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Dr Jerome Cuenca
Teams and roles for Jerome Cuenca
Research Associate
Condensed Matter and Photonics Group
Overview
My research 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
Publication
2025
- Cuenca, J. A. et al. 2025. Microwave plasma modelling for thick diamond deposition on III-nitrides. Carbon (10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120349)
- Ji, X. et al. 2025. Thermal boundary resistance reduction by interfacial nanopatterning for GaN-on-diamond electronics applications. ACS Applied Electronic Materials 7(7), pp. 2939–2946. (10.1021/acsaelm.5c00119)
2024
- Williams, O. A., Mandal, S. and Cuenca, J. A. 2024. Heterogeneous integration of diamond. Accounts of Materials Research (10.1021/accountsmr.4c00126)
- Stritt, J., Cuenca, J. A., Thomas, E. L. and Williams, O. A. 2024. Development of long-range conductivity mechanisms in glass-like carbon. Carbon 223, article number: 119027. (10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119027)
- Cuenca, J. A. et al. 2024. Dielectric properties of diamond using an X-band microwave split dielectric resonator. Carbon 221, article number: 118860. (10.1016/j.carbon.2024.118860)
2023
- Leigh, W. et al. 2023. Monitoring of the initial stages of diamond growth on aluminum nitride using in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry. ACS Omega 8(33), pp. 30442-30449. (10.1021/acsomega.3c03609)
- Rafique, T. et al. 2023. Fabrication of hollow Ni1-xZnxFe2O4 spheres (x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.0) as high-performance electromagnetic absorber material. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 572, article number: 170647. (10.1016/j.jmmm.2023.170647)
- Cuenca, J. A., Leigh, W., Thomas, E. L., Mandal, S. and Williams, O. A. 2023. Modelling deposition uniformity in microwave plasma cvd diamond over 2" Si wafers. Presented at: 2022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Yokohama, Japan, 29 November - 02 December 20222022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC). IEEE, (10.23919/APMC55665.2022.9999754)
- Cuenca, J. A. et al. 2023. Microwave conductivity of boron-doped nanodiamond particles. Presented at: 2022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Yokohama, Japan, 29 November - 02 December 20222022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC). IEEE, (10.23919/APMC55665.2022.9999762)
- Leigh, W. G., Cuenca, J. A., Thomas, E. L., Mandal, S. and Williams, O. A. 2023. Mapping the effect of substrate temperature inhomogeneity during microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition nanocrystalline diamond growth. Carbon 201, pp. 228-337. (10.1016/j.carbon.2022.09.036)
- Cuenca, J. A. et al. 2023. Superconducting boron doped nanocrystalline diamond microwave coplanar resonator. Carbon 201, pp. 251-259. (10.1016/j.carbon.2022.08.084)
- Rafique, T., Atif, M., Nadeem, M., Meydan, T., Cuenca, J., Khalid, W. and Ali, Z. 2023. Cation distribution in Cr3+ doped Ni0.3Co0.2Zn0.5Fe2?xCrxO4 nanoferrites (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1)): Structural, magnetic and impedance spectroscopic studies. Physica B: Condensed Matter 648, article number: 414413. (10.1016/j.physb.2022.414413)
2022
- Leigh, W. G., Thomas, E. L., Cuenca, J. A., Mandal, S. and Williams, O. A. 2022. In-situ monitoring of microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition diamond growth on silicon using spectroscopic ellipsometry. Carbon 202, pp. 204-212. (10.1016/j.carbon.2022.10.049)
- 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)
- Li, J., Wu, F., Wang, H., Cuenca, J., Yang, X. and Barrow, D. 2017. An automated system for the shape optimization of double emulsion droplets used in the fabrication of Inertial Fusion Energy target shells. Presented at: The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2017), Cardiff, 22-26 October 2017.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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)
Articles
- Cuenca, J. A. et al. 2025. Microwave plasma modelling for thick diamond deposition on III-nitrides. Carbon (10.1016/j.carbon.2025.120349)
- Ji, X. et al. 2025. Thermal boundary resistance reduction by interfacial nanopatterning for GaN-on-diamond electronics applications. ACS Applied Electronic Materials 7(7), pp. 2939–2946. (10.1021/acsaelm.5c00119)
- Williams, O. A., Mandal, S. and Cuenca, J. A. 2024. Heterogeneous integration of diamond. Accounts of Materials Research (10.1021/accountsmr.4c00126)
- Stritt, J., Cuenca, J. A., Thomas, E. L. and Williams, O. A. 2024. Development of long-range conductivity mechanisms in glass-like carbon. Carbon 223, article number: 119027. (10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119027)
- Cuenca, J. A. et al. 2024. Dielectric properties of diamond using an X-band microwave split dielectric resonator. Carbon 221, article number: 118860. (10.1016/j.carbon.2024.118860)
- Leigh, W. et al. 2023. Monitoring of the initial stages of diamond growth on aluminum nitride using in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry. ACS Omega 8(33), pp. 30442-30449. (10.1021/acsomega.3c03609)
