Chemical Engineering of Functional Nanomaterials

Purpose

The CEFUN team aims at designing original nanostructures…

Main research interests deal with

News

Welcome our new team member…

Ongoing Project

Project name, funder, scientific head, aim

Team members

Permanent staf

Sylvie Bégin-Colin

Anne Carton

Damien Mertz

Benoit Pichon

Post-doc, PhD student, Master student

Publications

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C. Wells, O. Vollin-Bringel, V. Fiegel, S. Harlepp, B. Van der Schueren, S. Bégin-Colin, D. Bégin, D. Mertz, Engineering of Mesoporous Silica Coated Carbon-Based Materials Optimized for an Ultrahigh Doxorubicin Payload and a Drug Release Activated by pH, T, and NIR-light, Advanced Functional Materials 28 (2018) 1706996. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201706996.
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X.-Y. Wang, D. Mertz, C. Blanco-Andujar, A. Bora, M. Menard, F. Meyer, C. Giraudeau, S. Bégin-Colin, Optimizing the silanization of thermally-decomposed iron oxide nanoparticles for efficient aqueous phase transfer and MRI applications, RSC Advances 6 (2016) 93784–93793. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra18360c.
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A. Walter, A. Parat, D. Felder-Flesch, S. Bégin-Colin, Theranostic Potential of Dendronized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, in: Dendrimers in Nanomedicine, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2016: p. Chap. 5, 201-228.
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A. Walter, A. Garofalo, P. Bonazza, F. Meyer, H. Martinez, S. Fleutot, C. Billotey, J. Taleb, D. Felder-Flesch, S. Bégin-Colin, Effect of the Functionalization Process on the Colloidal, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Bioelimination Properties of Mono- or Bisphosphonate-Anchored Dendronized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, ChemPlusChem 82 (2017) 647–659. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201700049.
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A. Walter, A. Garofalo, A. Parat, H. Martinez, D. Felder-Flesch, S. Bégin-Colin, Functionalization strategies and dendronization of iron oxide nanoparticles, Nanotechnology Reviews 4 (2015) 581–593. https://doi.org/10.1515/ntrev-2015-0014.
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A. Walter, A. Parat, A. Garofalo, S. Laurent, L.V. Elst, R.N. Muller, T. Wu, E. Heuillard, E. Robinet, F. Meyer, D. Felder-Flesch, S. Bégin-Colin, Modulation of Relaxivity, Suspension Stability, and Biodistribution of Dendronized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as a Function of the Organic Shell Design, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 32 (2015) 552–560. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.201400217.
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A. Walter, C. Billotey, A. Garofalo, C. Ulhaq-Bouillet, C. Lefèvre, J. Taleb, S. Laurent, L. Vander Elst, R.N. Muller, L. Lartigue, F. Gazeau, D. Felder-Flesch, S. Bégin-Colin, Mastering the Shape and Composition of Dendronized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles To Tailor Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Hyperthermia, Chemistry of Materials 26 (2014) 5252–5264. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm5019025.
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A. Walter, A. Garofalo, A. Parat, J. Jouhannaud, G. Pourroy, E. Voirin, S. Laurent, P. Bonazza, J. Taleb, C. Billotey, L.V. Elst, R.N. Muller, S. Bégin-Colin, D. Felder-Flesch, Validation of a dendron concept to tune colloidal stability, MRI relaxivity and bioelimination of functional nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry B 3 (2015) 1484–1494. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tb01954g.
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J. Wallyn, N. Anton, D. Mertz, S. Bégin-Colin, F. Perton, C.A. Serra, F. Franconi, L. Lemaire, M. Chiper, H. Libouban, N. Messaddeq, H. Anton, T.F. Vandamme, Magnetite- and Iodine-Containing Nanoemulsion as a Dual Modal Contrast Agent for X-ray/Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 (2019) 403–416. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b19517.
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M. Vural, O. Gerber, B.P. Pichon, S. Lemonnier, E. Barraud, L.C. Kempel, S. Bégin-Colin, P. Kofinas, Stretchable magneto-dielectric composites based on raspberry-shaped iron oxide nanostructures, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 4 (2016) 2345–2352. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6tc00419a.
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F. Vergnaud, X. Kesse, A. Jacobs, F. Perton, S. Bégin-Colin, D. Mertz, S. Descamps, C. Vichery, J.-M. Nedelec, Magnetic bioactive glass nano-heterostructures: a deeper insight into magnetic hyperthermia properties in the scope of bone cancer treatment, Biomaterials Science 10 (2022) 3993–4007. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2bm00319h.
