Curriculum Vitae, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, October 2018

Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez

CNRS Research Scientist

ISTerre, 1381 rue de la Piscine, 38041 Grenoble, France

Phone: +33 476635197 (office ISTerre)

Phone: +33 698873914 (cell phone)

Email: Alex.Fernandez-Martinez@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

http://isterre/alex-fernandez-martinez

Nationality: Spanish

Date of Birth: April 11, 1981

1. Research Interests

- Structure and reactivity of amorphous and nanocrystalline environmental materials. Environmental mineralogy: study of metal/metalloid and REE retention by poorly crystalline minerals in acid mine drainage settings.

- Mineral formation processes. mechanisms of homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation, role of amorphous precursors, pre-nucleation clusters and aggregation-based nucleation and growth. Impact of nano-confinement on the thermodynamics and kinetics of mineral nucleation in pore spaces.

- Interfacial geochemistry. In-situ studies of nucleation and dissolution processes. Development of synchrotron X-ray techniques for heterogeneous nucleation and dissolution studies (In situ GISAXS and X-ray reflectivity).

2. Research appointments and education

2015 – present

Visiting Scientist, ESRF, Structure of Materials Group

2012 – present

CNRS Research Scientist, CR1. ISTerre, Grenoble, France. Concours CNRS 2011.

2010 – 2012 Postdoctoral fellow. Center for Nanoscale Control of Geologic CO2, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA.

2009 Postdoctoral fellow. LGIT-CNRS. RECOSY project.

2006-2009 Graduate student, University Joseph Fourier and Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France.

2005-2006 Fellowship “Large Scale Facilities: training on neutron scattering” funded by the Spanish Minister of Education and Research at the Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France.

1999 – 2004 M. Sc. Physics Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

3. Students and postdocs

Postdocs

2017-2018 – Christine Browne – “Aggregation of CaSO4 species from the nanometer scale to the formation of gypsum particles in the presence of polymers”. Funded by BASF Construction Solutions.

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2018-2020 – Maria Pilar Asta – “Amorphous precursors in biomineralization”. Marie Curie grant.

2018-2021 – Rogier Besselink – “In situ studies of multi-step nucleation pathways in natural and engineered cements”. Funded by the ANR-JCJC ‘NUANCE’ (French Ministery of Research competitive grant).

2018-2019 – Sara Goberna Ferron – “Surface chemistry of magnetite nanoparticles”. Funded by an industrial collaboration with BioMerieux (Grenoble, France).

Ph.D Students

2019-2022 – XXXX (being hired) – “Mineral nucleation in confined media”. Main supervisor. Co-supervised with Alexander Van Driessche (ISTerre) and Roland Hellmann (ISTerre).

2017-2020 – Zhanar Zhakiyeva – “Structure and dynamics of water in ordinary Portland and low CO2 cements”. Main supervisor. Co-supervised with Alexander Van Driessche (ISTerre) and Gabriel J. Cuello (ILL).

2017-2021 – Lina Atar Bouzouaid (33%) – “Impact of small organic molecules on the nucleation of calcium silicate hydrate”. Co-supervised with Christophe Labbez (CNRS Dijon) and Barbara Lothenbach (EMPA, Switzerland).

2015-2019 – Alba Lozano-Letellier – “REE mineralogy and recovery from Acid Mine Drainage remediation systems”. Co-supervised with Carlos Ayora (IDAEA, CSIC, Spain).

2014-2017 - Ayumi Koishi – “Carbonate mineral nucleation pathways: The amorphous precursor strategy”. Main supervisor. Co-supervised with German Montes-Hernandez (ISTerre). Thesis finished in October 2017. Now postdoc at Princeton University (USA).

2014-2017 - Bin Ma – “Structure and reactivity of double layer hydroxides in the context of nuclear waste disposal”. Co-supervised with Laurent Charlet (ISTerre). Thesis finished in December 2017. Now postdoc at EMPA (Switzerland).

2011-2015 - Sergio Carrero-Romero (50%) – “Structural and geochemical characterization of Al and Fe Minerals with low crystallinity: Implication for contaminant mobility”. Co-advised with Rafael Perez-Lopez and Jose Manuel Nieto Liñan (Univ. Huelva, Spain). Thesis finished in June 2016. Now postdoc at LBNL (USA).

Master and License students

2017 – Antoine Bourdin - IUT Mesures Physiques. "Development of a new UV-vis based method to study heterogeneous mineral nucleation”. Co-supervised with A. Van Driessche (ISTerre).

