Berkeley Nanogeoscience Center


Benjamin Gilbert



 Position:

Benjamin Gilbert, PhD,
Scientist,
Geochemistry Department,
Earth Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab		 Address:

B. Gilbert
MS 90R1116
1 Cyclotron Road
Berkeley
CA 94720		 Contacts:

Email: BGilbert@lbl.gov

Office:  (510) 495 2748
Lab:     (510) 486 4424
Fax:     (510) 486 5686




Curriculum Vitae

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Presentations and Tutorials

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B. Gilbert & J. F. Banfield
Molecular-scale processes involving nanoparticulate minerals in biogeochemical systems
given at the MSA Short Course, Berkeley Dec. 4-5 2005.

B. Gilbert
Nanoparticle clusters: An introduction to small-angle x-ray scattering
given at the SSRL SAXS Workshop Oct 19, 2005.

Recent Publications

B. Gilbert
Finite Size Effects on the Real-Space Pair Distribution Function of Nanoparticles
Journal of Applied Crystallography, in press

J. J. Erbs, B. Gilbert, and R. L. Penn
Influence of Size on Reductive Dissolution of Six-Line Ferrihydrite
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, in press

C. Goodell, B. Gilbert, S. Weigand, H. Zhang and J. F. Banfield
The kinetics of the water adsorption driven structural transformation of ZnS nanoparticles
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 4791-4796 (2008).

B. Gilbert, G. Lu & C. S. Kim
The formation of stable iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticle clusters
Journal of Colloid & Interface Science,  313, 152-159 (2007)

B. Gilbert, C. S. Kim, C.-L. Dong, J. Guo, P. S. Nico & D. K. Shuh
Oxygen K-edge emission and absorption spectroscopy of iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticles
Proceedings of XAFS 13, 51-55 (2007)

J. Cervini-Silva, B. Gilbert, S. Fakra, S. Freidlich & J. F. Banfield
Decarboxylation and polymerization of catechol and formation of CeO2 due to coupled redox and dissolution reactions at the surface of cerium(III) phosphate.
Geochimica & Cosmochimica Acta, in review

Z. Lin, B. Gilbert, Q. Liu, G Ren & F. Huang.
A thermodynamically stable nanocrystalline material
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128, 6126-6131 (2006)

B. Gilbert, H. Zhang, B. Chen, M. Kunz, F. Huang & J. F. Banfield
The compressibility of ZnS nanoparticles
Physical Review B, 74, 115405 (2006)

B. Gilbert, F. Huang, H. Zhang, G. A. Waychunas & J.F. Banfield
Surface chemistry controls crystallinity of ZnS nanoparticles
NanoLetters, 6, 605-610 (2006)

H. Zhang, B. Chen, B. Gilbert & J. F. Banfield
Kinetically controlled formation of a novel nanoparticulate ZnS with mixed cubic and hexagonal stacking
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 16, 249-254 (2006)

B. Gilbert and J. F. Banfield.
Molecular-scale processes involving nanoparticulate  minerals in biogeochemical systems
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 59, 109-155 (2005)

B. Gilbert, F. Huang, H. Zhang, G. A. Waychunas & J.F. Banfield.
Nanoparticles: Strained and Stiff.
Science, 305, 651-654 (2004).

B. Gilbert, et al.
Analysis and simulation of a nanoparticle structures observed in a surface-driven transition
Journal  of Chemical Physics, 120, 11785 (2004)

F. Huang, B. Gilbert, H. Zhang & J. F. Banfield.
Reversible, surface-controlled structure transformation in nanoparticles induced by aggregation-disaggregation
Physical Review Letters, 92, 155501 (2004)

H. Zhang, B. Gilbert, F. Huang & J. F. Banfield.
Water-driven transformation of nanoparticle structure at room temperature.
Nature, 424, 1025-1029 (2003)

H. Zhang, F. Huang, B. Gilbert & J. F. Banfield.
Molecular dynamics simulations, thermodynamic analysis and experimental study of phase stability of zinc sulfide nanoparticles
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 107, 13051 -13060 2003.

B. Gilbert, H. Zhang, F. Huang, M.P. Finnegan, G.A. Waychunas & J.F. Banfield. 
Special phase transformation and crystal growth pathways observed in nanoparticles
Geochemical Transactions, 4, 20-27 (2003)

B. Gilbert, B. H. Frazer, F. Naab, J. Fournelled, J.W. Valley & G. De Stasio. 
X-ray absorption spectroscopy of silicates for in situ, sub-micrometer mineral identification
American Mineralogist, 88, 763–769 (2003)

B. Gilbert, B.H. Frazer, A. Belz, P. Conrad, K. Nealson, D. Haskel, J.C. Lang, G. Srajer & G. De Stasio. 
Multiple scattering calculations of bonding and X-ray absorption spectroscopy of manganese oxides
Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 107, 2839-2847 (2003)

B. Gilbert, B. H. Frazer, H. Zhang, F. Huang, J. F. Banfield, D. Haskel, J. C. Lang,  G. Srajer & G. De Stasio.
X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the cubic and hexagonal polytypes of zinc sulfide
Physical Review B, 66, 245205 (2002)