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Biomineralization

Microscale neodymium distribution in sedimentary planktonic foraminiferal tests and associated mineral phases. Kazuyo Tachikawa, Takashi Toyofuku, Isabelle Basile-Doelsch, Thomas Delhaye. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 100 (2013) 11–23.
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Skeletal growth dynamics linked to trace-element composition in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis. Chloe Brahmi, C. Kopp, I. Domart-Coulon, J. Stolarski, Anders Meibom. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 99 (2012) 146–158.
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Past daily light cycle recorded in the strontium/calcium ratios of giant clam shells.
Sano Y, Kobayashi S, Shirai K, Takahata N, Matsumoto K, Watanabe T, Sowa K, Iwai K. Nat Commun. 2012 Mar 27;3:761. doi: 10.1038/ncomms1763 (2012)
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Going nano: a new step towards understanding the processes governing freshwater ooid formation. M. Pacton, D. Ariztegui, D. Wacey, M.R. Kilburn, C. Rollion-Bard, R. Farah, and C. Vasconcelos. Geology, June 2012 548-550
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Calcareous sponge biomineralization: Ultrastructural and compositional heterogeneity of spicules in Leuconia johnstoni Carter, 1871. Christophe Kopp, Anders Meibom, Olivier Beyssac, Jarosław Stolarski, Shakib Djediat, Jakub Szlachetko, Isabelle Domart-Coulon. Journal of Structural Biology 173 (2011) 99–109.
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Desulfovibrio magneticus RS-1 contains an iron- and phosphorus-rich organelle distinct from its bulletshaped magnetosomes. Meghan E. Byrnea, D. A. Ballb, J-L Guerquin-Kern, Isabelle Rouiller, Ting-Di Wu, Kenneth H. Downing, Hojatollah Vali, and Arash Komeili. PNAS, July 6, 2010, vol. 107, no. 27, pages 12263–12268.
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A Layered Structure in the Organic Envelopes of the Prismatic Layer of the Shell of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada margaritifera (Mollusca, Bivalvia). Y. Dauphin, A. Brunelle, M. Cotte, J.P. Cuif, B. Farre, O. Laprévote, A. Meibom, M. Salomé, and C.T. Williams. Microsc. Microanal. 16, 91–98, 2010
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Skeletal growth, ultrastructure and composition of the azooxanthellate scleractinian coral Balanophyllia regia. C. Brahmi, A. Meibom, D. C. Smith, J. Stolarski, S. Auzoux-Bordenave, J. Nouet, D. Doumenc, C. Djediat, I. Domart-Coulon. Coral Reefs (2010) 29:175–189. 
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Dynamics of sheet nacre formation in bivalves. Marthe Rousseau, Anders Meibom, Marc Gèze, Xavier Bourrat, Martine Angellier, Evelyne Lopez. Journal of Structural Biology 165 (2009) 190-195
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Strontium-86 labeling experiments show spatially heterogeneous skeletal formation in the scleractinian coral Porites porites. Fanny Houlbreque, A. Meibom, J-P. Cuif, J. Stolarski, Y. Marrocchi, C. Ferrier-Pages, I. Domart-Coulon, R.B. Dunbar. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 36, L04604, 2009
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Biological forcing controls the chemistry of reef-buiding coral skeleton. Anders Meibom, S. Mostefaoui, J-P. Cuif, Y. Dauphin, F. Houlbreque, R. Dunbar, B. Constantz, Geophysical Research letter, vol 34, L02601, 2007.

Electron and ion microprobe analysis of calcium distribution and transport in coral tissues. Alan T. Marshall, Peta L. Clode, Robert Russell, Kathryn Prince, Richard Stern. The Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 2453-2463, 2007

Microdistribution of Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, and Ba/Ca ratios in Pulleniatina obliquiloculata test by using a NanoSIMS: Implication for the vital effect mechanism. Daisuke Kunioka, Kotaro Shirai, Naoto Takahata, Yuji Sano, Takashi Toyofuku, Yurika Ujiie. G3, Volume 7, Number 12, 14 December 2006

Distribution of magnesium in coral skeleton. Anders Meibom, J-P Cuif, F. Hillion, B. R. Constanz, A. Juillet-Leclerc, Y.Dauphin, T. Wanatabe, R.B. Dunbar. Geophysical Research Letter, vol. 13, L23306, 2004 

 

 