- Rafique, T. et al. 2023. Fabrication of hollow Ni1-xZnxFe2O4 spheres (x = 0.0, 0.5, 1.0) as high-performance electromagnetic absorber material. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 572, article number: 170647. (10.1016/j.jmmm.2023.170647)
- Leigh, W. G., Cuenca, J. A., Thomas, E. L., Mandal, S. and Williams, O. A. 2023. Mapping the effect of substrate temperature inhomogeneity during microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition nanocrystalline diamond growth. Carbon 201, pp. 228-337. (10.1016/j.carbon.2022.09.036)
- Cuenca, J. A. et al. 2023. Superconducting boron doped nanocrystalline diamond microwave coplanar resonator. Carbon 201, pp. 251-259. (10.1016/j.carbon.2022.08.084)
- Rafique, T., Atif, M., Nadeem, M., Meydan, T., Cuenca, J., Khalid, W. and Ali, Z. 2023. Cation distribution in Cr3+ doped Ni0.3Co0.2Zn0.5Fe2?xCrxO4 nanoferrites (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1)): Structural, magnetic and impedance spectroscopic studies. Physica B: Condensed Matter 648, article number: 414413. (10.1016/j.physb.2022.414413)
- Leigh, W. G., Thomas, E. L., Cuenca, J. A., Mandal, S. and Williams, O. A. 2022. In-situ monitoring of microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition diamond growth on silicon using spectroscopic ellipsometry. Carbon 202, pp. 204-212. (10.1016/j.carbon.2022.10.049)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
Conferences
- Cuenca, J. A., Leigh, W., Thomas, E. L., Mandal, S. and Williams, O. A. 2023. Modelling deposition uniformity in microwave plasma cvd diamond over 2" Si wafers. Presented at: 2022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Yokohama, Japan, 29 November - 02 December 20222022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC). IEEE, (10.23919/APMC55665.2022.9999754)
- Cuenca, J. A. et al. 2023. Microwave conductivity of boron-doped nanodiamond particles. Presented at: 2022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Yokohama, Japan, 29 November - 02 December 20222022 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC). IEEE, (10.23919/APMC55665.2022.9999762)
- Li, J., Wu, F., Wang, H., Cuenca, J., Yang, X. and Barrow, D. 2017. An automated system for the shape optimization of double emulsion droplets used in the fabrication of Inertial Fusion Energy target shells. Presented at: The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2017), Cardiff, 22-26 October 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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)
Thesis
- Cuenca, J. A. 2015. Characterisation of powders using microwave cavity perturbation. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- 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)
- 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)
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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
- 2024 - Best Oral Presentation, 5GCMEA, Kyushu University, Japan
- 2016 - Da Vinci Award winner, Cardiff University, UK
- 2011 - Licentiateship Award in Electronic Engineering City & Guilds, Cardiff University, UK
- 2011 - Project Brunel Spot Award, Cassidian (Airbus Group), UK
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
- 2024 - 5GCMEA (5th Global Congress on Microwave and Energy Applications) - Fukuoka, Japan [Oral x2]
- 2024 - Hasselt Diamond Workshop - Hasselt, Belgium [Oral, Poster]
- 2023 - AMPERE (Association for Microwave Power in Europe for Research and Education) - Cardiff, UK [Oral x2]
- 2023 - Hasselt Diamond Workshop - Hasselt, Belgium [Poster x2]
- 2022 - Invited at Tokyo University of Science - Tokyo, Japan [Oral]
- 2022 - APMC (Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference) - Sendai, Japan [Oral x2]
- 2022 - Warwick Diamond Conference - Warwick, UK [Oral]
- 2022 - Hasselt Diamond Workshop - Hasselt, Belgium [Poster x3]
- 2022 - CMQM (Condensed Matter and Quantum Materials) - Bath, UK [Poster]
- 2021 - Hasselt Diamond Workshop - Hasselt, Belgium [Poster]
- 2021 - Warwick Diamond Conference - Warwick, UK [Poster]
- 2020 - UKNC (UK Nitrides Conference) - Cardiff, UK [Oral]
- 2020 - Hasselt Diamond Workshop - Hasselt, Belgium [Oral, Posters x2]
- 2019 - AMPERE (Association for Microwave Power in Europe for Research and Education) - Valencia, Spain [Oral x2]
- 2019 - New Diamond & Nano Carbons - Hualien, Taiwan [Poster]
- 2019 - Diamond Day - Bristol, UK [Poster]
- 2019 - UKNC (UK Nitrides Conference) - Glasgow, UK [Poster]
- 2018 - Warwick Diamond Conference - Warwick, UK [Poster]
- 2018 - Hasselt Diamond Workshop - Hasselt, Belgium [Oral]
- 2014 - ISITC (International Symposium on Information Technology Convergence) - Jeonju, Korea [Oral]
- 2014 - APMC (Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference) - Sendai, Japan [Oral]
- 2014 - EuMC (Microwave Conference) - Rome, Italy [Oral]
Contact Details
CUENCAJ@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29225 14706
Queen's Buildings - North Building, Room S/3.26a, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA
+44 29225 14706
Queen's Buildings - North Building, Room S/3.26a, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA