawski, T. Roncal-Herrero, A. Fernandez-Martinez, A. Matamoros Veloza, R. Kroeger, L. Benning. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2018) 20, pp 13825-13835.
Two-Step Nucleation Process of Calcium Silicate Hydrate, the Nano-Brick of Cement. Nina Krautwurst, Luc Nicoleau, Michael Dietzsch, Ingo Lieberwirth, Christophe Labbez, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Alexander van Driessche, Bastian Barton, Sebastian Leukel and Wolfgang Tremel. Chemistry of Materials (2018) 30 (9), pp 2895–2904.
*Selenite uptake by CaAl LDH : a description of intercalated anion coordination geometries. Bin Ma, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Sylvain Grangeon, Christophe Tournassat, Nathaniel Findling, Francis Claret, Sergio Carrero, Delphine Tisserand, Sarah Bureau, Erik Elkaïm, Carlo Marini, Giuliana Aquilanti, Ayumi Koishi, Nicolas C. M. Marty, Laurent Charlet. Environmental Science and Technology (2018) 52(3), 1624-1632.
Deciphering mineralogical changes and carbonation development during hydration and ageing of a consolidated ternary blended cement paste F. Claret, S. Grangeon, A. Loschetter, C. Tournassat, W. De Nolf, N. Harker, F. Boulahya, S. Gaboreau, Y. Linard, X. Bourbon, A. Fernandez-Martinez and J. Wright. IUCrJ (2018) 5(2)

2017

*The nanocrystalline structure of basaluminite, an aluminum hydroxide sulfate from acid mine drainage. S. Carrero, A. Fernandez-Martinez, R. Perez-Lopez, Daniel Lee, Giuliana Aquilanti, A. Poulain, A. Lozano, J.M. Nieto. American Mineralogist (2017) 102(12), 2381-2389.
Whole-nanoparticle atomistic modelling of the schwertmannite structure from total scattering data. M. Sestu, G. Navarra, S. Carrero, S. M. Valvidares, G. Aquilanti, R. Perez-Lopez, A. Fernandez-Martinez. Journal of Applied Crystallography (2017) 50(6), 1617-1626.
Lead(II) Soaps : Crystal Structures, Polymorphism, Solid and Liquid Mesophases,F. J. Martínez-Casado, M. Ramos-Riesco, J. A. Rodríguez-Cheda, M. I. Redondo-Yélamos, L. Garrido, A. Fernández-Martínez, J. García-Barriocanal, I. da Silva, M. Durán-Olivencia, A. Poulain. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2017) 19, 17009-17018.
Dynamics of altered surface layer formation on dissolving silicates. Damien Daval, Sylvain Bernard, Laurent Rémusat, Bastien Wild, François Guyot, Jean-Sébastien Micha, François Rieutord, Valérie Magnin, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2017) 209, 51-69.
*Evidence of multiple sorption modes in layered double hydroxides using Mo as structural probe. Bin Ma, A. Fernandez-Martinez, S. Grangeon, C. Tournassat, N. Findling, F. Claret, A. Koishi, N. C. M. Marty, D. Tisserand, S. Bureau, E. Salas-Colera, Erik Elkaïm, Carlo Marini, Laurent Charlet. Environmental Science & Technology (2017) 51 (10), 5531–5540.
In situ determination of the kinetics and mechanisms of nickel adsorption by nanocrystalline vernadite. Sylvain Grangeon, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Francis Claret, Nicolas Marty, Christophe Tournassat, Fabienne Warmont, Alexandre Gloter. Chemical Geology (2017) 459, 24–31.
In-operando evidence of deoxygenation in ionic liquid gating of YBa2Cu3O7-x. A. M. Perez-Muñoz, P. Schio, R. Poloni, A. Fernandez-Martinez, A. Rivera-Calzada, J. C. Cezar, E. Salas-Colera, G. Castro, Joe Kinney, C. Leon, J. Santamaria, J. Garcia-Barriocanal, A. M. Goldman. P.N.A.S. (2017) 114, 215–220.
*Arsenic and selenium scavenging by basaluminite : Insights into the reactivity of aluminum phases in acid mine drainage. S. Carrero, A. Fernandez-Martinez, R. Perez-Lopez, A. Poulain, E. Salas-Colera, J.M. Nieto. Environmental Science & Technology (2017) 51 (1), 28–37.
Quantitative X-ray pair distribution function analysis of nanocrystalline calcium silicate hydrates : a contribution to the understanding of cement chemistry. Sylvain Grangeon, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Alain Baronnet, Nicolas Marty, Agnieszka Poulain, Erik Elkaim, Cedric Roosz, Stephane Gaboreau, Pierre Henocq and Francis Claret. Journal of Applied Crystallography (2017) 50, 14-21.