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Environmental Microbiology

Highly dynamic cellular-level response of symbiotic coral to a sudden increase in environmental nitrogen. Kopp C, Pernice M, Domart-Coulon I, Djediat C, Spangenberg JE, Alexander DTL, Hignette M, Meziane T, Meibom A. mBio, May 14, 2013.
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Anoxic carbon flux in photosynthetic microbial mats as revealed by metatranscriptomics. Luke C Burow, Dagmar Woebken, Ian PG Marshall, Erika A Lindquist, Brad M Bebout, Leslie Prufert-Bebout, Tori M Hoehler, Susannah G Tringe, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Peter K Weber, Alfred M Spormann, Steven W Singer. The ISME Journal (2012), p. 1–13
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Zero-valent sulphur is a key intermediate in marine methane oxidation. Jana Milucka, Timothy G. Ferdelman, Lubos Polerecky, Daniela Franzke, Gunter Wegener, Markus Schmid,3 Ingo Lieberwirth, Michael Wagner, Friedrich Widdel1 & Marcel M. M. Kuypers. NATURE 22 November 2012, volume 491, p. 541–546
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Unicellular Cyanobacterium Symbiotic with a Single-Celled Eukaryotic. Anne W. Thompson, Rachel A. Foster, Andreas Krupke, Brandon J. Carter, Niculina Musat, Daniel Vaulot, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Jonathan P. Zehr. SCIENCE 21 September 2012, Vol. 337 no. 6101 pp. 1546-1550, DOI: 10.1126/science.1222700
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Identification of a novel cyanobacterial group as active diazotrophs in a coastal microbial mat using NanoSIMS analysis.
Dagmar Woebken, Luke C Burow, Leslie Prufert-Bebout, Brad M Bebout, Tori M Hoehler, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Alfred M Spormann, Peter K Weber and Steven W Singer. The ISME Journal (2012), 1–13
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A single-cell view of ammonium assimilation in coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis. Mathieu Pernice, Anders Meibom, Annamieke Van Den Heuvel, Christophe Kopp, Isabelle Domart-Coulon, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Sophie Dove. The ISME Journal (5 January 2012), doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.196
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Carbon and nitrogen assimilation in deep subseafloor microbial cells. Yuki Morono, Takeshi Terada, Manabu Nishizawa, Motoo Ito, François Hillion, Naoto Takahata, Yuji Sano and Fumio Inagakia. PNAS November 8, 2011 vol. 108 no. 45 18295-18300.
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High-throughput isotopic analysis of RNA microarrays to quantify microbial resource use. Xavier Mayali, Peter K Weber, Eoin L Brodie, Shalini Mabery, Paul D Hoeprich and Jennifer Pett-Ridge. The ISME Journal (2011), 1–12
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Detecting metabolic activities in single cells, with emphasis on NanoSIMS. Niculina Musat, Rachel Foster, Tomas Vagner, Birgit Adam & Marcel M. M. Kuypers. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2011) 1–26
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Carbon, nitrogen and O2 fluxes associated with the cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena in the Baltic Sea. Helle Ploug, Birgit Adam, Niculina Musat, Tim Kalvelage, Gaute Lavik, Dieter Wolf-Gladrow and Marcel MM Kuypers. The ISME Journal (2011), 1–10.
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Nitrososphaera viennensis, an ammonia oxidizing archaeon from soil. Maria Tourna, Michaela Stieglmeier, Anja Spang, Martin Könneke, Arno Schintlmeister, Tim Urich, Marion Engel, Michael Schloter, Michael Wagner, Andreas Richter, and Christa Schleper. PNAS approved March 31, 2011.
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Nitrogen fixation and transfer in open ocean diatom–cyanobacterial symbioses. Rachel A Foster, Marcel MM Kuypers, Tomas Vagner, Ryan W Paerl, Niculina Musat and Jonathan P Zehr. The ISME Journal (2011), 1–10.
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A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus. Felisa Wolfe-Simon, Jodi Switzer Blum, Thomas R. Kulp, Gwyneth W. Gordon, Shelley E. Hoeft, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, John F. Stolz, Samuel M. Webb, Peter K. Weber, Paul C. W. Davies, Ariel D. Anbar, Ronald S. Oremland. SCIENCE, published online 2 December 2010. Sience.1197258
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Carbon and nitrogen fluxes associated with the cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon sp. in the Baltic Sea. Helle Ploug, Niculina Musat, Birgit Adam, Christina Moraru, Gaute Lavik, Tomas Vagner, Birgitta Bergman and Marcel Kuypers. The ISME Journal April 2010
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Identification of Diazotrophic Microorganisms in Marine Sediment via Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Coupled to Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (FISH-NanoSIMS).
Anne E. Dekas and Victoria J. Orphan. Chapter 12 of: Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 486, Research on Nitrification and related processes, part A. Edited by Martin G. Klotz

Uptake visualization of deltamethrin by NanoSIMS and acute toxicity to the water flea Daphnia magna. T. Eybe, T. Bohn, J.N. Audinot, T. Udelhoven, H.M. Cauchie, H.N. Migeon, L. Hoffmann. Chemosphere 76 (2009) 134–140

Methods for unveiling cryptic microbial partnerships in nature. Victoria J Orphan. Current Opinion in Microbiology 2009, 12:1–7
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Deep-Sea Archaea fix and share nitrogen in methane-consuming microbial consortia. Anne E. Dekas, Rachel S. Poretsky, Victoria J. Orphan. SCIENCE, Vol 326, 16 october 2009
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Co-occurrence of denitrification and nitrogen fixation in a meromictic lake, Lake Cadagno (Switzerland). Hannah Halm, N. Musat, P. Lam, R. Langlois, F. Musat, S. Peduzzi, G. Lavik, C.J. Schubert, B. Singha, J. LaRoche and M. M. M. Kuypers. Environmental Microbiology (2009)
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Fixation and fate of C and N in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium using nanometer-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry.
J. A. Finzi-Hart, J. Pett-Ridge, P. K. Weber, R. Popa, S. J. Fallon, T. Gunderson, I. D. Hutcheon, K. H. Nealson and D. G. Capone. PNAS April 14, 2009, vol. 106 no. 15, p.6345–6350
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A single-cell view on the ecophysiology of anaerobic phototrophic bacteria. Niculina Musat, H. Halm, B. Winterholler, P. Hoppe, S. Peduzzi, F. Hillion,F. Horreard, R. Amann, B.B. Jørgensen, and M.M.M. Kuypers. PNAS, Nov. 18, 2008, vol.105, no.46 pages 17861–17866
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Linking microbial phylogeny to metabolic activity at the single-cell level by using enhanced element labeling-catalyzed reporter deposition Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and nanometer-scale Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry. Sebastian Behrens,Tina Losekann, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Peter K. Weber, Wing-On Ng, Bradley S. Stevenson, Ian D. Hutcheon, David A. Relman and Alfred M. Spormann. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2008
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Simultaneous analysis of microbial identity and function using NanoSIMS. Tianlun Li, Ting-Di Wu, Laurent Mazéas, Laurent Toffin, Jean-Luc Guerquin-Kern, G. Leblon, Th. Bouchez. Environmental Microbiology (2007). On-line nov. 2007

