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Zhao H, Sun J, Zhang Y, Wang S, Lu C, Tang Y, Guan J, Pan Y. Investigations on mechanisms, kinetics, and ecotoxicity in OH-initiated degradation of 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene in the environment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:84616-84628. [PMID: 35788481 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-21704-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
As one of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the environment, 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene (1,2,4,5-TeMB) present in oily wastewater, and it can occur substitution, abstraction, and addition reactions with OH radicals in the atmosphere and wastewater. Electrostatic potential (ESP) and average local ionization energy (ALIE) prediction indicate that H atoms from CH3 group and the benzene ring are the most active sites in 1,2,4,5-TeMB. The result shows that potential energy surfaces (PESs) in the gas and aqueous phase are similar, and the relevant barriers in the latter one are higher. The dominant channel is H abstraction from the benzene ring, and the subdominant one is OH radical addition to the benzene ring. Furthermore, subsequent reactions of dominant products with O2, NO2, NO, and OH radicals in the atmosphere are studied, as well. The total reaction rate constant is calculated to be 2.36×10-10 cm3 molecule-1 s-1 at 1 atm and 298 K in the atmosphere, which agrees well with the experimental data. While the total rate constant in the aqueous phase is much lower than that in the gas phase. Ecologic toxicity analysis shows that 1,2,4,5-TeMB is very toxic to fish, daphnia, and green algae; and OH-initiated degradation in the environment will reduce its toxicity.
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- Hui Zhao
- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Fushun Road 11, Qingdao, Shandong, 266033, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental engineering, Hubei Normal University, Cihu Road 11, Huangshi, Hubei, 435002, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, 621000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Fushun Road 11, Qingdao, Shandong, 266033, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Fushun Road 11, Qingdao, Shandong, 266033, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Fushun Road 11, Qingdao, Shandong, 266033, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, Fushun Road 11, Qingdao, Shandong, 266033, People's Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Tonghua Normal University, Tonghua, 134002, People's Republic of China
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Yang Z, Tsona NT, Li J, Wang S, Xu L, You B, Du L. Effects of NO x and SO 2 on the secondary organic aerosol formation from the photooxidation of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene: A new source of organosulfates. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 264:114742. [PMID: 32402708 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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1,3,5-Trimethylbeneze (TMB) is an important constituent of anthropogenic volatile organic compounds that contributes to the formation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA). A series of chamber experiments were performed to probe the effects of NOx and SO2 on SOA formation from TMB photooxidation. The molecular composition of TMB SOA was investigated by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization high-resolution quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC/ESI-HR-Q-TOFMS). We found that the SOA yield increases notably with elevated NOx concentrations under low-NOx condition ([TMB]0/[NOx]0Â >Â 10 ppbC ppb-1), while an opposite trend is observed in high-NOx experiments ([TMB]0/[NOx]0Â <Â 10 ppbC ppb-1). The increase in SOA yield in low-NOx regime is attributed to the increase of NOx-induced OH concentrations. The formation of low-volatility species might be suppressed, thereby leading to a lower SOA yield in high-NOx conditions. Moreover, SOA formation was promoted in experiment with SO2 addition. Multifunctional products containing carbonyl, acid, alcohol, and nitrate functional groups were characterized in TMB/NOx photooxidation, whereas several organosulfates (OSs) and nitrooxy organosulfates were identified in TMB/NOx/SO2 photooxidation based on HR-Q-TOFMS analysis. The formation mechanism relevant to the detected compounds in SOA were proposed. Based on our measurements, the photooxidation of TMB in the presence of SO2 may be a new source of OSs in the atmosphere. The results presented here also deepen the understanding of SOA formation under relatively complex polluted environments.
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- Zhaomin Yang
- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China.
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Faust JA, Abbatt JPD. Organic Surfactants Protect Dissolved Aerosol Components against Heterogeneous Oxidation. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:2114-2124. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b00167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Jennifer A. Faust
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
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Ponnusamy S, Sandhiya L, Senthilkumar K. The atmospheric oxidation mechanism and kinetics of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene initiated by OH radicals – a theoretical study. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj01285c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The atmospheric fate of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene is determined by OH-radical addition, and subsequent bicyclic peroxy radical ring closure and ring breaking pathways.
