Dr. Maria Marques Fernandes

Scientist / Group Leader

Paul Scherrer Institut
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland
Telephone
+41 56 310 23 10


  • Marques Fernandes M, Mazurek M, Wersin P, Wüst R, Baeyens B
    Cation-exchange properties of the Mesozoic sedimentary sequence of Northern Switzerland and modelling of the Opalinus Clay porewater
    Applied Geochemistry. 2024; 162: 105852 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105852
    DORA PSI
  • Marques Fernandes M, Klinkenberg M, Baeyens B, Bosbach D, Brandt F
    Adsorption of Ba and 226Ra on illite: a comparative experimental and modelling study
    Applied Geochemistry. 2023; 159: 105815 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105815
    DORA PSI
  • Mazurek M, Gimmi T, Zwahlen C, Aschwanden L, Gaucher EC, Kiczka M, et al.
    Swiss deep drilling campaign 2019-2022: geological overview and rock properties with focus on porosity and pore-space architecture
    Applied Geochemistry. 2023; 159: 105839 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105839
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  • Qian Y, Scheinost AC, Grangeon S, Greneche J-M, Hoving A, Bourhis E, et al.
    Oxidation state and structure of Fe in nontronite: from oxidizing to reducing conditions
    ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2023; 7(10): 1868-1881. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00136
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  • Chen P, Van Loon LR, Fernandes M do SM, Churakov S
    Sorption mechanism of Fe(II) on illite: sorption and modelling
    Applied Geochemistry. 2022; 143: 105389 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105389
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  • Liu X, Tournassat C, Grangeon S, Kalinichev AG, Takahashi Y, Marques Fernandes M
    Molecular-level understanding of metal ion retention in clay-rich materials
    Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 2022; 3: 461-476. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00301-z
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  • Stockmann M, Fritsch K, Bok F, Fernandes MM, Baeyens B, Steudtner R, et al.
    New insights into U(VI) sorption onto montmorillonite from batch sorption and spectroscopic studies at increased ionic strength
    Science of the Total Environment. 2022; 806(2): 150653 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150653
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  • Voegelin A, Wick S, Pfenninger N, Mangold S, Baeyens B, Marques Fernandes M
    Thallium adsorption onto phyllosilicate minerals
    Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 2022; 24(9): 1343-1359. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EM00028H
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  • Dähn R, Baeyens B, Fernandes MM
    Zn uptake by illite and argillaceous rocks
    Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2021; 312: 180-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.07.001
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  • Klinkenberg M, Brandt F, Baeyens B, Bosbach D, Fernandes MM
    Adsorption of barium and radium on montmorillonite: a comparative experimental and modelling study
    Applied Geochemistry. 2021; 135: 105117 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.105117
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  • Wick S, Baeyens B, Marques Fernandes M, Pfenninger N, Voegelin A
    Exploring the geochemistry of thallium in soils by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and chemical soil extractions
    Chimia. 2021; 75(1-2): 103. https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2021.103
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  • Churakov SV, Hummel W, Marques Fernandes M
    Fundamental research on radiochemistry of geological nuclear waste disposal
    Chimia. 2020; 74(12): 1000-1009. https://doi.org/10.2533/CHIMIA.2020.1000
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  • Kéri A, Dähn R, Marques Fernandes M, Scheinost AC, Krack M, Churakov SV
    Iron adsorption on clays inferred from atomistic simulations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2020; 54(19): 11886-11893. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b07962
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  • Wick S, Baeyens B, Marques Fernandes M, Göttlicher J, Fischer M, Pfenninger N, et al.
    Thallium sorption and speciation in soils: role of micaceous clay minerals and manganese oxides
    Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2020; 288: 83-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.07.037
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  • Marques Fernandes M, Baeyens B
    Cation exchange and surface complexation of lead on montmorillonite and illite including competitive adsorption effects
    Applied Geochemistry. 2019; 100: 190-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.11.005
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  • Baeyens B, Marques Fernandes M
    Adsorption of heavy metals including radionuclides
    In: Schoonheydt R, Johnston CT, Bergaya F, eds. Surface and interface chemistry of clay minerals. Developments in clay science. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 2018:125-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102432-4.00005-6
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  • Endrizzi F, Gaona X, Marques Fernandes M, Baeyens B, Altmaier M
    Solubility and hydrolysis of U(VI) in 0.5 mol/kg NaCl solutions at T = 22 and 80 °C
    The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics. 2018; 120: 45-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jct.2018.01.006
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  • Montoya V, Baeyens B, Glaus MA, Kupcik T, Marques Fernandes M, Van Laer L, et al.
    Sorption of Sr, Co and Zn on illite: batch experiments and modelling including Co in-diffusion measurements on compacted samples
    Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2018; 223: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.11.027