2016

Dissolution-reprecipitation and self-assembly of proto-serpentine nanoparticles precedes the formation of chrysotile nanotubes : Insights into the structure of proto-serpentine. R. Lafay, A. Fernandez-Martinez, G. Montes-Hernandez, A.-L. Auzende and A. Poulain. American Mineralogist (2016) 101, 2666-2676.
Linear topology in amorphous metal oxide electrochromic networks obtained via low-temperature solution processing. A. Llordes, Y. Wang, A. Fernandez-Martinez, P. Xiao, T. Lee, A. Poulain, O. Zandi, C. A. Saez Cabezas, G. Henkelman, and D. J. Milliron. Nature Materials (2016) 15 (12), 1267.
Recovery of Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium from Passive Remediation Systems of Acid Mine Drainage. Carlos Ayora, Francisco Macias, Ester Torres, Alba Lozano, Sergio Carrero, Jose Miguel Nieto, Rafael Perez-Lopez, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez and Hiram Castillo. Environmental Science & Technology (2016) 50 (15), 8255–8262.
Heterogeneous Nucleation and Growth of Barium Sulfate at Organic-Water Interfaces : Interplay among Ba2+ Adsorption, Surface Hydrophobicity and Charge. Chong Dai, Andrew G. Stack, Ayumi Koishi, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Sang Soo Lee, and Yandi Hu. Langmuir (2016) 32, 5277–5284.
Distinct decalcification process of dentin by different cariogenic organic acids : Kinetics, ultrastructure and mechanical properties. Y.-C. Chien, A.K. Burwell, K. Saeki, A. Fernandez-Martinez, M.K. Pugach, G. Nonomura, S. Habelitz, S.P. Ho, M. Rapozo-Hilo, J.D. Featherstone, S.J. Marshall and G.W. Marshall. Archives of Oral Biology (2016) 63, 93-105.
Fate of Ag-NPs in sewage sludge after application on agricultural soils. A. Pradas del Real, H. Castillo-Michel, R. Kaegi, B. Sinnet, V. Magnin, N. Findling, J. Villanova, M. Carriere, C. Santaella, A. Fernandez-Martinez, C. Levard, G. Sarret. Environmental Science & Technology (2016) 50, 1759–1768

2015

*The potential role of aluminum oxyhydroxysulfates in the removal of contaminants in acid mine drainage. Sergio Carrero, Rafael Perez-Lopez, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Pablo Cruz-Hernandez, Carlos Ayora and Agnieszka Poulain. Chemical Geology (2015) 417, 414-423.
Cryptomelane formation from nanocrystalline vernadite precursor : a high energy X-ray scattering and transmission electron microscopy perspective on reaction mechanisms. Sylvain Grangeon, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Fabienne Warmont, Nicolas Marty, Agnieszka Poulain & Bruno Lanson. Geochemical Transactions (2015) 16, 12..
Study of the Polymorphism in Copper(II) Decanoate through its Phase Diagram with Decanoic Acid, and Texture of the Columnar Thermotropic Liquid Crystal Developable Domains in this and similar systems. M. Ramos Riesco, F. J. Martínez-Casado, J. A. Rodríguez Cheda, M. I. Redondo Yélamos, A. Fernández-Martínez, and S. López de Andrés. Crystal Growth and Design (2015) 15, 497–509.