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J. Vaz-Ramos, M. Mascles, A. Becker, D. Bourgain, A. Grandjean, S. Bégin-Colin, F. Amiet, D. Bazin, S. Le Calve, Development of an Online Instrument for Continuous Gaseous PAH Quantification: Laboratory Evaluation and Comparison with The Offline Reference UHPLC-Fluorescence Method, Chemosensors 11 (2023) 496. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors11090496.
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J. Vaz-Ramos, D. Begin, P. Duenas-Ramirez, A. Becker, M. Galmiche, M. Millet, S. Bégin-Colin, S. Le Calve, Magnetic few-layer graphene nanocomposites for the highly efficient removal of benzo(a)pyrene from water, Environmental Science-Nano Early access (2023). https://doi.org/10.1039/d3en00047h.
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L. Truong-Phuoc, M. Kueny-Stotz, J. Jouhannaud, A. Garofalo, F.-X. Ble, H. Simon, F. Tellier, P. Poulet, P. Chirco, S. Bégin-Colin, G. Pourroy, D. Felder-Flesch, Patent Blue Derivatized Dendronized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Multimodal Imaging, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2015) 4565–4571. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201500289.
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D. Toulemon, M.V. Rastei, D. Schmool, J. Saiz Garitaonandia, L. Lezama, X. Cattoen, S. Bégin-Colin, B.P. Pichon, Enhanced Collective Magnetic Properties Induced by the Controlled Assembly of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Chains, Advanced Functional Materials 26 (2016) 2454–2462. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201505086.
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D. Toulemon, B.P. Pichon, X. Cattoen, M.W.C. Man, S. Bégin-Colin, 2D assembly of non-interacting magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles via “click” chemistry, Chemical Communications 47 (2011) 11954–11956. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1cc14661k.
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D. Toulemon, Y. Liu, X. Cattoen, C. Leuvrey, S. Bégin-Colin, B.P. Pichon, Enhanced Collective Magnetic Properties in 2D Monolayers of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Favored by Local Order and Local 1D Shape Anisotropy, Langmuir 32 (2016) 1621–1628. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04145.
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D. Toulemon, B.P. Pichon, C. Leuvrey, S. Zafeiratos, V. Papaefthimiou, X. Cattoën, S. Bégin-Colin, Fast Assembling of Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles by Microwave-Assisted Copper(I) Catalyzed Alkyne–Azide Cycloaddition (CuAAC), Chemistry of Materials 25 (2013) 2849–2854. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm401326p.
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E. Terrier, Y. Liu, B.P. Pichon, S. Bégin-Colin, V. Halté, Ultrafast demagnetization in Fe 3 O 4 and γ ‒Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles: the role of enhanced antiferromagnetic exchange interaction, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 49 (2016) 505001. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/49/50/505001.
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D. Shi, J. Wallyn, D.-V. Nguyen, F. Perton, D. Felder-Flesch, S. Bégin-Colin, M. Maaloum, M.P. Krafft, Microbubbles decorated with dendronized magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical imaging: effective stabilization via fluorous interactions, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology 10 (2019) 2103–2115. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.10.205.
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V. Sepelak, S. Bégin-Colin, G. Le Caer, Transformations in oxides induced by high-energy ball-milling, Dalton Transactions 41 (2012) 11927–48. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2dt30349c.
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L. Schlur, S. Bégin-Colin, P. Gilliot, M. Gallart, G. Carre, S. Zafeiratos, N. Keller, V. Keller, P. Andre, J.-M. Greneche, B. Hezard, M.-H. Desmonts, G. Pourroy, Effect of ball-milling and Fe-/Al-doping on the structural aspect and visible light photocatalytic activity of TiO2 towards Escherichia coli bacteria abatement, Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications 38 (2014) 11–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2014.01.026.
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K. Sartori, D. Ihiawakrim, C. Lefèvre, S. Reguer, C. Mocuta, S. Bégin-Colin, F. Choueikani, B.P. Pichon, A detailed investigation of the core@shell structure of exchanged coupled magnetic nanoparticles after performing solvent annealing, Materials Advances Early access (2022). https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ma00629d.
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K. Sartori, G. Cotin, C. Bouillet, V. Halté, S. Bégin-Colin, F. Choueikani, B.P. Pichon, Strong interfacial coupling through exchange interactions in soft/hard core-shell nanoparticles as a function of cationic distribution, Nanoscale 11 (2019) 12946–12958. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nr02323b.