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  • Wick S, Baeyens B, Marques Fernandes M, Voegelin A
    Thallium adsorption onto illite
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2018; 52(2): 571-580. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04485
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  • Bradbury MH, Marques Fernandes M, Baeyens B
    Estimates of the influence of radionuclide solubility limits and sorption competition on the sorption values in the SDBs of MX-80 bentonite and Opalinus Clay
    Wettingen: National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra); 2017. Nagra: technical report: 17-11.
    DORA PSI
  • Bradbury MH, Marques Fernandes M, Baeyens B
    Estimates of the influence of radionuclide solubility limits and sorption competition on the sorption values in the SDBs of MX-80 bentonite and Opalinus Clay
    Villigen PSI, Switzerland: Paul Scherrer Institut; 2017. PSI Bericht: 17-04.
    DORA PSI
  • Fernandes MM, Scheinost AC, Baeyens B
    Sorption of trivalent lanthanides and actinides onto montmorillonite: macroscopic, thermodynamic and structural evidence for ternary hydroxo and carbonato surface complexes on multiple sorption sites
    Water Research. 2016; 99: 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.046
    DORA PSI
  • Breitner D, Osán J, Fábián M, Zagyvai P, Szabó C, Dähn R, et al.
    Characteristics of uranium uptake of Boda Claystone Formation as the candidate host rock of high level radioactive waste repository in Hungary
    Environmental Earth Sciences. 2015; 73(1): 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-014-3413-4
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  • Marques Fernandes M, Vér N, Baeyens B
    Predicting the uptake of Cs, Co, Ni, Eu, Th and U on argillaceous rocks using sorption models for illite
    Applied Geochemistry. 2015; 59: 189-199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.05.006
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  • Baeyens B, Marques Fernandes M, Bradbury MH
    Comparison between host rock and bentonite sorption measurements and predictions using the SDB approach applied in the provisional safety analyses for SGT-E2
    Wettingen: National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra); 2014. Nagra: technical report: 12-05.
    DORA PSI
  • Baeyens B, Thoenen T, Bradbury MH, Marques Fernandes M
    Sorption data bases for argillaceous rocks and bentonite for the provisional safety analyses for SGT-E2
    Wettingen: National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra); 2014. Nagra: technical report: 12-04.
    DORA PSI
  • Soltermann D, Marques Fernandes M, Baeyens B, Miehé-Brendlé J, Dähn R
    Competitive Fe(II)-Zn(II) uptake on a synthetic montmorillonite
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2014; 48(1): 190-198. https://doi.org/10.1021/es402783r
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  • Soltermann D, Marques Fernandes M, Baeyens B, Dähn R, Joshi PA, Scheinost AC, et al.
    Fe(II) uptake on natural montmorillonites. I. Macroscopic and spectroscopic characterization
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2014; 48(15): 8688-8697. https://doi.org/10.1021/es501887q
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  • Soltermann D, Baeyens B, Bradbury MH, Fernandes MM
    Fe(II) uptake on natural montmorillonites. II. Surface complexation modeling
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2014; 48(15): 8698-8705. https://doi.org/10.1021/es501902f
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  • Soltermann D, Marques Fernandes M, Baeyens B, Dähn R, Miehé-Brendlé J, Wehrli B, et al.
    Fe(II) sorption on a synthetic montmorillonite. A combined macroscopic and spectroscopic study
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2013; 47(13): 6978-6986. https://doi.org/10.1021/es304270c
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  • Gorski CA, Aeschbacher M, Soltermann D, Voegelin A, Baeyens B, Marques Fernandes M, et al.
    Redox properties of structural Fe in clay minerals. 1. Electrochemical quantification of electron-donating and -accepting capacities of smectites
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2012; 46(17): 9360-9368. https://doi.org/10.1021/es3020138
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  • Marques Fernandes M, Baeyens B, Dähn R, Scheinost AC, Bradbury MH
    U(VI) sorption on montmorillonite in the absence and presence of carbonate: a macroscopic and microscopic study
    Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 2012; 93: 262-277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.04.017
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  • Marques Fernandes M, Stumpf T, Baeyens B, Walther C, Bradbury MH
    Spectroscopic identification of ternary Cm - carbonate surface complexes
    Environmental Science and Technology. 2010; 44(3): 921-927. https://doi.org/10.1021/es902175w
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  • Marques Fernandes M, Schmidt M, Stumpf T, Walther C, Bosbach D, Klenze R, et al.
    Site-selective time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy of Eu3+ in calcite
    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2008; 321(2): 323-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2008.01.017
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  • Marques Fernandes M, Baeyens B, Bradbury MH
    The influence of carbonate complexation on lanthanide/actinide sorption on montmorillonite
    Radiochimica Acta. 2008; 96(9-11): 691-697. https://doi.org/10.1524/ract.2008.1555
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  • Schmidt M, Stumpf T, Marques Fernandes M, Walther C, Fanghänel T
    Charge compensation in solid solutions
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2008; 47(31): 5846-5850. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200705827
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  • Schmidt M, Stumpf T, Marques Fernandes M, Walther C, Fanghänel T
    Ladungsausgleich in festen Lösungen
    Angewandte Chemie. 2008; 120(31): 5930-5934. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.200705827
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