Quantitative imaging of nitrogen fixation by individual bacteria within animal cells. Claude Lechene, Yvette Luyten, Gregory McMahon, Daniel L. Distel. SCIENCE, 14 sept 2007, vol 317

Carbon and nitrogen fixation and metabolite exchange in and between individual cells of Anabaena oscillarioides. Radu Popa, Peter K Weber, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Juliette A Finzi, Stewart J Fallon, Ian D Hutcheon, K. H Nealson an d Douglas G Capone. The ISME Journal (2007) 1, 354–360

 

 

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Plant / Soil

High resolution SIMS analysis of arsenic in rice.
Katie L. Moore, Chris R. Hawes, Steve P. McGrath, Fang-Jie Zhao and Chris R. M. Grovenor.
Surf. Interface Anal. 2013, 45, 309–311
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Visualization and localization of bromotoluene distribution in Hedera helix using NanoSIMS.
Ronan Tartivel, Romuald Tatin, Thomas Delhaye, Arthur Maupas, Amaury Gendron, Samy Gautier, Olivier Lavastre. Chemosphere 89 (2012) 805–809
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Understanding the fate and linkage of N and S in earthworm-engineered peat soil by coupling stable isotopes and nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry. Aurelien Gicquel, Andre-Jean Francez, Thomas Delhaye, gerard Gruau, Vincent Hallaire, Francoise Binet. Biogeochemistry, March 2012.
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Root uptake and phytotoxicity of nanosized molybdenum octahedral clusters.
Tangi Aubert, Agnès Burel, Marie-Andrée Esnault, Stéphane Cordier, Fabien Grasset, Francisco Cabello-Hurtado Journal of Hazardous Materials 219– 220 (2012) 111– 118
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A multi-scale approach to determine accurate elemental and isotopic ratios by nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging. Hatton PJ, Remusat L, Zeller B, Derrien D. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2012 Jun 15;26(11):1363-71.
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NanoSIMS study of organic matter associated with soil aggregates: advantages, limitations, and combination with STXM. Remusat L, Hatton PJ, Nico PS, Zeller B, Kleber M, Derrien D. Environ Sci Technol. 2012 Apr 3;46(7):3943-9.
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High-Resolution Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Reveals the Contrasting Subcellular Distribution of Arsenic and Silicon in Rice Roots. Katie L. Moore, Markus Schroder, Zhongchang Wu, Barry G.H. Martin, Chris R. Hawes, Steve P. McGrath, Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Jian Feng Ma, Fang-Jie Zhao, and Chris R.M. Grovenor. Plant Physiology, June 2011, Vol. 156, pp. 913–92.
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High-resolution elemental localization in vacuolate plant cells by nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry. Katharine E. Smart, J. Andrew C. Smith, Matt R. Kilburn, Barrie G. H. Martin, Chris Hawes and Chris R. M. Grovenor. The Plant Journal (2010) 63, 870–879.
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Use of phosphate to avoid uranium toxicity in Arabidopsis thaliana leads to alterations of morphological and physiological responses regulated by phosphate availability. Julie Misson, Pascale Henner, Marcel Morello, Magali Floriani, Ting-Di Wu, Jean-Luc Guerquin-Kern, Laureline Février. Environmental and Experimental Botany 67 (2009) 353–362.
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In Situ Mapping of Nutrient Uptake in the Rhizosphere Using Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry.
Peta L. Clode, Matt R. Kilburn, David L. Jones, Elizabeth A. Stockdale, John B. Cliff III, Anke M. Herrmann, and Daniel V. Murphy. Plant Physiology, December 2009, Vol. 151, pp. 1751–1757.
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NanoSIMS analysis of arsenic and selenium in cereal grain. Katie L. Moore, Markus Schroder, Enzo Lombi, Fang-Jie Zhao, Steve P. McGrath, Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Peter R. Shewry and Chris R. M. Grovenor.  New Phytologist (2009)
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Nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry — A new analytical tool in biogeochemistry and soil ecology: A review article. Anke M. Herrmann, Karl Ritz, Naoise Nunan, Peta L. Clode, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Matt R. Kilburn, Daniel V. Murphy, Anthony G. O’Donnell, Elizabeth A. Stockdale. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39 (2007) 1835–1850 
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NanoSIMS and EPMA analysis of nickel localisation in leaves of the hyperaccumulator plant Alyssum lesbiacum. K.E. Smart, M.R. Kilburn, C.J. Salter, J.A.C. Smith, C.R.M. Grovenor, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 260 (2007) P.107–114
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Nitrogen Mineralization and Assimilation at Millimeter Scales. David D. Myrold, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, and Peter J. Bottomley in Methods in ENZYMOLOGY, Volume 496. Research on Nitrification and related processes, Part B. Chapter four, pp.91-115.  

