Dr Jerome Cuenca
Research Associate
Condensed Matter and Photonics Group
School of Physics and Astronomy
- cuencaj@cardiff.ac.uk
- Queen's Buildings - South Building, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
Overview
My research interests are in the application of microwave engineering to the field of materials science. In particular, my focus is on lab grown diamond films using high power microwave plasma chemical vapour deposition (MPCVD) and their characterisation using low power microwave dielectric spectroscopy.
My current active projects are:
- GaN-DaME - The integration of MPCVD poly-crystalline diamond with GaN-on-Si wafers.
- Microwave dielectric spectroscopy of various materials including CVD diamond films and nanoparticles.
- Finite element modelling of
- Microwave resonator design for various sensing applications
- Plasma distributions in MPCVD reactors
- Thermal stresses in CVD diamond wafer stacks
Biography
Education
- 2015: PhD (Microwave Engineering & Materials Science), Cardiff University
- 2012: BEng (Electronic & Communications Engineering, 1st), Cardiff University
- 2008: CertHE (Music Technology, Distinction), Bournemouth University
Career overview
- 2015 - present: Research Associate, Cardiff University
- 2010 - 2011: Industrial Placement Engineer, Cassidian (Airbus Group)
- 2009 - 2012: Undergraduate Student, Cardiff University
- 2007 - 2008: Undergraduate Student, Bournemouth University
Honours and awards
- 2016 - Da Vinci Award winner, Cardiff University
- 2011 - Licentiateship Award in Electronic Engineering City & Guilds, Cardiff University
- 2011 - Project Brunel Spot Award, Cassidian (Airbus Group)
Academic positions
- 2018 - present: Research Associate, Cardiff Diamond Foundry
- 2017 - 2018: Research Associate, Sensors, Signals and Imaging Group
- 2015 - 2017: Research Associate, Wolfson Centre for Magnetics
Speaking engagements
- Diamond Conference, Hasselt (2020) [Talk + x2 Posters]
- UK Nitrides Conference, Cardiff (2020) [Talk]
- AMPERE, Valencia (2019) [Talk x2]
- New Diamond and Nano Carbon Conference (NDNC), Taiwan (2019) [Poster]
- Diamond D-Day, Bristol (2019) [Poster]
- UK Nitrides Conference, Glasgow (2019) [Poster]
- Diamond Conference, Hasselt (2018) [Talk]
- Acoustofluidics Conference, San Diego (2017) [Talk]
- Microwave Conference, Sendai, Japan (2014) [Talk]
- Microwave Conference, Rome, Italy (2014) [Talk]
Public Engagement
- Cambridge Science Fair, Cambridge (2019)
- Museum After Dark, Cardiff (2017)
Publications
2021
- Mandal, S.et al. 2021. Surface zeta potential and diamond growth on gallium oxide single crystal. Carbon 181, pp. 79-86. (10.1016/j.carbon.2021.04.100)
- Cuenca, J. A.et al. 2021. Thermal stress modelling of diamond on GaN/III-Nitride membranes. Carbon 174, pp. 647-661. (10.1016/j.carbon.2020.11.067)
- Gumbleton, R.et al. 2021. Measurement technique for microwave surface resistance of additive manufactured metals. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 69(1), pp. 189-197. (10.1109/TMTT.2020.3035082)
2020
- Field, D. E.et al. 2020. Crystalline interlayers for reducing the effective thermal boundary resistance in GaN-on-Diamond. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 12(48), pp. 54138-54145. (10.1021/acsami.0c10129)
- Smith, M. D.et al. 2020. GaN-on-diamond technology platform: bonding-free membrane manufacturing process. AIP Advances 10(3), article number: 35306. (10.1063/1.5129229)
- Cuenca, J. A.et al. 2020. Dielectric spectroscopy of hydrogen treated hexagonal boron nitride ceramics. ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2(5), pp. 1193-1202. (10.1021/acsaelm.9b00767)
2019
- Gumbleton, R.et al. 2019. Evaluating the coefficient of thermal expansion of additive manufactured AlSi10Mg using microwave techniques. Additive Manufacturing 30, article number: 100841. (10.1016/j.addma.2019.100841)
- Mandal, S.et al. 2019. Thick, adherent diamond films on AlN with low thermal barrier resistance. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 11(43), pp. 40826-40834. (10.1021/acsami.9b13869)
- Mandal, S.et al. 2019. Superconducting boron doped nanocrystalline diamond on boron nitride ceramics. Nanoscale 11(21), pp. 10266-10272. (10.1039/C9NR02729G)
- Cuenca, J. A.et al. 2019. Microwave cavity perturbation of nitrogen doped nano-crystalline diamond films. Carbon 145, pp. -. (10.1016/j.carbon.2018.12.025)
2018
- Sharif, S.et al. 2018. Structural, surface morphology, dielectric and magnetic properties of holmium doped BiFeO3 thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition. Thin Solid Films 662, pp. 83-89. (10.1016/j.tsf.2018.07.029)
- Kanwal, M.et al. 2018. Structural, magnetic and microwave properties of gadolinium-substituted Ca-Ba M-type hexagonal ferrites. Journal of Electronic Materials 47(9), pp. 5370-5377. (10.1007/s11664-018-6420-5)
- Hussain, M.et al. 2018. Microwave absorption properties of CoGd substituted ZnFe2O4 ferrites synthesized by co-precipitation technique. Ceramics International 44(6), pp. 5909-5914. (10.1016/j.ceramint.2017.12.145)
- Cuenca, J. A.et al. 2018. Microwave permittivity of trace sp2 carbon impurities in sub-micron diamond powders. ACS Omega 3(2), pp. 2183-2192. (10.1021/acsomega.7b02000)
2017
- Cuenca, J. A., Slocombe, D. R. and Porch, A. 2017. Corrections to 'temperature correction for cylindrical cavity perturbation measurements'. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 65(12), pp. 5078. (10.1109/TMTT.2017.2751550)
- Cuenca, J. A., Slocombe, D. R. and Porch, A. 2017. Temperature correction for cylindrical cavity perturbation measurements. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 65(6), pp. 2153-2161. (10.1109/TMTT.2017.2652462)
- Parker, N.et al. 2017. Simulation of RF fields for wood gluing applications. Presented at: 16th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating AMPERE 2017, Delft, Netherlands, 18-21 September 2017.
2016
- Cuenca, J. A.et al. 2016. Study of the magnetite to maghemite transition using microwave permittivity and permeability measurements. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 28(10), article number: 106002. (10.1088/0953-8984/28/10/106002)
2015
- Cuenca, J. A.et al. 2015. Investigating the broadband microwave absorption of nanodiamond impurities. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 63(12), pp. 4110-4118. (10.1109/TMTT.2015.2495156)
- Cuenca, J. A.et al. 2015. Microwave determination of sp2 carbon fraction in nanodiamond powders. Carbon 81, pp. 174-178. (10.1016/j.carbon.2014.09.046)
- Cuenca, J. A. 2015. Characterisation of powders using microwave cavity perturbation. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2014
- Cuenca, J.et al. 2014. Microwave detection of photodielectric effects in antimony tin oxide. Presented at: 2014 International Symposium on Information Technology Convergence (ISITC 2014), Jeonju, Republic of Korea, 30-31 October 2014.
- Choi, H.et al. 2014. Observation of change in microwave properties during solid to liquid phase transformation of gallium. Presented at: 2014 International Symposium on Information Technology Convergence (ISITC 2014), Jeonju, Republic of Korea, 30-31 October 2014.
- Hartley, J.et al. 2014. Assessment of machine oil quality by microwave cavity perturbation method. Presented at: 2014 International Symposium on Information Technology Convergence (ISITC 2014), Jeonju, Republic of Korea, 30-31 October 2014.
- Huckle, D.et al. 2014. Towards an efficient biosensor for the detection of lipopolysaccharide in sepsis using molecularly imprinted polymers. British Journal of Anaesthesia 112(1), pp. 199. (10.1093/bja/aet373)
- Choi, H.et al. 2014. A novel concentration detection method of hydrogen peroxide using microwave cavity perturbation technique. Presented at: 44th European Microwave Conference (EuMC) 2014, Rome, Italy, 6-9 October 201444th European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2014). Picastaway, NJ: IEEE pp. 632-635., (10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986513)
- Cuenca, J.et al. 2014. Microwave complex permeability of magnetite using non-demagnetising and demagnetising cavity modes. Presented at: Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European, Rome, Italy, 6-9 Oct 2014Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2014 44th European. pp. 128-131., (10.1109/EuMC.2014.6986386)
- Cuenca, J.et al. 2014. Broadband microwave measurements of nanodiamond. Presented at: Microwave Conference (APMC), 2014 Asia-Pacific, Sendai, Japan, 4-7 Nov 2014Microwave Conference (APMC), 2014 Asia-Pacific. pp. 1-3.
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