2014

Investigating the crystallization process in a FeCrB metallic glass by combining magnetic and neutron thermo-diffraction experiments Gorria P., Fernandez-Martinez A., Santos J. D., Perez M. J. and Cuello G. J. Journal of Physics : Conference Series (2014) 549, 012018.
Short lead(II) soaps : from weakly fluorescent crystals to strongly phosphorescent and structurally varied vitreous phases. Francisco J. Martinez-Casado, Miguel Ramos-Riesco, Jose A. Rodriguez-Cheda, Fabio Cucinotta, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Leoncio Garrido, Emilio Matesanz, and Leonardo Marchese. Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2014) 2, 9489-9496
Oxygen spectromicroscopy of calcium carbonate minerals and biominerals. R. DeVol, R. Metzler, L. Kabalah-Amitai, B. Pokroy, Y. Politi, A. Gal, L. Addadi, S. Weiner, A. Fernandez-Martinez, R. Demichelis, J. Gale, J. Ihli, F. Meldrum, A. Blonsky, C. Killian, C. Salling, A. Young, M. Marcus, A. Scholl, A. Doran, C. Jenkins, H. Bechtel and PUPA Gilbert. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2014) 118 (28), 8449–8457
Pore-Size-Dependent Calcium Carbonate Precipitation Controlled by Surface Chemistry. Andrew G. Stack, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Lawrence F. Allard, Jose L. Bañuelos, Gernot Rother, Lawrence M. Anovitz, David R. Cole, Glenn A. Waychunas. Environmental Science & Technology (2014) 48 (11), 6177–6183
Interfacial Energies for Heterogeneous Nucleation of Calcium Carbonate on Mica and Quartz. Qingyun Li, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Byeongdu Lee, Glenn A. Waychunas and Young-Shin Jun. Environmental Science & Technology (2014) 48 (10), 5745–5753

2013

Microscopic Evidence for Liquid-Liquid Separation in Supersaturated CaCO3 Solutions Wallace A. F., Hedges L. O., Fernandez-Martinez A., Raiteri P., Whitelam S., Waychunas G. A., Gale J. D., Banfield J. F., De Yoreo J. J. Science (2013) 341, 885-889
Pressure-induced polyamorphism and formation of 'aragonitic' amorphous calcium carbonate Fernandez-Martinez A., Kalkan B., Clark S. M. and Waychunas G. A. Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. (2013) 52, 8354-8357
In situ determination of interfacial energies between heterogeneously nucleated CaCO3 and quartz substrates : Thermodynamics of CO2 mineral trapping. Fernandez-Martinez A., Hu Y., Lee B., Jun Y.-S. and Waychunas G. A. Environmental Science & Technology (2013) 47, 102-109.

2012

Order from disorder. Wang D. and Fernandez-Martinez A. Science (2012) 337, 812-813. Perspectives article.
Correlation between short range order and electrical conductivity in Agx(Ge0.25Se0.75)100-x glasses. Piarristeguy A.A., Cuello G.J., Fernandez-Martinez A., Cristiglio V., Johnson M.R. Ribes M., Pradel A. Physica Status Solidi B (2012) 249, 2028-2033.
Energetic and structural studies of amorphous Ca1-xMgxCO3 nH2O (0 < x <1). Radha A. V., Fernandez-Martinez A., Hu Y., Jun Y.-S., Waychunas G. A. and Navrotsky A. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2012) 90, 83-95.

2011

Spin-glass-like behaviour in ball milled Fe30Cr70 alloy studied by ac magnetic susceptibility Martinez-Blanco D., Gorria P., Fernandez-Martinez A., Perez M. J., Cuello G. J., Blanco J.A. Journal of Alloys and Compounds (2011) 509S, S397-S399.
Reactivity at mineral-water interfaces, redox processes, and arsenic transport in the environment Charlet L., Morin G., Rose J., Wang Y., Auffan M., Burnol A. and Fernandez-Martinez A. Comptes Rendus Geosciences (2011) 343, 123-139.

2010

The structure of schwertmannite, a nanocrystalline iron oxyhydroxysulfate Fernandez-Martinez A., Timon V., Roman-Ross G., Cuello G. J., Daniels J. E. and Ayora C. American Mineralogist, (2010) 95, 1312-1322.
Structural study of selenium(IV) substitutions in calcite Aurelio G., Fernandez-Martinez A., Cuello G. J., Roman-Ross G., Alliot I. and Charlet L. Chemical Geology, (2010) 270, 249-256.