 

 

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Cell Biology

Publication page from the web site of the NRIMS, National Resource for Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Harvard Medical School/MIT/Brigham & Women's Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Direct chemical evidence for sphingolipid domains in the plasma membranes of fibroblasts.
Jessica F. Frisz, Kaiyan Lou, Haley A. Klitzing, William P. Hanafin, Vladimir Lizunov, Robert L. Wilson, Kevin J. Carpenter, Raehyun Kim, Ian D. Hutcheon, Joshua Zimmerberg, Peter K. Weber, and Mary L. Kraft.
PNAS Early Edition 2013
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Identification and localization of nanoparticles in tissues by mass spectrometry.
Jean-Nicolas Audinot, Anastasia Georgantzopoulou, Jean-Pascal Piret, Arno C. Gutleb, David Dowsett, Henri Noel Migeon and Lucien Hoffmann. Surf. Interface Anal. 2013, 45, 230–233
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 50nm-Scale Localization of Single Unmodified,Isotopically Enriched, Proteins in Cells.
Anthony Delaune, A. Cabin-Flaman, G. Legent, D. Gibouin, C. Smet-Nocca, F. Lefebvre, A. Benecke, M. Vasse, Camille Ripoll. PLOS ONE, February 2013, Volume 8, Issue 2, e56559
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Unregulated brain iron deposition in transgenic mice overexpressing HMOX1 in the astrocytic compartment.
Wei Song, H.Zukor, S-H Lin, A. Liberman, A. Tavitian, J. Mui, H. Vali, C. Fillebeen, K. Pantopoulos, T-D u, J-L Guerquin Kern, H.M. Schipper. Journal of neurochemistry, 2012, 123, 325-336.
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Mammalian heart renewal by pre-existing cardiomyocytes. Samuel E. Senyo, Matthew L. Steinhauser, Christie L. Pizzimenti, Vicky K. Yang, Lei Cai et al. NATURE (05 December 2012) doi:10.1038/nature11682
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Early in vivo changes in calcium ions, oxidative stress markers, and ion channel immunoreactivity following partial injury to the optic nerve. Wells J, Kilburn MR, Shaw JA, Bartlett CA, Harvey AR, Dunlop SA, Fitzgerald M. J Neurosci Res. 2012 Mar;90(3):606-18
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Multi-isotope imaging mass spectrometry reveals slow protein turnover in hair-cell stereocilia. Duan-Sun Zhang, Valeria Piazza, Benjamin J. Perrin, Agnieszka K. Rzadzinska, J. Collin Poczatek, MeiWang, Haydn M. Prosser, James M. Ervasti, David P. Corey & Claude P. Lechene. NATURE, vol 481, 26 January 2012
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Multi-isotope imaging mass spectrometry quantifies stem cell division and metabolism. Matthew L. Steinhauser, Andrew P. Bailey, Samuel E. Senyo, Christelle Guillermier, Todd S. Perlstein, Alex P. Gould, Richard T. Lee & Claude P. Lechene. NATURE, vol 481, 26 January 2012
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Recent Advances in Mapping the Sub-cellular Distribution of Metal-Based Anticancer Drugs. Louise E. WedlockA,B and Susan J. Berners-Price. Aust. J. Chem. 2011, 64, 692–704
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Combed single DNA molecules imaged by secondary ion mass spectrometry. Armelle Cabin-Flaman, Anne-Franc-oise Monnier, Yannick Coffinier, Jean-Nicolas Audinot, David Gibouin, Tom Wirtz, Rabah Boukherroub, Henri-No€el Migeon, Aaron Bensimon, Laurent Jannière, Camille Ripoll, and Vic Norris. Analytical Chemistry (2011) 83,6940-6947. 
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Aceruloplasminemia: Retinal Histopathologic Manifestations and Iron-Mediated Melanosome Degradation.
Natalie Wolkow, Ying Song, Ting-Di Wu, Jiang Qian, Jean-Luc Guerquin-Kern, Joshua L. Dunaief. ARCH OPHTHALMOL, VOL 129 (NO. 11), NOV 2011.
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HO-1-mediated macroautophagy: a mechanism for unregulated iron deposition in aging and degenerating neural tissues. Hillel Zukor, W. Song, A. Liberman, J. Mui, H. Vali, C. Fillebeen, K. Pantopoulos, T-D Xu, J-L Guerquin-Kern, H.M. Schipper. Journal of neurochemistry, 2009, 109, 776-791.
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Direct chemical evidence for sphingolipid domains in the plasma membranes of fibroblasts. Jessica F. Frisz, K. Lou, H. A. Klitzing, W. P. Hanafin, V. Lizunov, R. L. Wilson, K. J. Carpenter, R. Kim, I. D. Hutcheon, J. Zimmerberg, P. K. Weber, Mary L. Kraft.
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High-resolution quantitative imaging of mammalian and bacterial cells using stable isotope mass spectrometry. Claude Lechene et al. , Journal of Biology 2006, 5:20. 30 pages
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Morphological and chemical studies of pathological human and mice brain at the subcellular level: correlation between light, electron, and NanoSIMS microscopies. Carmen Quintana, Ting-Di Wu, Benoit Delatour, Marc Dhenain, Jean Luc Guerquin-Kern, Alain Croisy. Microscopy Research and Technique 70:281–295 (2007)
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Subcellular imaging of isotopically labeled carbon compounds in a biological sample by ion microprobe (NanoSIMS). Peta L. Clode, Richard A. Stern, Alan T. Marshall. Microscopy Research and Technique, 70: 220-229 (2007)
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Phase separation of lipid membranes analyzed with high-resolution Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry. Mary L. Kraft et al., SCIENCE, 29 sept 2006, vol.313
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Sub-cellular localisation of a 15N-labelled peptide vector using NanoSIMS imaging. Winfried Romer , Ting-Di Wu , Patricia Duchambon , Mohamed Amessou , Daniele Carrez , Ludger Johannes , Jean-Luc Guerquin-Kern, Applied Surface Science 252 pp 6925–6930 (2006)
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Study of the localization of iron, ferritin and hemosiderin in Alzheimer's disease hippocampus by analytical microscopy at the subcellular level.
C. Quintana, S. Bellefqih, J.Y. Laval, J.L. Guerquin-Kern, T.D. Wu, J. Avila, I.Ferrer, R. Arranz, C. Patino. Journal of Structural Biology 153, 2006
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Direct NanoSIMS imaging of diffusible elements in surfaced block of cryo-processes biological samples.
P. Hallegot, J-N. Audinot, H-N. Migeon, SIMS XV Conference Proceedings, 2005