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K. Sartori, D. Gailly, C. Bouillet, J.-M. Greneche, P. Duenas-Ramirez, S. Bégin-Colin, F. Choueikani, B.P. Pichon, Increasing the size of Fe3-delta O4 Nanoparticles by Performing a Multistep Seed-Mediated Growth Approach, Crystal Growth & Design 20 (2020) 1572–1582. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01300.
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K. Sartori, F. Choueikani, A. Gloter, S. Bégin-Colin, D. Taverna, B.P. Pichon, Room Temperature Blocked Magnetic Nanoparticles Based on Ferrite Promoted by a Three-Step Thermal Decomposition Process, Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (2019) 9783–9787. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b03965.
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K. Sartori, A. Musat, F. Choueikani, J.-M. Greneche, S. Hettler, P. Bencok, S. Bégin-Colin, P. Steadman, R. Arenal, B.P. Pichon, A Detailed Investigation of the Onion Structure of Exchanged Coupled Magnetic Fe3-delta O4@CoFe2O4@Fe3-delta O4 Nanoparticles, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13 (2021) 16784–16800. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c18310.
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J.S. Salazar, L. Perez, O. de Abril, L.T. Phuoc, D. Ihiawakrim, M. Vazquez, J.-M. Greneche, S. Bégin-Colin, G. Pourroy, Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in 10-40 nm Range: Composition in Terms of Magnetite/Maghemite Ratio and Effect on the Magnetic Properties, Chemistry of Materials 23 (2011) 1379–1386. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm103188a.
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G. Rydzek, D. Toulemon, A. Garofalo, C. Leuvrey, J.-F. Dayen, D. Felder-Flesch, P. Schaaf, L. Jierry, S. Bégin-Colin, B.P. Pichon, F. Boulmedais, Selective Nanotrench Filling by One-Pot Electroclick Self-Constructed Nanoparticle Films, Small 11 (2015) 4638–4642. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201500639.
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M. Rastei V., V. Pierron-Bohnes, D. Toulemon, C. Bouillet, A. Kakay, R. Hertel, E. Tetsi, S. Bégin-Colin, B.P. Pichon, Defect-Driven Magnetization Configuration of Isolated Linear Assemblies of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Advanced Functional Materials 29 (2019) 1903927. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201903927.
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P.D. Ramirez, C. Lee, R. Fedderwitz, A.R. Clavijo, D.P.P. Barbosa, M. Julliot, J. Vaz-Ramos, D. Begin, S. Le Calve, A. Zaloszyc, P. Choquet, M.A.G. Soler, D. Mertz, P. Kofinas, Y. Piao, S. Bégin-Colin, Phosphate Capture Enhancement Using Designed Iron Oxide-Based Nanostructures., Nanomaterials 13 (2023) 587. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030587.
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J. Pivetal, M. Frenea-Robin, N. Haddour, C. Vezy, L.F. Zanini, G. Ciuta, N.M. Dempsey, F. Dumas-Bouchiat, G. Reyne, S. Bégin-Colin, D. Felder-Flesh, C. Ghobril, G. Pourroy, P. Simonet, Development and applications of a DNA labeling method with magnetic nanoparticles to study the role of horizontal gene transfer events between bacteria in soil pollutant bioremediation processes, Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22 (2015) 20322–20327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5614-0.
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B.P. Pichon, O. Gerber, C. Lefèvre, I. Florea, S. Fleutot, W. Baaziz, M. Pauly, M. Ohlmann, C. Ulhaq, O. Ersen, V. Pierron-Bohnes, P. Panissod, M. Drillon, S. Bégin-Colin, Microstructural and Magnetic Investigations of Wüstite-Spinel Core-Shell Cubic-Shaped Nanoparticles, Chemistry of Materials 23 (2011) 2886–2900. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm2003319.
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B.P. Pichon, P. Louet, O. Felix, M. Drillon, S. Bégin-Colin, G. Decher, Magnetotunable Hybrid Films of Stratified Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Assembled by the Layer-by-Layer Technique, Chemistry of Materials 23 (2011) 3668–3675. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm201139s.
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B.P. Pichon, M. Pauly, P. Marie, C. Leuvrey, S. Bégin-Colin, Tunable Magnetic Properties of Nanoparticle Two-Dimensional Assemblies Addressed by Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers, Langmuir 27 (2011) 6235–6243. https://doi.org/10.1021/la105052z.
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B.P. Pichon, G. Barbillon, P. Marie, M. Pauly, S. Bégin-Colin, Iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles used as probing agents to study the nanostructure of mixed self-assembled monolayers, Nanoscale 3 (2011) 4696–4705. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1nr10729a.
