Publications

Elena Castellini, Fabrizio Bernini, Beatrice Bighi, Daniele Malferrari, Adele Mucci, Marco Borsari, Carlos Pimentel, Claro Ignacio Sainz-Díaz (2024). The intercalation of zinc(II)-1,10-phenanthroline complexes in montmorillonite: An experimental and theoretical approach. Applied Clay Science.

Carlos Pimentel, Carlos Gutiérrez-Ariza, Antonio G. Checa, C. Ignacio Sainz-Díaz, Julyan H. E. Cartwright (2024). Mineralogical description and hypothesis on the formation of menilites from Galera, Granada (Spain). Physics and Chemistry of Minerals.

Carlos M. Pina, Carlos Pimentel, Angel Crespo (2024). Comment on the article Dissolution enables dolomite crystal growth near ambient conditions by Kim et al. 2023. Science.

Tomasz M. Stawski, Stephanos Karafiludis, Carlos Pimentel, German Montes-Hernandez, Zdravko Kochovski, Ralf Bienert, Karin Weimann, Franziska Emmerling, Ernersto Scoppola, Alexander E.S. Van Driessche (2024). Solution-driven processing of calcium sulfate: The mechanism of the reversible transformation of gypsum to bassanite in brines. Journal of Cleaner Production.

Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina, Nora Müller, Luis Adrián Lara, Gabriela Melo Rodriguez, Fabrizio Orlando, Joachim Shcoelkopf, Victoria Fernández (2024). Mineral particles in foliar fertilizer formulations can improve the rate of foliar uptake. Plants.

Marina Massaro, Ana Borrego-Sánchez, César Viseras-Iborra, Giuseppe Cinà, Fátima García-Villén, Leonarda F. Liotta, Alberto Lopez Galindo, Carlos Pimentel, Claro Ignacio Sainz-Díaz, Rita Sánchez-Espejo, Serena Riela (2024). Hectorite/Phenanthroline-Based Nanomaterial as Fluorescent Sensor for Zn Ion Detection: A Theoretical and Experimental Study. Nanomaterials.

Antonio G. Checa, Carlos Pimentel, Katarzyna Berent, Paula Ramos-Silva, Alejandro B. Rodríguez-Navarro, Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Claro I. Sainz-Díaz (2023). Evidence for helical microstructure of aragonite fibers in pteropod shells. MRS Bulletin.

Angel Crespo, Carlos Pimentel, Carlos Pina (2023). Mineral evolution and mineral niches of ammonium sulphates: the case of Pastora mine (Aliseda, Spain). American Mineralogist.

Neriman Tuba Barlas, Héctor A. Bahamonde, Carlos Pimentel, Pedro Domínguez-Huidobro, Carlos M. Pina, Victoria Fernández (2023). Evaluating Leaf Wettability and Salt Hygroscopicity as Drivers for Foliar Absorption. Plants.

Matteo Barelli, Santiago Casado, Felix Cassin, Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina, Maria Caterina Giordano, Francesco Buatier de Mongeot, Enrico Gnecco (2023). Highly Efficient Sequestration of Aqueous Lead on Nanostructured Calcite Substrates. Nanotechnology.

Carlos Pimentel, Mingchuan Zheng, Julyan H. E. Cartwright, C. Ignacio Sainz-Díaz (2023). Chemobrionics Database: Categorisation of Chemical Gardens According to the Nature of the Anion, Cation and Experimental Procedure. ChemSystemsChem.

Héctor A. Bahamonde, Carlos Pimentel, Luis Adrián Lara, Vikingur Bahamonde-Fernández, Victoria Fernández (2023). Foliar Application of Potassium Salts to Olive, with Focus on Accompanying Anions. Plants.

Katarzyna Berent, Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Antonio G. Checa, Carlos Pimentel, Paula Ramos-Silva, C. Ignacio Sainz-Díaz (2022). Helical microstructures in molluscan biomineralization are a biological example of close packed helices that may form from a colloidal liquid crystal precursor in a twist--bend nematic phase. Physical Review Materials.

