Dr Jerome Cuenca
Research Associate
Condensed Matter and Photonics Group
School of Physics and Astronomy
- cuencaj@cardiff.ac.uk
- Queen's Buildings - North Building, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
Overview
My particular researc focus is on the application of microwave engineering to the field of materials science. I am a member of Prof. Oliver Williams laboratory where I am particularly focused on the heteroepitaxial growth of polycrystalline diamond on various substrates using microwave plasma chemical vapour deposition (CVD).
My currently active research areas:
- Microwave plasma CVD diamond
- CVD diamond growth on gallium nitride (GaN) - GaN-DaME Project
- Superconducting boron doped diamond microwave resonators
- Microwave modelling (finite element method)
- Microwave plasma modelling in CVD reactors
- Microwave cavity/dielectric resonators for dielectric spectroscopy
- Microwave co-planar structure designs for superconducting diamond
- Thermal stresses induced during microwave CVD in diamond wafer stacks
- Microwave dielectric spectroscopy and material measurements
- Freestanding CVD diamond films
- Micro/nano carbon powders including nanodiamond
- Electrically conducting diamond films
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
- De Beers Diamond Conference, Warwick (2022) [Talk + Poster]
- Condensed Matter and Quantum Materials, Bath (2022) [Poster]
- E-MRS - European Material Research Society, Virtual (2022) [Poster]
- MRS - Material Research Society, Honolulu (2022) [Talk]
- Diamond Conference, Hasselt (2022) [x3 Posters]
- De Beers Diamond Conference, Warwick (2021) [Virtual Poster]
- 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]
- De Beers Diamond Conference, Warwick (2019) [Poster]
- Diamond D-Day, Bristol (2019) [Poster]
- UK Nitrides Conference, Glasgow (2019) [Poster]
- De Beers Diamond Conference, Warwick (2018) [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
- Cardiff Physical Sciences & Engineering International Summer School (2021) [Virtual Lecture]
- Cambridge Science Fair, Cambridge (2019) [Demonstration Stand]
- Museum After Dark, Cardiff (2017) [Demonstration Stand]
Publications
2022
- Cuenca, J. A., Mandal, S., Thomas, E. L. and Williams, O. A. 2022. Microwave plasma modelling in clamshell chemical vapour deposition diamond reactors. Diamond and Related Materials 124, article number: 108917. (10.1016/j.diamond.2022.108917)
2021
- Mandal, S., Arts, K., Knoops, H. C., Cuenca, J. A., Klemencic, G. M. and Williams, O. A. 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., Cuenca, J. A., Hefford, S., Nai, K. and Porch, A. 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., Mandal, S., Morgan, D. J., Snowball, M., Porch, A. and Williams, O. A. 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., Cuenca, J. A., Klemencic, G. M., Jones, N. and Porch, A. 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., Bland, H. A., Cuenca, J. A., Snowball, M. and Williams, O. A. 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., Ahmad, I., Meydan, T., Cuenca, J. A., Williams, P. I., Farid, M. T. and Murtaza, G. 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., Cuenca, J., Athanasios, D., Alan, O. G. and Slocombe, D. 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., Bugler, K., Taylor, S. H., Morgan, D. J., Williams, P., Bauer, J. and Porch, A. 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., Thomas, E. L. H., Mandal, S., Williams, O. A. and Porch, A. 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., Thomas, E. L. H., Mandal, S., Williams, O. A. and Porch, A. 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., Choi, H., Hartley, J. and Porch, A. 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., Cuenca, J., Hartley, J. and Porch, A. 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., Lees, J., Cuenca, J. and Choi, H. 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., Hall, J., Bowen, J., Allender, C., Cuenca, J. and Porch, A. 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., Cuenca, J. A., Attard, G. and Porch, A. 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., Klein, S., Ruger, R. and Porch, A. 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., Thomas, E., Williams, O. A., Mandal, S. and Porch, A. 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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