Publications

Chimie analytique

Correlated x-ray fluorescence and ptychographic nano-tomography on Rembrandt’s The Night Watch reveals unknown lead “layer”

The Night Watch , one of the most famous masterpieces by Rembrandt, is the subject of a large research and conservation project. For the conservation treatment, it is of great importance to understand its current condition. Correlated nano…

Fréderique T.H. Broers, Ige Verslype, Koen Bossers, Frederik Vanmeert, Victor Gonzalez, Jan Garrevoet, Annelies van Loon, Esther van Duijn, Anna Krekeler, Nouchka de Keyser, Ilse Steeman, Petria Noble, Koen Janssens, Florian Meirer, Katrien Keune

Science Advances - 2023

Chimie

The Growing Field of Photoswitchable Macrocycles: A Promising Way to Tune Various Properties with Light

Abstract Thanks to supramolecular interactions of macrocyclic compounds with their guest ions or molecules, macrocycles have found wide applications in molecular and chiral recognition, separation, transportation, molecular machines, and so on…

Corentin Ludwig, Juan Xie

ChemPhotoChem - 2023

Chimie

Reversible Light-Induced Dimerization of Secondary Face Azobenzene-Functionalized β-Cyclodextrin Derivatives

Gonzalo Rivero-Barbarroja, Carlos Fernández-Clavero, Cristina García-Iriepa, Gema Marcelo, M. Carmen Padilla-Pérez, Tania Neva, Juan Benito, Stéphane Maisonneuve, Carmen Ortiz Mellet, Juan Xie, José García Fernández, Francisco Mendicuti

Journal of Organic Chemistry - 2023

Matériaux

Exploring the Effects of Synchrotron Irradiation on Ancient Egyptian Pigments

The effects of synchrotron X-ray radiation on Egyptian blue and green pigments were investigated using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR). After irradiation on PUMA beamline, three types of radiation-induced defects were detected, E’…

Marie Godet, Laurent Binet, Sebastian Schoeder, Lucile Brunel-Duverger, Mathieu Thoury, Loïc Bertrand

Synchrotron SOLEIL Highlights 2022 - 2023

Matériaux

Functionalization and Crosslinking of Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets by Multiple Tetrazine Units to Improve the Energy Storage in Supercapacitors

A multi‐tetrazine compound tailored for grafting on graphene sheets has been designed and investigated. It is composed of hydrogen substituted tetrazines involved in inverse Diels‐Alder demand cycloaddition reactions for grafting and a central…

Margarita Bosmi, Ademola Adeniji, Elise Michel, Arnaud Brosseau, Vitor P Brasiliense, Pierre Audebert, Remith Pongilat, Magali Gauthier, Fabien Miomandre

ChemElectroChem - 2023

Chimie

X-ray and Infrared Microanalyses of Mona Lisa ’s Ground Layer and Significance Regarding Leonardo da Vinci’s Palette

An exceptional microsample from the ground layer of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was analyzed by high-angular resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction and micro Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, revealing a singular mixture of strongly…

Victor Gonzalez, Gilles Wallez, Elisabeth Ravaud, Myriam Eveno, Ida Fazlic, Tiphaine Fabris, Austin Nevin, Thomas Calligaro, Michel Menu, Vincent Delieuvin, Marine Cotte

Journal of the American Chemical Society - 2023

ou physique

Polymerization of tetrazine-substituted diacetylenes as aggregates in suspension

Polydiacetylenes (PDAs) are conjugated polymers that have been widely exploited for their chromogenic and fluorogenic transitions upon exposure to external stimuli and biomolecules of interest. Herein, we propose a comparative study of the…

Luca Polacchi, Arnaud Brosseau, Adrien Smith, Rémi Métivier, Clémence Allain

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences - 2023

Chimie

Ln-MOF Based Ratiometric Luminescent Sensor for the Detection of Potential COVID-19 Drugs

Countless people have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic on a global scale. Favipiravir, has shown potential as an effective drug for SARS-CoV-2, attracting scientists' attention. However, overuse of Favipiravir easily leads to serious side…

Xinrui Wang, Kamal Batra, Gilles Clavier, Guillaume Maurin, Bin Ding, Antoine Tissot, Christian Serre

Chemistry - A European Journal - 2023

Histoire

Le projet « techniques de vernissage d’instruments de musique XVIe–XVIIIe s. » comme point de départ de réflexions sur les méthodologies de recherche

Nous avons passé de nombreux « temps de manip » ensemble entre 2006 et 2014, dans le cadre d’un projet portant sur l’étude des techniques de vernissage dans la fabrication des instruments de musique en Europe entre le XVIe et le XVIIIe siècle. Les…

Jean-Philippe Échard, Loïc Bertrand

Atelier « Concordance et discordance documentaires : des gestes, des textes et de la matière aux époques médiévale et moderne » - 2023

Ingénierie biomédicale

MOF/DNA luminescent sensing platform for detection of potential COVID-19 biomarker and drug

COVID-19 has afflicted people's life worldwide. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important COVID-19 biomarker in human body fluid that can be used as reference to monitor COVID-19 in real-time and therefore to reduce the risk of virus transmission. On the…

Xinrui Wang, Gilles Clavier, Yan Zhang, Kamal Batra, Nanan Xiao, Guillaume Maurin, Bin Ding, Antoine Tissot, Christian Serre

Chemical Science - 2023