Supported membrane composition analysis by SIMS with high lateral resolution. Carine Galli Marxer, Mary L. Kraft, Peter K. Weber, Ian Hutcheon, Steven G. Boxer. Biophysical Journal, volume 88, April 2005 p. 2695-2975

Progress in analytical imaging of the cell by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS microscopy). Jean-Luc Guerquin-Kern, Ting-Di Wu, Carmen Quintana and Alain Croisy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1724 (2005) 228 – 238

Ultra-structural cell distribution of the melanoma marker iodobenzamide: improved potentiality of SIMS imaging in life sciences.
Jean-Luc Guerquin-Kern, François Hillion, Jean-Claude Madelmont, Pierre Labarre, Janine Papon and Alain Croisy. BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2004, 3:10

In-situ imaging mass spectrometry analysis of melanin granules in the human hair shaft. P. Hallegot, P. Peteranderl, R. Lechene, C., J Invest Dermatol 2004, 122, (2), 381-6

Measurement of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in cultured cells. Peteranderl, R. and C. Lechene. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 15: 478–485, 2004

Transport of 13C-oleate in adipocytes measured using multi imaging mass spectrometry. Alan M. Kleinfeld, J. Patrick Kampf, and Claude Lechene. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, July 2004

Physiological application of the NanoSIMS 50 ion microscope: localization at subcellular level of 15N labelling in Arabidopsis thaliana. N. Grignon, J. J. Vidmar, F. Hillion, B. Jaillard, Poster for SIMS XII, Brussels, sept. 99.

Subcellular localization of isotopes and labelled molecules by SIMS. E. Hindié, Proceedings of SIMS XI, p.113, Orlando 1997

Improvements in biomedical imaging by SIMS (IMS3f, 4f and NanoSIMS). E. Larras-Regard and M-C. Mony, Proceedings of SIMS XI, p. 119, Orlando 1997

We also recommend a book in which Dr. Nicole Grignon details in one chapter her long experience on bulk biological sample preparation for SIMS analysis (plants): Electron Microscopy Methods and Protocols, 2nd edition. Edited by John Kuo. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press. 

... and the Chapter XXI of "Handbook of Cryopreparation Methods for Electron Microscopy": Cryo-Preparation Procedures for Elemental Imaging by SIMS and EFTEM, by C. Bordat and J-L. Guerquin-Kern. Ed. A Cavalier, D. Spehner, B. M. Humbel. CRC Press (July 2008).
 

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Materials

A SIMS and TEM investigation of the microstructure of wear-resistant ductile cast iron.
N. Valle, M. Martinez Celis, J. Lacaze, I. O. Thorbjornsson, B. Johannesson and J. T. Thorgrimsson.
Surf. Interface Anal. 2013, 45, 441–444
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Quantitative grain boundary analysis of bulk samples by SIMS.
F. Christien, C. Downing, K. L. Moore C. R. M. Grovenor
Surf. Interface Anal. 2013, 45, 305–308
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Composition of nanoparticles in optical fibers by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry.
Wilfried Blanc, Christelle Guillermier and Bernard Dussardier. November 2012 / Vol. 2, No. 11 / OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS 1504. > Download (948 KB)