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B.P. Pichon, C. Leuvey, D. Ihawakrim, P. Bernard, G. Schmerber, S. Bégin-Colin, Magnetic Properties of Mono- and Multilayer Assemblies of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Promoted by SAMs, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118 (2014) 3828–3837. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp412174k.
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B.P. Pichon, P. Buchwalter, C. Carcel, X. Cattoën, M. Wong Chi Man, S. Bégin-Colin, Assembling of Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Controlled by Self-assembled Monolayers of Trialkoxysilane Molecules, The Open Surface Science Journal 4 (2012) 35–41. https://doi.org/10.2174/1876531901204010035.
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F. Perton, M. Palluel, C. Kiefer, B. Freis, D. Mertz, S. Bégin-Colin, One Pot Synthesis of Dithiolane Dendron Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2021 (2021) 4286–4297. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202100650.
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F. Perton, G. Cotin, C. Kiefer, J.-M. Strub, S. Cianferani, J.-M. Greneche, N. Parizel, B. Heinrich, B. Pichon, D. Mertz, S. Bégin-Colin, Iron Stearate Structures: An Original Tool for Nanoparticles Design, Inorganic Chemistry 60 (2021) 12445–12456. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01689.
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F. Perton, S. Harlepp, G. Follain, K. Parkhomenko, J.G. Goetz, S. Bégin-Colin, D. Mertz, Wrapped stellate silica nanocomposites as biocompatible luminescent nanoplatforms assessed in vivo, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 542 (2019) 469–482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2019.01.098.
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F. Perton, M. Tasso, G.A. Munoz Medina, M. Menard, C. Blanco-Andujar, E. Portiansky, M.B. Fernandez van Raap, D. Begin, F. Meyer, S. Bégin-Colin, D. Mertz, Fluorescent and magnetic stellate mesoporous silica for bimodal imaging and magnetic hyperthermia, Applied Materials Today 16 (2019) 301–314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2019.06.006.
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N.O. Pena, D. Ihiawakrim, S. Cretu, G. Cotin, C. Kiefer, S. Bégin-Colin, C. Sanchez, D. Portehault, O. Ersen, In situ liquid transmission electron microscopy reveals self-assembly-driven nucleation in radiolytic synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles in organic media, Nanoscale 14 (2022) 10950–10957. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2nr01511k.
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M. Pauly, B.P. Pichon, P.-A. Albouy, S. Fleutot, C. Leuvrey, M. Trassin, J.-L. Gallani, S. Bégin-Colin, Monolayer and multilayer assemblies of spherically and cubic-shaped iron oxide nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry 21 (2011) 16018–16027. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1jm12012c.
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M. Pauly, J.-F. Dayen, D. Golubev, J.-B. Beaufrand, B.P. Pichon, B. Doudin, S. Bégin-Colin, Co-tunneling Enhancement of the Electrical Response of Nanoparticle Networks, Small 8 (2012) 108–115. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201100931.
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M. Pauly, B.P. Pichon, P. Panissod, S. Fleutot, P. Rodriguez, M. Drillon, S. Bégin-Colin, Size dependent dipolar interactions in iron oxide nanoparticle monolayer and multilayer Langmuir-Blodgett films, Journal of Materials Chemistry 22 (2012) 6343–6350. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2jm15797g.
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E. Pardieu, S. Pronkin, M. Dolci, T. Dintzer, B.P. Pichon, D. Begin, C. Pham-Huu, P. Schaaf, S. Bégin-Colin, F. Boulmedais, Hybrid layer-by-layer composites based on a conducting polyelectrolyte and Fe3O4 nanostructures grafted onto graphene for supercapacitor application, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3 (2015) 22877–22885. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ta05132k.
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A. Parat, C. Bordeianu, H. Dib, A. Garofalo, A. Walter, S. Bégin-Colin, D. Felder-Flesch, Dendrimer-nanoparticle conjugates in nanomedicine, Nanomedicine 10 (2015) 977–992. https://doi.org/10.2217/NNM.14.196.
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J.R. Orives, B.P. Pichon, D. Mertz, K. Sartori, S. Bégin-Colin, W.R. Viali, S.J. Lima Ribeiro, M. Nalin, Phosphate glasses containing monodisperse Fe3-delta O4@SiO2 stellate nanoparticles obtained by melt-quenching process, Ceramics International 46 (2020) 12120–12127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.01.257.
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F.R. Nursanto, J. Vaz-Ramos, O. Delhomme, S. Bégin-Colin, S. Le Calve, Simultaneous Monitoring of Outdoor PAHs and Particles in a French Peri-Urban Site during COVID Restrictions and the Winter Saharan Dust Event, Atmosphere 13 (2022) 1435. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13091435.