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- S. Ponnusamy
- Department of Physics
- Bharathiar University
- Coimbatore
- India
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- Department of Physics
- Bharathiar University
- Coimbatore
- India
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Thapa J, Spencer M, Akhmedov NG, Goulay F. Kinetics of the OH Radical Reaction with Fulvenallene from 298 to 450 K. J Phys Chem Lett 2015; 6:4997-5001. [PMID: 26625195 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Self-recombination and cross-reactions of large resonant stabilized hydrocarbon radicals such as fulvenallenyl (C7H5) are predicted to form polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in combustion and the interstellar medium. Although fulvenallenyl is likely to be present in these environments, large uncertainties remain about its formation mechanisms. We have investigated the formation of fulvenallenyl by reacting the OH radical with fulvenallene (C7H6) over the 298 to 450 K temperature range and at a pressure of 5 Torr (667 Pa). The reaction rate coefficient is found to be 8.8(±1.7) × 10(-12) cm(3) s(-1) at room temperature with a negative temperature dependence that can be fit from 298 to 450 K to k(T) = 8.8(±1.7) × 10(-12) (T/298 K)(-6.6(±1.1)) exp[-(8.72(±3.03) kJ mol(-1))/(R((1/T) - (1/298 K)))] cm(3) s(-1). The comparison of the experimental data with calculated abstraction rate coefficients suggests that over the experimental temperature range, association of the OH radical to fulvenallene plays a significant role likely leading to a low fulvenallenyl branching fraction.
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- Juddha Thapa
- Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University , Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University , Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University , Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University , Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, United States
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Alarcón P, Bohn B, Zetzsch C. Kinetic and mechanistic study of the reaction of OH radicals with methylated benzenes: 1,4-dimethyl-, 1,3,5-trimethyl-, 1,2,4,5-, 1,2,3,5- and 1,2,3,4-tetramethyl-, pentamethyl-, and hexamethylbenzene. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:13053-65. [PMID: 25913267 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp00253b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The reaction of OH radicals with a series of methylated benzenes was studied in a temperature range 300-350 K using a flash-photolysis resonance fluorescence technique. Reversible OH additions led to complex OH decays dependent on the number of distinguishable adducts. Except for hexamethylbenzene, triexponential OH decay curves were obtained, consistent with formation of at least two adduct species. For three compounds that can strictly form two adduct isomers for symmetry reasons (1,4-dimethyl-, 1,3,5-trimethyl-, and 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene) with OH bound ortho or ipso with respect to the methyl groups, OH decay curves were analysed in terms of a reaction mechanism in which the two adducts can be formed directly by OH addition or indirectly by isomerization. In all cases one adduct (add1) is dominating the decomposition back to OH. The other (add2) is more elusive and only detectable at elevated temperatures, similar to the single OH adduct of hexamethylbenzene. Two limiting cases of the general reaction mechanism could be examined quantitatively: reversible formation of add2 exclusively in the OH reaction or by isomerization of add1. Total OH rate constants, adduct loss rate constants and products of forward and reverse rate constants of reversible reactions were determined. From these quantities, adduct yields, equilibrium constants, as well as reaction enthalpies and entropies were derived for the three aromatics. Adduct yields strongly depend on the selected reaction model but generally formation of add1 predominates. For both models equilibrium constants of OH reactions lie between those of OH + benzene from the literature and those obtained for OH + hexamethylbenzene. The corresponding reaction enthalpies of add1 and add2 formations are in a range -87 ± 20 kJ mol(-1), less exothermic than for hexamethylbenzene (-101 kJ mol(-1)). Reaction enthalpies of possible add1 → add2 isomerizations are comparatively small. Because results for 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene are partly inconsistent with a direct formation of add2, we promote the existence of isomerization reactions. Moreover, based on available theoretical work in the literature, add1 and add2 are tentatively identified as ortho and ipso adducts, respectively. Total OH rate constants were obtained for all title compounds. They can be described by Arrhenius equations: kOH = A × exp(-B/T). The parameters ln(A/(cm(3) s(-1))) = -25.6 ± 0.3, -25.3 ± 0.6, -27.3 ± 0.3, -24.6 ± 0.3, -26.2 ± 0.4, -26.2 ± 0.4 and -24.5 ± 0.2, and B/K = -160 ± 90, -550 ± 180, -1120 ± 90, -330 ± 100, -820 ± 100, -980 ± 130, and -570 ± 40 were determined for 1,4-dimethyl-, 1,3,5-trimethyl-, 1,2,4,5-, 1,2,3,5- and 1,2,3,4-tetramethyl-, pentamethyl-, and hexamethylbenzene.
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- P Alarcón
- Atmospheric Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Abhinavam Kailasanathan RK, Thapa J, Goulay F. Kinetic study of the OH radical reaction with phenylacetylene. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:7732-41. [PMID: 25111848 DOI: 10.1021/jp506160p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The reaction of the OH radical with phenylacetylene is studied over the 298-423 K temperature range and 1-7.5 Torr pressure range in a quasi-static reaction cell. The OH radical is generated by 266 nm photolysis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or 355 nm photolysis of nitrous acid (HONO), and its concentration monitored using laser-induced fluorescence. The measured reaction rates are found to strongly depend on laser fluence at 266 nm. The 266 nm absorption cross-section of phenylacetylene is measured to be 1.29 (±0.71) × 10(-17) cm(2), prohibiting any accurate kinetic measurements at this wavelength. The rates are independent of laser fluence at 355 nm with an average value of 8.75 (±0.73) × 10(-11) cm(3) s(-1). The reaction exhibits no pressure or temperature dependence over the studied experimental conditions and is much faster than the estimated values presently used in combustion models. These results are consistent with the formation of a short lifetime intermediate that stabilizes by collisional quenching with the buffer gas. The structures of the most likely formed products are discussed based on both the computed energies for the OH-addition intermediates and previous theoretical investigations on similar chemical systems.