2009

Novel method to estimate the linear growth rate of submicrometric calcite produced in a triphasic gas-liquid-solid system Montes-Hernandez G., Fernandez-Martinez A., Renard F. Crystal Growth and Design, (2009) 9, 4567-4573.
Stress-induced large Curie temperature enhancement in Fe64Ni36 Invar alloy Gorria P., Martinez-Blanco D., Perez M. J., Blanco J. A., Hernando A., Laguna-Marco M. A., Haskel D., Souza-Neto N., Smith R. I., Marshall W. G., Garbarino G., Mezouar M., Fernandez-Martinez A., Chaboy J., Fernandez-Barquin L., Rodriguez Castrillon J. A., Moldovan M., Garcia Alonso J. I., Zhang J., Llobet A., Jiang J. S. Physical Review B (2009) 80, 064421.
Stress-induced Curie temperature increase in the Fe64Ni36 Invar alloy Gorria P., Boada R., Fernandez-Martinez A., Garbarino G., Smith R. I., Chaboy J., Garcia Alonso J. I., Martinez-Blanco D., Castro G. R., Mezouar M., Hernando A. and Blanco J. A. Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters (2009) 4, 115-117.
Selenium bioavailability and cycling in the environment : a structural chemist point of view Fernandez-Martinez A. and Charlet L. Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology (2009) 8, 81-110.

2008

X-ray absorption and photoelectron spectroscopy investigation of selenite reduction by Fe(II)-bearing minerals Scheinost A. C., Kirsch R., Banerjee D., Fernandez-Martinez A., Zaenker H., Funke H., Charlet L. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (2008) 102, 228-245.
Structural and magnetic study of mechanically-alloyed Fe30Cr70 by neutron thermo-diffractometry and magnetization measurements Fernandez-Martinez A., Martinez-Blanco D., Perez M. J., Cuello G. J., Castro G. R., Gorria P. and Blanco J. A. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids (2008) 354, 5156-5158.
Synthesis of a Se(0)/calcite composite using hydrothermal carbonation of Ca(OH)2 coupled to a complex selenocystine fragmentation Montes-Hernandez G., Fernandez-Martinez A., Scheinost A. C., Bueno M., Charlet L. and Renard F. Crystal Growth and Design (2008) 8, 2497-2504.
Arsenate incorporation in gypsum probed by neutron, X-ray scattering and DFT modelling Fernandez-Martinez A., Cuello G. J., Johnson M. R., Bardelli F., Roman-Ross G., Charlet L. and Turrillas X. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2008) 112, 5159-5166.
Textural properties of synthetic nano-calcite produced by hydrothermal carbonation of calcium hydroxide Montes-Hernandez G., Fernandez-Martinez A., Charlet L., Tisserand D. and Renard F. Journal of Crystal Growth (2008) 310, 2946-2953.

2007

Electron transfer at the mineral/water interface : Selenium reduction by ferrous iron sorbed on clay Charlet L., Scheinost A. C., Tournassat C., Greneche J. M., Gehin A., Fernandez-Martinez A., Coudert S., Tisserand D. and Brendle J. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta (2007) 71, 5731-5749.
Ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations of the structure of liquid aluminates Cristiglio V., Hennet L., Cuello G. J., Johnson M. R., Fernandez-Martinez A., Fischer H. E., Pozdnyakova I., Zanghi D., Brassamin S., Brun J. F. and Price D. L. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids (2007) 353, 1789-1792.
Structure of chalcogenide glasses by neutron diffraction Cuello G. J., Piarristeguy A. A., Fernandez-Martinez A., Fontana M. and Pradel A. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids (2007) 353, 729-732.
Kinetics of crystallization of FeB-based amorphous alloys studied by neutron thermodiffractometry Fernandez-Martinez A., Gorria P., Cuello G. J., Santos J. D. and Perez M. J. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids (2007) 353, 855-858.

2006

Arsenic uptake by gypsum and calcite : modeling and probing by neutron and x-ray scattering Fernandez-Martinez A., Roman-Ross G., Cuello G. J., Turrillas X., Charlet L., Johnson M. R. and Bardelli F. Physica B : Condensed Matter (2006) 385-386, 935-937.
Arsenite sorption and co-precipitation by calcite Roman-Ross G., Cuello G. J., Turrillas X., Fernandez-Martinez A. and Charlet L. Chemical Geology (2006) 233, 328.

2005

Structural evolution and magnetic properties in Fe70Cr10B20 ribbons Santos J. D., Olivera J., Gorria P., Perez M. J., Sanchez M. L., Hernando B., Prida V. M., Fernandez-Martinez A. and Cuello G. J. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2005) 294, e155-e158.