Segregation of B, P, and C in the Ni-Based Superalloy, Inconel 718, Talukder Alam, Peter J. Felfer, Mahesh Chaturvedi, Leigh T. Stephenson, Matthew R. Kilburn, Julie M. Cairney. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A July 2012, Volume 43, Issue 7, pp 2183-2191.
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Spinel-Layered Core-Shell Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries. Cho, Y., Lee, S., Lee, Y., Hong, T. and Cho, J. (2011), Adv. Energy Mater., 1: 821–828. doi: 10.1002/aenm.201100239.
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Nano-SIMS investigation of boron distribution in steels. N. Valle, J. Drillet, A. Picc and H.-N. Migeon. Surf. Interface Anal. 2011, 43, 573–575.
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Wear property of Ductile Iron Locally Reinforced with Cr-Containing Steel Inserts. Mayerling Martinez Celis, Nathalie Valle, Jacques Lacaze, Ingólfur Thorbjornsson, Birgir Johannesson, JonThor Thorgrimsson, Bojan Podgornik, Joze Vizintin. Key Engineering Materials Vol. 457 (2011) pp 441-446.
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Microstructure of as cast reinforced ductile iron. M. Martinez Celis, N. Valle, J. Lacaze, I. O. Thorbjornsson, B. Johannesson and J. T. Thorgrimsson. International Journal of Cast Metals Research 2011 VOL 24 NO 2.
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Structural Changes Evidenced by Rheology in PPgMA Nanocomposites During Oxidative Ageing
F. Fordiani, T. Aubry, Y. Grohens Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 114, 4011–4019 (2009)
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Multi-scale characterization of stress corrosion cracking of cold-worked stainless steels and the influence of Cr content. S. Lozano-Perez, T. Yamada, T. Terachi , M. Schroder , C.A. English , G.D.W. Smith , C.R.M. Grovenor , B.L. Eyre. Acta Materialia 57 (2009) 5361–5381.
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Application of SIMS nano-analysis to the development of new metallurgical solutions. N. Valle, J. Drillet, A. Perlade, H.-N. Migeon. Applied Surface Science 255 (2008) 1569–1571.
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Using NanoSIMS to map trace elements in stainless steels from nuclear reactors.
S. Lozano-Perez, M. Schroeder, T. Yamada, T. Terachi, C.A. English and C.R.M. Grovenor. Applied Surface Science (2008).
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 High-resolution imaging of complex crack chemistry in reactor steels by NanoSIMS. S. Lozano-Perez, M.R. Kilburn, T. Yamada, T. Terachi, C.A. English and C.R.M. Grovenor. Journal of Nuclear Materials, Available online 19 August 2007
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NanoSIMS analysis of trace element segregation during the Al-Si eutectic reaction. Christian J. Simensen, Oyvind Nielsen, Francois Hillion, Jorunn Voje, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2007 , DOI: 10.1007/s11661-007-9165-y
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Study of the carbon distribution in multi-phase steels using the NanoSIMS 50. N. Valle , J. Drillet, O. Bouaziz, H.-N. Migeon. Applied Surface Science 252 (2006) 7051–7053.
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High-Temperature oxidation of a Cu-Ni based Cermet: kinetic and microstructural study.
F. Rioult, M. Pijolat, F. Valdivieso, M.A. Prin-Lamaze, Journal of American Ceramic society, 89 [3] 996-1005 (2006)

Simultaneous multidopant investigation of rare-earth-doped optical fibers by an ion microprobe. F. Sidiroglou, S.T. Huntington, A. Roberts, R. Stern, I.R.Fletcher, G.W. Baxter. Optics Letters, vol31, N°22, november 15, 2006

Three-dimensional investigation of microstructure of multiphase steels. Nathalie Valle, J. Drillet, O. Bouaziz, H-N. Migeon, poster for SIMS Europe 2006

Multitechnique characterization of thin films of immiscible polymer systems: PS-b-PMMA diblock copolymers and PS-PMMA symmetric blends. L. Kailas, B. Nysten, J-N. Audinot, H-N. Migeon, P. Bertrand. Surface and Interface Analysis 2005; 37: 435-443.

Bainite characterization: carbon concentration measurements using the NanoSIMS 50. Nathalie Valle, J. Drillet, O. Bouaziz, H-N. Migeon, poster for SIMS Europe 2004

 

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Geology and Environment

Enhanced Role of Transition Metal Ion Catalysis During In-Cloud Oxidation of SO2. Eliza Harris, Bärbel Sinha, Dominik van Pinxteren, Andreas Tilgner, Khanneh Wadinga Fomba, Johannes Schneider, Anja Roth, Thomas Gnauk, Benjamin Fahlbusch, Stephan Mertes, Taehyoung Lee, Jeffrey Collett, Stephen Foley, Stephan Borrmann, Peter Hoppe, Hartmut Herrmann. Science May 10, 2013.
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Biogenic potassium salt particles as seeds for secondary organic aerosol in the amazon. Pöhlker C, Wiedemann KT, Sinha B, Shiraiwa M, Gunthe SS, Smith M, Su H, Artaxo P, Chen Q, Cheng Y, Elbert W, Gilles MK, Kilcoyne AL, Moffet RC, Weigand M, Martin ST, Pöschl U, Andreae MO. Science (New York, N.Y.) 337:6098 2012 Aug 31 pg 1075-8.
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EMP and SIMS studies on Mn/Ca and Fe/Ca systematics in benthic foraminifera from the Peruvian OMZ: a contribution to the identification of potential redox proxies and the impact of cleaning protocols. Glock N., Eisenhauer A., Liebetrau V., Wiedenbeck M., Hensen C. & Nehrke G., 2012. Biogeosciences 9:341-359.
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Earliest microbially-mediated pyrite oxidation in ~3.4 billion-year-old sediments. D. Wacey, M. Saunders, M.D. Brasier, M.R. Kilburn. EPSL 301 (2011) 293-402.
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Microfossils of sulphur-metabolizing cells in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks of Western Australia. David Wacey, Matt R. Kilburn, Martin Saunders, John Cliff & Martin D. Brasier, Nature Geoscience, Published online 21 August 2011 doi:10.1038/ngeo1238
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Diversity in the Archean Biosphere: New Insights from NanoSIMS.
Dorothy Z.Oehler, Francois Robert, Malcolm R.Walter, Kenichiro Sugitani, Anders Meibom, Smail Mostefaoui, and Everett K.Gibson. Astrobiology vol 10, number 4, 2010, p. 413 - 424
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Uncloaking invisible gold: Use of NanoSIMS to evaluate gold, trace elements, and sulfur isotopes in pyrite from carlin-type gold deposits.
Shaun L.L. Barker, Kenneth A. Hickey, Jean S. Cline, Gregory M. Dipple, Matt R. Kilburn, Jeremy R. Vaughan and Anthony A. Longo. Economic Geology, v. 104, no. 7, (Nov 2009) 897-904
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Geobiological investigations using secondary ion mass spectrometry: microanalysis of extant and paleo-microbial processes. V. J. Orphan and C. H. House. Geobiology (2009), 7, 360–372.
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Evidence for microbial life in synsedimentary cavities from 2.75 Ga terrestrial environments. Birger Rasmussen, Tim S. Blake, Ian R. Fletcher, and Matt R. Kilburn. GEOLOGY vol37 nb5 , May 2009.
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Sulfur isotope analyses of individual aerosol particles in the urban aerosol at a central European site (Mainz, Germany). Baerbel.W. Sinha, P. Hoppe, J. Huth, S. Foley, and M. O. Andreae. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 7217–7238, 2008
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Sulfur isotope ratio measurements of individual sulfate particles by NanoSIMS.
Baerbel Winterholler, Peter Hoppe, Stephen Foley, Meinrat O. Andreae. Int J Mass Spectrom 272: 63 – 77
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Reassessing the first appearance of eukaryotes and cyanobacteria. Birger Rasmussen, Ian R. Fletcher, Jochen J. Brocks & Matt R. Kilburn. NATURE, Vol 455, 23 Oct. 2008, p. 1101-1105
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NanoSIMS micron-scale in situ measurement of 13C/12C in early precambrian organic matter, with permil precision.
Ian R. Fletcher, M. R. Kilburn, B. Rasmussen. Int. J. Mass Spectrom, 2008
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Extracellular proteins limit the dispersal of biogenic nanoparticles. John W. Moreau, P. K. Weber, M.C.Martin, B.Gilbert, I.D.Hutcheon, J.F.Banfield. SCIENCE, Vol. 316, 15 june 2007, p.1600-1604.