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Li Y, Wang L. The atmospheric oxidation mechanism of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene initiated by OH radicals. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:17908-17. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp02027h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Alarcón P, Bohn B, Zetzsch C, Rayez MT, Rayez JC. Reversible addition of the OH radical to p-cymene in the gas phase: multiple adduct formation. Part 2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:17315-26. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp02073a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Four adduct isomers can be formed in the OH + p-cymene reaction. Experiments reveal formation of at least two distinguishable adducts in agreement with theoretical predictions that mainly the two ortho-adducts are formed.
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- Paulo Alarcón
- Atmospheric Chemistry Research Laboratory
- University of Bayreuth
- , Germany
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- Institut für Energie - und Klimaforschung IEK-8: Troposphäre
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- 52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Atmospheric Chemistry Research Laboratory
- University of Bayreuth
- , Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine
- 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institut des Sciences Moleculaires
- Université de Bordeaux
- 33405 Talence, France
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Olariu RI, Barnes I, Bejan I, Arsene C, Vione D, Klotz B, Becker KH. FT-IR product study of the reactions of NO3 radicals with ortho-, meta-, and para-cresol. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2013; 47:7729-7738. [PMID: 23751015 DOI: 10.1021/es401096w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Product analyses of the NO3 radical-initiated oxidation of ortho-, meta-, and para-cresol have been performed in large-volume chamber systems at the University of Wuppertal (1080 L quartz glass reactor: QUAREC) and the European Photoreactor (EUPHORE), Valencia, Spain. The reaction of O3 with NO2 was used for the in situ generation of NO3 radicals in both QUAREC and EUPHORE. In the QUAREC experiments the gas-phase reaction of ortho-cresol isomer with NO3 yielded (11.5 ± 0.8) % 6-methyl-2-nitrophenol (6M2NP), (4.4 ± 0.3) % methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (MQUIN) and (77.2 ± 6.3) % HNO3. The reaction of NO3 radicals with meta-cresol yielded (21.2 ± 1.4) % 3-methyl-2-nitrophenol (3M2NP), (22.8 ± 1.8) % 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol (3M4NP), (23.5 ± 1.8) % 5-methyl-2-nitrophenol (5M2NP), (4.2 ± 0.7) % MQUIN and (72.3 ± 6.4) % HNO3. In the reaction of NO3 radicals with para-cresol, 4-methyl-2-nitrophenol (4M2NP) and HNO3 were identified as products with yields of (41.3 ± 3.7) % and (85.0 ± 10.2) %, respectively. In the EUPHORE chamber not all products were formed at levels above the detection limit, however, in cases where detection was possible similar product yields were observed. The product formation yields determined in both chambers are compared with available literature data and a gas-phase mechanism is proposed to explain the formation of the products observed from the reaction of NO3 and with cresol isomers.
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- R I Olariu
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi, Carol I Boulevard, 11, 700506 Iasi, Romania.
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Aschmann SM, Arey J, Atkinson R. Rate Constants for the Reactions of OH Radicals with 1,2,4,5-Tetramethylbenzene, Pentamethylbenzene, 2,4,5-Trimethylbenzaldehyde, 2,4,5-Trimethylphenol, and 3-Methyl-3-hexene-2,5-dione and Products of OH + 1,2,4,5-Tetramethylbenzene. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:2556-68. [DOI: 10.1021/jp400323n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Sara M. Aschmann
- Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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- Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Alarcón P, Strekowski R, Zetzsch C. Reversible addition of the OH radical to p-cymene in the gas phase: kinetic analysis assuming formation of a single adduct. Part 1. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:20105-14. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp53040j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Loison JC, Rayez MT, Rayez JC, Gratien A, Morajkar P, Fittschen C, Villenave E. Gas-Phase Reaction of Hydroxyl Radical with Hexamethylbenzene. J Phys Chem A 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/jp307568c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jean-Christophe Loison
- Universite Bordeaux, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400
Talence, France
- CNRS, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Universite Bordeaux, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400
Talence, France
- CNRS, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Universite Bordeaux, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400
Talence, France
- CNRS, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Universite Bordeaux, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400
Talence, France
- CNRS, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Universite Bordeaux, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400
Talence, France
- CNRS, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France
- Universite Lille, PC2A, UMR 8522, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
- CNRS,
PC2A, UMR 8522, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Universite Lille, PC2A, UMR 8522, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
- CNRS,
PC2A, UMR 8522, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
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- Universite Bordeaux, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400
Talence, France
- CNRS, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France
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