Carlos Pimentel, Alfonso Hernández-Laguna, C. Ignacio Sainz-Díaz (2022). Effect of Iron Isomorphic Substitution in Mg:Al and Zn:Al-Layered Double-Hydroxide Structures by Means of First Principle Calculations. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry.

Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina, C. Ignacio Sainz-Díaz (2022). New Insights into Dolomite and Dolomite-Analogue Structures from First Principles Calculations. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry.

Carlos M. Pina, Carlos Pimentel, Angel Crespo (2022). The Dolomite Problem: A Matter of Time. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry.

Mariana Pires Figueiredo, Ana Borrego-Sánchez, Carlos Pimentel, Alexander Pérez de la Luz, César Viseras, C. Ignacio Sainz-Díaz (2022). Experimental and theoretical studies on the intercalation of naproxen into the Mg2Al and Zn2Al Layered Double Hydroxides by ion exchange reaction. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Carlos Pimentel, Alexander Pérez de la Luz, Alfonso Hernández-Laguna, C. Ignacio Sainz-Díaz (2022). Effects of the cation ordering in Mg:Al and Zn:Al layered double hydroxides on crystallographic and spectroscopical properties by means of first principles calculations. Applied Clay Science.

Lisa Almonte, Carlos Pimentel, Enrique Rodríguez-Cañas, José Abad, Victoria Fernández, Jaime Colchero (2022). Rose petal effect: A subtle combination of nano-scale roughness and chemical variability. Nano Select.

Luis A. M. Rocha, Carlos Gutiérrez-Ariza, Carlos Pimentel, Isabel Sánchez-Almazo, C. Ignacio Sainz-Díaz, Silvana S. S. Cardoso, Julyan H. E. Cartwright (2021). Formation and structures of horizontal submarine fluid conduit and venting systems associated with marine seeps. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

Yuliya Zvir, Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina (2021). The Effect of Stoichiometry, Mg-Ca Distribution, and Iron, Manganese, and Zinc Impurities on the Dolomite Order Degree: A Theoretical Study. Minerals.

Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina, C. Ignacio Sainz-Díaz (2021). DFT Simulations of the Structure and Cation Order of Norsethite, BaMg(CO3)2. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry.

Carlos Pimentel, Karine Mougin, Enrico Gnecco, Carlos M. Pina (2020). Formation of zabuyelite, Li2CO3, on dolomite and kutnohorite 10.4 surfaces from supersaturated and undersaturated solutions: Growth behavior and anomalous friction at the nanoscale. Journal of Crystal Growth.

Carlos Pimentel, Julyan H. E. Cartwright, C. Ignacio Sainz‐Díaz (2020). A Tungstate Chemical Garden. ChemSystemsChem.

Victoria Fernández, Carlos Pimentel, Héctor A. Bahamonde (2020). Salt hydration and drop drying of two model calcium salts: Implications for foliar nutrient absorption and deposition. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science.

Carlos M. Pina, Carlos Pimentel, Angel Crespo (2020). Dolomite cation order in the geological record. Chemical Geology.

Ayumi Koishi, Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez, Alexander E. S. Van Driessche, Laurent J. Michot, Carlos M. Pina, Carlos Pimentel, Byeongdu Lee, German Montes-Hernandez (2019). Surface Wetting Controls Calcium Carbonate Crystallization Kinetics. Chemistry of Materials.

Liron Agmon, Itai Shahar, Danny Yosufov, Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina, Enrico Gnecco, Ronen Berkovich (2018). Estimation of interaction energy and contact stiffness in atomic-scale sliding on a model sodium chloride surface in ethanol. Scientific Reports.

Carlos Pimentel, Enrico Gnecco, Carlos M. Pina (2018). Epitaxial Growth and Frictional Response of Otavite and Spherocobaltite on Dolomite (10.4) Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Rubén Álvarez-Asencio, Jorge S. Moreno-Ramírez, Carlos Pimentel, Santiago Casado, Micaela Matta, Johannes Gierschner, Luca Muccioli, Seong-Jun Yoon, Shinto Varghese, Soo Young Park, Enrico Gnecco, Carlos M. Pina (2017). Molecular-scale shear response of the organic semiconductor β -DBDCS (100) surface. Physical Review B.

Ángel Crespo López, Carlos Pimentel, Patricia Pedraz, Carlos M. Pina (2017). First occurrence of the rare mineral slavikite in Spain. Journal of Iberian Geology.

Carlos Pimentel (2017). Synthesis and reactivity of minerals of dolomite group and analogue phases (Síntesis y reactividad de minerales del grupo de la dolomita y fases análogas).

Tamara González-Illanes, María Teresa Borrero, Miriam M. Herráez, Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina (2017). Pseudomorphic Replacement of Mg–Ca Carbonates after Gypsum and Anhydrite. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry.

Carlos M. Pina, Carlos Pimentel (2017). Formation of dolomite analogues at ambient conditions. Dolomite: Formation, characteristics and environmental impact.

Carlos Pimentel, Shinto Varghese, Seong-Jun Yoon, Soo Young Park, Johannes Gierschner, Enrico Gnecco, Carlos M. Pina (2016). Sub-nanometer resolution of an organic semiconductor crystal surface using friction force microscopy in water. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.

Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina (2016). Reaction pathways towards the formation of dolomite-analogues at ambient conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

J. G. Vilhena, Carlos Pimentel, Patricia Pedraz, Feng Luo, Pedro A. Serena, Carlos M. Pina, Enrico Gnecco, Rubén Pérez (2016). Atomic-Scale Sliding Friction on Graphene in Water. ACS Nano.

Carlos Pimentel, Enrico Gnecco, Carlos M. Pina (2015). High-resolution imaging of (100) kyanite surfaces using friction force microscopy in water. Surface Science.

Carlos M. Pina, Carlos Pimentel, Enrico Gnecco (2015). Friction and Wear of Mineral Surfaces in Liquid Environments. Fundamentals of Friction and Wear on the Nanoscale.

Enrico Gnecco, Pawel Nita, Santiago Casado, Carlos Pimentel, Karine Mougin, Maria Caterina Giordano, Diego Repetto, Francesco Buatier de Mongeot (2014). Channeling motion of gold nanospheres on a rippled glassed surface. Nanotechnology.

Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina (2014). The formation of the dolomite-analogue norsethite: Reaction pathway and cation ordering. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Pawel Nita, Carlos Pimentel, Feng Luo, Begoña Milián-Medina, Johannes Gierschner, Carlos M. Pina, Enrico Gnecco (2014). Molecular resolution friction microscopy of Cu phthalocyanine thin films on dolomite (104) in water. Nanoscale.

Raúl Benages-Vilau, Teresa Calvet, Miquel Àngel Cuevas-Diarte, Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina (2013). Epitaxial Crystal Growth of Nitratine on Calcite (10.4) Cleavage Faces at the Nanoscale. Crystal Growth & Design.

Carlos Pimentel, Carlos M. Pina, Enrico Gnecco (2013). Epitaxial Growth of Calcite Crystals on Dolomite and Kutnahorite (104) Surfaces. Crystal Growth & Design.

Carlos M. Pina, Carlos Pimentel, Marta García-Merino (2010). High resolution imaging of the dolomite (104) cleavage surface by atomic force microscopy. Surface Science.

Carlos Fernández, Francisco Anguita, Javier Ruiz, Ignacio Romeo, Álvaro I. Martín-Herrero, Alberto Rodríguez, Carlos Pimentel (2010). Structural evolution of Lavinia Planitia, Venus: Implications for the tectonics of the lowland plains. Icarus.