Publications 2008

ANDERSSON M., ERVANNE H., GLAUS M.A., HOLGERSSON S., KARTTUNEN P., LAINE H., LOTHENBACH B., PUIGDOMENECH I., SCHWYN B., SNELLMAN M., UEDA H., M. VUORIO, WIELAND E., YAMAMOTO T. (2008)
Development of methodology for evaluation of long-term safety aspects of organic cement paste components.
Posiva, Working Report 2008-28.

BUKOWIECKI N., LIENEMANN P., ZWICKY C.N., FURGER M., RICHARD A., FALKENBERG G., RICKERS K., GROLIMUND D., BORCA C.N., HILL M., GEHRIG R.1, BALTENSPERGER U. (2008)
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for high throughput analysis of atmospheric aerosol samples: The benefits of synchrotron X-ray.
Spectrochim. Acta, Part B 63, 929-938

CHURAKOV S.V. (2008)
Hydrogen bond connectivity in jennite from ab initio simulations.
Cem. Concr. Res. 38, 1359-1364

CHURAKOV S.V., MANDALIEV P. (2008)
Structure of the hydrogen bonds and silica defects in the tetrahedral double chain of xonotlite.
Cement and Concrete Research, 38(3) 300-311.

FROIDEVAL A., DEGUELDRE C., SEGRE C.U., POUCHON M.A., GROLIMUND D. (2008)
Niobium speciation at the metal/oxide interface of corroded niobium-doped Zircaloys: A X-ray absorption near-edge structure study.
Corros. Sci. 50, 1313-1320

GIMMI T. (2008)
Modelling field diffusion experiments in clay rock: Influence of numerical representation of borehole and rock interface.
J. Environ. Sci. Sustain. Soc. 2, 61-68

GLAUS M.A., VAN LOON L.R. (2008)
Degradation of cellulose under alkaline conditions: new insights form a 12-years degradation study.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 42, 2906-2911.

GLAUS M.A., VAN LOON L.R. (2008)
Chemical reactivity of a-isosaccharinic acid in heterogeneous alkaline systems
PSI Bericht 08-01, Nagra NTB 08-10

GLAUS M.A., MUELLER W., VAN LOON, L.R. (2008)
Diffusion of iodide and iodate through Opalinus Clay: Monitoring of the redox state using an anion chromatographic technique.
Appl. Geochem. 23, 3612-3619

GLAUS M.A., VAN LOON L.R., SCHWYN B., VINES S., WILLIAMS S.J., LARSSON P., PUIGDOMENECH I.(2008)
Long-term predictions of the concentration of a-isosaccharinic acid in cement pore water.
Mater. Res. Soc. Proc. 1107, 605-612

GLAUS M.A., ROSSE R., VAN LOON L.R., YAROSHCHUK A.(2008)
Tracer diffusion in sintered stainless steel filters: measurement of effective diffusion coefficients and implications for diffusion studies with compacted clays.
Clays and Clay Mienrals, Vol. 56, No. 6, 677-685

GONZALEZ SANCHEZ F., JURANYI F., GIMMI T., VAN LOON L.R. SEYDEL T., UNRUH T. (2008)
Dynamics of supercooled water in highly compacted clays studied by neutron scattering.
J. Phys. Condens. Matter 20, 415102 (9). doi:10.1088/0953-8984/20/41/415102

GONZALEZ SANCHEZ F., VAN LOON L.R., GIMMI T., JAKOB A., GLAUS M.A., DIAMOND L.W. (2008)
Self-diffusion of water and its dependence on temperature and ionic strength in highly compacted montmorillonite, illite and kaolinite.
Appl. Geochem. 23, 3840-3851. doi:10.1016/J.apgeochem.2008.08.008

GONZALEZ SANCHEZ F., JURANYI F., GIMMI T., VAN LOON L.R. UNRUH T. DIAMOND L. (2008)
Translational diffusion of water and its dependence on temperature in charged and uncharged clays: a neutron scattering study.
J. Chem. Phys. 129, 174706 (11). doi:10.1063/1.3000638

HARTMANN, E., BAEYENS, B., BRADBURY, M., GECKEIS, H., STUMPF, T. (2008)
A spectroscopic characterisation and quantification of M(III)/clay mineral outer-sphere complexes.
Environental Science and Technology 42, 7601-7606.