Elemental distribution in cephalopod statoliths: NanoSIMS provides new insights into nano-scale structure. Karsten Zumholz, Thor Hansteen, F. Hillion, F. Horreard, U. Piatkowski, Rev. Fish Biol Fisheries, accepted 30nov 2006

Colloid transport of Plutonium in the far-field of the Mayak production association, Russia. Alexander P. Novikov, Stepan N. Kalmykov, Satoshi Utsunomiya, Rodney C. Ewing, François Horréard, Alex Merkulov, Sue B. Clark, Vladimir V. Tkachev, Boris F. Myasoedov. SCIENCE, Vol 314, 27 october 2006, p. 638-641

The application of HRTEM techniques and NanoSIMS to chemically and isotopically characterize Geobacter sulfurreducens surfaces. Fayek, M., S. Utsunomiya, S. M. Pfiffner, D. C. White, L. R. Riciputi, R. C. Ewing, L. M. Anovitz, and F. J. Stadermann. Canadian Mineralogist 43:1631-1641 (2005).
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Nano-SIMS Analysis of Mg, Sr, Ba and U in natural calcium carbonate. Yuji Sano, K. Shirai, N. takahata, T. Hirata, N.C.Sturchio. Analytical Sciences, september 2005, vol.21, p1091-1097

Ion Microprobe (NanoSIMS 50) Pb-isotope geochronology at < 5µm scale. Richard A. Stern, Ian Fletcher, Birger Rasmussen, Neal J. McNaughton, Brendan Griffin. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, May 25, 2005.

Study of the mechanism of diatom cell division by means of 29Si isotope tracing. J-N. Audinot, C. Guignard, H-N. Migeon, L. Hoffmann. SIMS XV proceedings, 2005.

 

 

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Planetary Sciences

Hydrogen Isotopes in Lunar Volcanic Glasses and Melt Inclusions Reveal a Carbonaceous Chondrite Heritage. Alberto E. Saal, Erik H. Hauri, James A. Van Orman, Malcolm J. Rutherford. Science, April 25, 2013.
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Insight into the silicate and organic reservoirs of the comet forming region.
Natalie A. Starkey, Ian A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 105 (2013) 73–91
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Evidence for the late formation of hydrous asteroids from young meteoritic carbonates.
Wataru Fujiya, Naoji Sugiura, Hideyuki Hotta, Koji Ichimura & Yuji Sano. nature Communications, Published 17 Jan 2012 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1635
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53Mn-53Cr ages of Kaidun carbonates M. Petitat, Y. Marrochi, K. D. McKeegan, S. Mostefaoui, A. Meibom, M. E. Zolensjy, and M. Gounelle.   Meteoritics & Planetary Science 46, Nr 2, 275–283 (2011)
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Extreme oxygen isotope anomaly with a solar origin detected in meteoritic organics. Ko Hashizume, Naoto Takahata, Hiroshi Naraoka and Yuji Sano. Nature Geoscience 4, 165–168 (2011)
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High Pre-Eruptive Water Contents Preserved in Lunar Melt Inclusions. Erik H. Hauri, Thomas Weinreich, Alberto E. Saal, Malcolm C. Rutherford & James A. Van Orman. SciencePublished Online May 26 2011
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Extreme Deuterium Excesses in Ultracarbonaceous Micrometeorites from Central Antarctic Snow.
J. Duprat, E. Dobrica, C. Engrand, J. Aléon, Y. Marrocchi, S. Mostefaoui, A. Meibom, H. Leroux, J.-N. Rouzaud, M. Gounelle, F. Robert. SCIENCE vol 328, 7 may 2010, p. 742 - 745
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Constraints on the Formation Age of Cometary Material from the NASA Stardust Mission.
J.E.P. Matzel, H.A. Ishii, D. Joswiak, I.D. Hutcheon, J.P. Bradley, D. Brownlee, P.K. Weber, N. Teslich, G. Matrajt, K.D. McKeegan, G.J. MacPherson. Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1184741. Published Online February 25, 2010
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Pristine extraterrestrial material with unprecedented nitrogen isotopic variation. Giacomo Briani, M. Gounelle, Y. Marrocchi, S. Mostefaoui, H. Leroux, E. Quirico, A. Meibom. PNAS doi:10.1073/pnas.0900197106
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An unusual presolar silicon carbide grain from a supernova: implication for the production of silicon-29 in type-II supernovae.
Peter Hoppe, Jan Leitner, Bradley S. Meyer, Lih-Sin The, Maria Lugaro, and Sachiko Amari. The Astrophysical Journal, 691:L20–L23, 2009 January 20
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Si isotopic composition of presolar silicate grains from red giant stars and supernovae. Christian Vollmer, Peter Hoppe and Frank E.Brenker. The Astrophysical Journal, 684:611Y617, 2008 Sep 1
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Volatile content of lunar volcanic glasses and the presence of water in the Moon’s interior. Alberto E.Saal, Erik H.Hauri, Mauro Lo Cascio, James A.Van Orman, Malcolm C.Rutherford & Reid F.Cooper. NATURE, Vol 454, 10 July 2008, p.192-195
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High spatial resolution ion microprobe measurements refine chronology of carbonate formation in Orgueil. Peter Hoppe, Doug Macdougall and Günter W. Lugmair. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 42, Nr 7/8, 1309–1320 (2007)

Nitrogen and carbon isotopic composition of the sun inferred from a high-temperature solar nebular condensate. Anders Meibom, A.N. Krot, F. Robert, S. Mostefaoui, S.S. Russell, M.I. Petaev, M. Gounelle. The Astrophysical Journal, 656: L33-L36, 2007 Feb. 10.

Isotopic compositions of cometary matter returned by Stardust. Kevin D. McKeegan et al. SCIENCE vol 314, 15dec 2006, p. 1724- 1728

Interstellar chemistry recorded in organic matter from primitive meteorites. Henner Busemann, Andrea F. Young, ConelM.O'D. Alexander, Peter Hoppe, Sujoy Mukhopadhyay, Larry R. Nittler. SCIENCE, Vol. 312, 5 May 2006, p. 727-730

Supernova olivine from cosmetary dust. Scott Messenger, Lindsay.P. Keller, Dante S. Lauretta. SCIENCE, Vol. 309, 29 July 2005, p.737-741

Timescales of shock processes in chondritic and martian meteorites. P. Beck, Ph. Gillet, A. El Goresy and S. Mostefaoui. NATURE, Vol. 435 , 23 June 2005

60Fe: a heat source for planetary differentiation from a nearby supernovae explosion. Smail Mostefaoui, G.W. Lugmair and P. Hoppe. The Astrophysical Journal, 625:271-277, 2005 May 20

Supernova graphite in the NanoSIMS: Carbon, oxygen and titanium isotopic compositions of a spherule and its TiC sub-components. F.J.Stadermann, T.K.Croat, T.J.Bernatowicz, S.Amari, S.Messenger, R.M.Walker and E.Zinner. Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta, Vol.69, No.1, 2005

Discovery of ancient silicate stardust in a meteorite. Ann N. Nguyen and Ernst Zinner. SCIENCE, Vol.303 , 5 March 2004, p.1496-1499

Carbon and nitrogen isotopic anomalies in an anhydrous interplanetary dust particle. Christine Floss, Frank J.Stadermann, John Bradley, Zu Rong Dai, Sasa Bajt, Giles Graham. SCIENCE, Vol 303, 27 February 2004, p.1355 -1358

Samples of stars beyond the solar system: silicates grains in Interplanetary dust. Scott Messenger, Lindsay P. Keller, Frank J. Stadermann, Robert M. Walker, Ernst Zinner. SCIENCE, Vol. 300, Issue 5616, 105-108, April 4, 2003

A NanoSIMS study of Si- and Ca-Ti-isotopic compositions of presolar silicon carbide grains from supernovae. Astrid Besmehn and Peter Hoppe. Geochemica et Cosmochemica Acta, Vol. 67, No 24, pp. 4693-4703, 2003

 

 

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Instrumentation

Development and characterization of the new NanoSIMS 50L. F.Hillion, F.Horreard, M.Schuhmacher. Poster for SIMS XVI, Kanazawa, Japan, Oct. 2007
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Recent results and developments on the CAMECA NanoSIMS 50.
F.Hillion, F.Horreard, F.J.Stadermann. Poster for SIMS XII, Brussels, Belgium, Sep. 1999

The CAMECA NanoSIMS 50: Experimental results. F.Hillion, B.Daigne, F.Girard, G.Slodzian. Proceedings of SIMS X, p.979, Münster, Germany, 1995

A new high performance instrument: the CAMECA NanoSIMS 50. F.Hillion, B.Daigne, F.Girard, G.Slodzian, Proceedings of SIMS IX, p.254, Yokohama, Japan, 1993

Ion optics for a high resolution scanning ion microscope and spectrometer : transmission evaluations. G.Slodzian, B.Daigne, F.Girard, F.Hillion, Proceedings of SIMS IX, p.294, Yokohama, Japan, 1993

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