2016 – Ruben Soria Martinez – M2 Chemistry, Universidad de Oviedo (Spain). "Understanding wettability properties of mineral nanotubes of environmental and geological interest with Molecular Dynamics simulations"

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"

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4. Teaching

2018: Lecturer ‘Surface-interface characterization methods’, Doctoral course ‘Methodes

physiques de characterization’, Univ. Grenoble Alpes.

2016: Lecturer ‘Surface-interface characterization methods’, Doctoral course ‘Methodes

physiques de characterization’, Univ. Grenoble Alpes.

2015: Lecturer ‘Nanoparticle characterization methods’, Master 2 on ‘Biotechnology’, UFR

Pharmacie, Universite Joseph-Fourier de Grenoble.

2014: Lecturer ‘Nanoparticle characterization methods’, Master 2 on the ‘Toxicology of

Nanoparticles’, UFR Pharmacie, Universite Joseph-Fourier de Grenoble.

5. Academic and industrial research contracts

2019-2023 – ANR-PRCE (co-PI; 608 k€). “Dynamic characterization and modeling of coupled structural - chemical - and transport processes: a multiscale approach”

2018-2019 – BioMerieux (industrial contract) (PI; 100 k€). “Synthesis of inorganic nanoparticles”. Including funding for one postdoc.

2018-2021 – ANR-JCJC (PI; 279 k€). “Multi-step nucleation pathways in natural and engineered cements”

2018-2020 – Marie Curie Slowdoska Fellowship project (PI; 173 k€). “Amorphous precursors in biomineralization”. Maria Pilar Asta postdoc.

2017 – Project Atomic Force Microscopy (co-PI; 80 k€). Acquisition of an AFM at ISTerre. Funded by LABEX OSUG@2020.

2016-2018 - BASF (industrial contract) (PI; 165 k€). Development of in situ methods to study the heterogeneous nucleation.

2017-2018 - BASF Construction Materials (industrial contract) (co-PI; 120 k€). Face-specific interactions between gypsum crystals. This project funds the postdoc of Christine Browne, started in July 2017.

2017-2021 - NANOCEM (co-PI; 350 k€). Activities and nucleation processes in the SiO2-CaO-H2O-Organics system. Project devoted to the study of nucleation processes in C-S-H in the presence of small organic molecules. Including a 4-year Ph.D. thesis.

2015-2016 - Project EC2CO NUCLEATION (PI; 28 k€). Understanding mineral nucleation and precipitation in environmental and porous media. Funded by CNRS-INSU.

2015-2016 - Project WetNanotube (PI; 25 k€). Understanding wettability properties of mineral nanotubes of environmental and geological interest. Funded by AGIR (Univ. Grenoble Alpes).

2015 - Project TGA-DSC (PI; 40 k€). Acquisition of a TGA-DSC at ISTerre. Funded by LABEX OSUG@2020.

2015-2017 - PICS ISTerre-ORNL (PI; 5 k€ / year): Funding trips to and from Oak-Ridge National Laboratory (USA).

2014-2015 - Defi NEEDS – Mission interdisciplinaire du CNRS (PI; 40 k€). “Anionic exchange of radionuclides in sulfate-bearing cement phases”

2013-2015 – “AMICO” (PI; 19 k€). “Nucleation, growth and aggregation behavior of Al and Fe sulfate oxyhydroxide mineral colloids from Acid Mine Drainage”. Funded by LABEX OSUG@2020 and BQR (ISTerre internal call).

2013 - “Nano-Espagne” - Campus France (PI ; 10 k€). Travel support between Grenoble and Univ. Huelva (Rio Tinto site).

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6. Consulting activities

2016-2018 - Biomerieux: consulting activities related to the synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials.

7. Invited seminars and conferences

Invited speaker. “Water and ionic dynamics in amorphous carbonates probed by neutron and X-ray scattering”. Nanoscale interfacial geochemistry in extreme environments. Goldschmidt Conference 2018. Boston, 13-18 August 2018.

Invited speaker. “C-S-H nucleation pathways”. Calcium-silicate hydrates containing aluminium: C-A-S-H II”. EMPA, Dubendorf, 23-24 April 2018.

Invited speaker. “Multi-step crystallization pathways in natural and engineered cements”. Seminar on crystallization under extreme conditions. Sociedad Española de Mineralogia. Oviedo (Spain), 4 July 2017.