HUMMEL W. (2008)
Radioactive contaminants in the subsurface: The influence of complexing ligands on trace metal speciation (Invited Review).
Monatshefte für Chemie/ Chemical Monthly 139, 459-480

JOHNSON S.L., BEAUD P., KRASNIQI F., MILNE Ch.J., KAISER M., GROLIMUND D., ABELA R., INGOLD G. (2008)
Nanoscale depth-resolved coherent femtosecond motion in laser excited bismuth.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 155501

KOSAKOWSKI G., CHURAKOV S., THOENEN T. (2008)
Diffusion of Na and Cs in montmorillonite.
Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 56, 2, 190-206, 2008
doi:10.1346/CCMN.2008.0560205

KOSAKOWSKI G., MCDERMOTT C. (2008)
Modelling matrix diffusion - Results of a benchmark study.
J. Environ. Sci. Sustain. Soc. 2, 57-62

KUEPPER F.C., CARPENTER L.J, MCFIGGANS G.B., PALMER C.J., WAITE T.J., BONEBERG E.-M., WOITSCH S., WEILLER M., ABELA R., GROLIMUND D., POTIN Ph., BUTLER A., LUTHER III G.W., KRONECK P.M.H., MEYER-KLAUCKE W., FEITERS M.C. (2008)
Iodide in kelp: an inorganic antioxidant in life impacting atmospheric chemistry.
PNAS 105(19), 6954-6958
LENZ M., VAN HULLEBUSCH E.D., FARGES F., NIKITENKO S., BORCA C.N., GROLIMUND D., LENS P.N.L. (2008)
Selenium speciation in anaerobic biofilms assessed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and sequential extraction procedures.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 42, 7587-7593

MAASS R., VAN PETEGEM S., ZIMMERMANN J., BORCA C.N., VAN SWYGENHOFEN H. (2008)
On the initial microstructure of metallic micropillars.
Scr. Mater. 59, 471–474

MAASS R., VAN PETEGEM S., GROLIMUND D., VAN SWYGENHOFEN H., KIENER D., DEHM G. (2008)
Crystal rotation in Cu single crystal micropillars: in situ Laue and electron backscatter diffraction.
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 071905

MARQUES M., BAEYENS B., BRADBURY M. (2008)
The influence of carbonate complexation on lanthanide/actinide sorption on montmorillonite.
Radiochimica Acta 96, 691-697.

NILSSON A.Ch., HEDQVIST I., DEGUELDRE C. (2008)
Granitic groundwater colloids sampling and characterisation: a strategy for artefact elimination.
Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 391, 1327-1333

WENK H.-R., VOLTOLINI M., MAZUREK M., VAN LOON L.R., VINSOT A. (2008)
Preferred orientations and anisotropy in shales: Callovo-Oxfordian shale (France) and Opalinus Clay (Switzerland).
Clays Clay Miner. 56, 285-306.

WERSIN P., SOLER J.M., VAN LOON L.R., EIKENBERG J., BAEYENS B., GROLIMUND D., GIMMI T., DEWONCK S. (2008)
Diffusion of HTO, Br-, I-, Cs+ and 60Co2+ in a clay formation: Results and modeling from an in-situ experiment in Opalinus clay.
Appl. Geochem. 23, 678-691. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.11.004

VAN ENGEN SPIVEY A.G., BORCA C.N., CUNDIFF S.T. (2008)
Correlation coefficient for dephasing of light-hole excitons and heavy-hole excitons in GaAs quantum wells.
Solid State Commun. 145, 303–307

VAN DER VEEN R.M., MILNE C.J., PHAM V.T., EL NAHHAS A., WEINSTEIN J.A., BEST J., BORCA C.N., BRESSLER C., CHERGUI M. (2008)
EXAFS structural determination of the Pt2(P2O5H2)44− anion in solution.
Chimia 62, 287–290

VAN LOON L.R., GLAUS M.A. (2008)
Mechanical compaction of smectite clays increases selectivity for cesium.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 42, 1600-1604.

WENK H.R, VOLTOLINI M., MAZUREK M., VAN LOON L.R., VINSOT A. (2008)
Preferred orientations and anisotropy in shales: Callovo-Oxfordian shale (France) and Opalinus Clay (Switzerland).
Clays Clay Miner. 56, 285-306

WERSIN P., SOLER J.M., VAN LOON L.R., EIKENBERG J., BAEYENS B., GROLIMUND D., GIMMI T., DEWONCK S. (2008)
Diffusion of HTO, Br-, I-, Cs+ and 60Co2+ in a clay formation: Results and modelling from an in-situ experiment in Opalinus Clay.
Appl. Geochem. 23, 678-691

WIELAND E., TITS J., KUNZ D., DAEHN R. (2008)
Strontium uptake by cementitious materials.
Environ. Sci. Technol. 42, 403-409, doi:10.1021/es071227y

WILTZIUS J.J.W. SIEVERS S.A., SAWAYA M.R. CASCIO D., POPOV D., RIEKEL C., EISENBERG D.(2008)
Atomic structure of the cross-beta spine of islet amyloid polypeptide (amylin).
Protein Sci. 17, 1467-1474. doi/10.1110/ps.036509.108

YAROSHCHUK A.E. , VAN LOON L.R. (2008)
Improved interpretation of in-diffusion measurements with confined swelling clays.
J. Contam. Hydrol. 97, 67-74.

YAROSHCHUK, A.E. , GLAUS, M.A ., VAN LOON, L.R. (2008)
Diffusion through confined media at variable concentrations in reservoirs.
J. Membr. Sci. 319, 133-140.