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.

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.

Invited seminar. “New insights into carbonate mineral nucleation pathways”. School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK. May 2015.

Invited seminar. “CaCO3 amorphous precursors”. Laboratoire LIONS, CEA Saclay, France. April 2015.

Invited speaker. “Deciphering the role of water in amorphous carbonate precursors”. Goldschmidt Conference 2014, Sacramento, USA. June 2014.

Invited seminar. “Carbonate mineral nucleation on flat surfaces and in pores”. University of Lausanne, Switzerland. October 2013.

Invited seminar. “Carbonate mineral nucleation pathways”. Institut de Minéralogie et Physique des Milieux Condensés. Paris, France. October 2013.

Invited seminar. “Carbonate Mineral Nucleation on Flat Mineral Substrates and in Confinement”. School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University, USA. September 2012.

Invited speaker. “Carbonate Mineral Nucleation Pathways in Geological Carbon Sequestration”. Young Engineers + Scientists Symposium. Session on CO2 Capture and Sequestration. Berkeley, USA. March 2012.

Invited speaker. “Carbonate mineral nucleation pathways”. Energy Frontier Research Centers Forum. Washington DC, USA. May 2011.

Invited speaker. “Structure and reactivity of natural nanoparticles”. V Meeting of the Spanish Neutron Scattering Society. Gijon, Spain, June 2010.

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8. Professional responsibilities and services for the academic community

Symposium organizer

2018: “Fluid/Biomatrix-Mineral Interactions: Interfacial Processes”. Session at Goldschmidt Conference, August 2018. Co-conveners: Adam Wallace (Delaware Univ.), Henry Teng (George Washington Univ.), Juliane Weber (ORNL).

2018: User Dedicated Symposium on “Metallurgy and Materials Processing”. ESRF Users Meeting, Grenoble, 5-7 February 2018.

2017: “Reactivity of Cementitious Materials from Advanced Characterization Techniques”. Session at the 253rd American Chemical Society Meeting. San Francisco (USA) April 2-7 2017. Co-conveners: Bin Ma (ISTerre), N. Gang and Claire White (U. Princeton).

2017: User Dedicated Symposium on “Operando structural studies in materials science”. ESRF Users Meeting, Grenoble, 6-8 February 2017.

2016: User Dedicated Symposium on “X-ray coherence and diffraction”. ESRF Users Meeting, Grenoble, 8-10 February 2016.

2015: “Precipitation, Dissolution and Adsorption under Confinement', 249th American Chemical Society Meeting, Denver (USA) March 22-26 2015. Co-convener: Andrew Stack (ORNL).

2015: “Classical and non-classical perspectives on mineral nucleation and growth”. Session at the Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, August 2015. Co-conveners: Denis Gebauer, Matthias Kellermeier and Alexander van Driessche.

2014: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Biomineralization School (December 2014), organized by LABEX MATISSE and the IMPMC.

2014: “Nanoparticles, colloids and environnement”. Session at the Reunion de Sciences de la Terre, Pau, October 2014. Co-conveners: Sylvain Grangeon (BRGM), Philippe Le Coustumer (U. Bordeaux), Gaëtane Lespès (IPREM, Pau) and Serge Stöll (U. Genève).

2013: “Reactivity of Water-(Gas)-mineral Interfaces from the Nano to the Macroscopic Scale: Implications for Weathering, CO2 Sequestration and Energy-Related Studies”. Session at Goldschmidt Conference, August 2013. Co-conveners: Damien Daval (CNRS) and Kate Maher (Stanford University).

2011: “Water Structure and Hydrogen Bonding on Mineral and Nanoparticle Surfaces”. Session at Goldschmidt Conference, August 2011. Co-convener: Glenn A. Waychunas (LBNL).

Professional services

2015-2019: ESRF user representative for the ‘Surfaces & Interfaces’ scientific community

2016-2019: Elected member of the laboratory council at ISTerre.

Editorial work

2012-present: Associate Editor, American Mineralogist

2017-present: Associate Editor, Frontiers in Earth Sciences journal

2014-2019: Coordinator of the Special Collection ‘Nanominerals and Mineral Nanoparticles’ at the American Mineralogist.

2018-present: Associate Editor, PLOS One

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Reviewer

External Reviewer for the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron since 2012 (~15 proposals/year).

Reviews for the National Science Foundation (NSF), USA (~1 proposal/year) and ANR (~1 proposal/year).

Scientific journals: Science, PNAS, Angewandte Chimie Int. Ed., Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Chemical Geology, Environmental Science & Technology, American Mineralogist, European Journal of Mineralogy, Clays and Clay Minerals, Applied Crystallography, Geoderma, Applied Clay Sciences, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Applied Physics A, Crystal Growth and Design, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals & Engineering Chemistry Research

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Publications

Google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=rwx9d_sAAAAJ&hl=en

H-index = 21; Total citations = 1690 (October 2018)

Book Chapters

4. 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.

3. 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

2. 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

1. 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.

Peer-reviewed articles (*Student or postdoc)

62. 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. Submitted (2018).

61. *Multiple barrier concept applied to redox-sensitive radionuclides. Bin Ma, Laurent Charlet,

Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Mingliang Kang, Benoît Madé. Submitted (2018).

60. 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, in press (2018).

59. *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. Submitted (2018). Environmental Science and Technology, in press (2018).

58. *The influence of surface composition on the reactivity of pyrite toward aqueous U(VI). Bin Ma,

Mingliang Kang, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Aled R. Lewis, Thierry G.G. Maffeis, Nathaniel

Findling, Eduardo Salas-Colera, Delphine Tisserand, Laurent Charlet. Submitted (2018).

57. *Local structure and ageing of basaluminite at different pH values and sulphate concentrations.

Alba Lozano, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Carlos Ayora, Agnieszka Poulain. Chemical Geology, in

press (2018).

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56. 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, in press (2018).

55. *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.

54. 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. Submitted (2018). Geochimica et

Cosmochimica Acta (2018) 238, pp 252-269.

53. “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.

52. 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.

51. Deciphering mineralogical changes and carbonation development during hydration and ageing of a consolidated ternary blended cement paste. Claret, F., Grangeon, S., Loschetter, A., Tournassat, C., De Nolf, W., Harker, N., Boulahya, F., Gaboreau, S., Linard, Y., Bourbon, X., Fernandez-Martinez, A., Wright J. IUCrJ (2018). In press (2018).

50. *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, In press (2018).

49. 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.

48. 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.

47. 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.

46. 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.

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45. *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.

44. *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.

43. 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.

42. *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.

41. 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.

40. *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.

39. 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.

38. 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.

37. 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

36. 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.

35. *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.

34. 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.

33. *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.

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32. 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.

31. 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.

30. 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

29. 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

28. 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

27. 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

26. 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

25. 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

24. 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.

23. Order from disorder. Wang D. and Fernandez-Martinez A. Science (2012) 337, 812-813. Perspectives article.

22. 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.

21. 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.

20. 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.

19. 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.

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18. 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.

17. 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.

16. 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.

15. 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.

14. 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.

13. 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.

12. 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.

11. 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.

10. 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.

9. 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.

8. 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.

7. 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.

6. 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.

5. 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.

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4. 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.

3. 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.

2. 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.

1. 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.

Highlights

GIANT highlight: http://flipbook.3c-e.com/giant/giant_review_spring_2017#slide-0

ESRF highlight: http://www.esrf.eu/home/news/general/content-news/general/from-alien-rivers-to-materials-for-technology.html

INSU highlight: Fernandez-Martinez A. “La formation des carbonates vue à l’échelle nanométrique”. - http://www.insu.cnrs.fr/en/node/4476 (September 2013)

- See also at ScienceDaily.com: “Computer simulations indicate calcium carbonate has a dense liquid phase”

Institut Laue Langevin Scientific Highlights 2009. Fernandez-Martinez A.., Cuello G. J., Johnson M. R., Fischer H. E., Michot L. J., Pelletier M., Bourg I. C., Sposito G. and Charlet L. "Water structure on imogolite, a natural nanotube from volcanic soils".

Institut Laue Langevin Scientific Highlights 2008. Piarristeguy A. A., Cristiglio V., Ribes M., Pradel A., Cuello G. J., Fernandez-Martinez A., Johnson M. R. “Ag-conducting chalcogenide glasses: Application in programmable metallization cells”.

Institut Laue Langevin Scientific Highlights 2005. Fernandez-Martinez A., Cuello G. J., Johnson M. R., Roman-Ross G., Turrillas X., Charlet L., Bardelli F. “Arsenic waste management: modeling and probing by neutron and X-ray scattering”.