Michaël Bensimon
Chargé de cours
michael.bensimon@epfl.ch +41 21 693 23 31
Nationalité : Suisse
Date de naissance : 13.01.1956
EPFL ENAC IIE GR-CEL
GC B1 398 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
CH-1015 Lausanne
Web site: Site web: https://gr-cel.epfl.ch/
EPFL VPRHO DSPS COSEC-ENAC
GC B1 398 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 23 31
Local: GC B1 398
EPFL > RHO > RHO-DSPS > COSEC-ENAC
Mission
Research in environmental geochemistry.Development and application of analytical chemistry to the characterisation of groundwaters and the differentiation of geogenic and antrhopogenic sources.
Instrumentation :
High Resolution Inductively Coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS), High Pressure liquid Chromatography (HPLC)-Florescence, Ion Chromatography (IC) and Isotopic Ration Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) stable isotopes.
Publications
Publications Infoscience
Infoscience
An Unconventional Iron Nickel Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Acs Central Science. 2019-03-27. DOI : 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00053.Velocities, Residence Times, Tracer Breakthroughs in a Vegetated Lysimeter: A Multitracer Experiment
Water Resources Research. 2019-01-01. DOI : 10.1029/2018WR023894.Extracellular bacterial inactivation proceeding without Cu-ion release: Drastic effects of the applied plasma energy on the performance of the Cu-polyester (PES) samples
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2018-12-30. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.08.024.Marine and freshwater micropearls: biomineralization producing strontium-rich amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions is widespread in the genus Tetraselmis (Chlorophyta)
Biogeosciences. 2018-11-07. DOI : 10.5194/bg-15-6591-2018.Fe and Cu in humic acid extracts modify bacterial inactivation pathways during solar disinfection and photo-Fenton processes in water
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.04.062.Synchronic coupling of Cu2O(p)/CuO(n) semiconductors leading to Norfloxacin degradation under visible light: Kinetics, mechanism and film surface properties
Journal Of Catalysis. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.06.036.New evidence for disinfection, self-cleaning and pollutant degradation mediated by GF-TiO2-Cu mats under solar/visible light in mild oxidative conditions
Journal Of Photochemistry And Photobiology A-Chemistry. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.06.025.Iron oxide-mediated semiconductor photocatalysis vs. heterogeneous photo-Fenton treatment of viruses in wastewater. Impact of the oxide particle size
Journal Of Hazardous Materials. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.06.037.A green solar photo-Fenton process for the elimination of bacteria and micropollutants in municipal wastewater treatment using mineral iron and natural organic acids
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.07.066.Interstitial fluid pressure: A novel biomarker to monitor photo-induced drug uptake in tumor and normal tissues.
Lasers Surg. Med.. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/lsm.22687.Cu-decorated Raschig-TiO2 rings inducing MB repetitive discoloration without release of Cu-ions under solar light
Journal Of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jece.2016.12.006.Effect of Fe(II)/Fe(III) species, pH, irradiance and bacterial presence on viral inactivation in wastewater by the photo-Fenton process: Kinetic modeling and mechanistic interpretation
Applied Catalysis B. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.11.034.New evidence for Cu-decorated binary-oxides mediating bacterial inactivation/mineralization in aerobic media
Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.03.072.Supported TiO2 films deposited at different energies: Implications of the surface compactness on the catalytic kinetics
Applied Catalysis B. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.03.019.Insight on the photocatalytic bacterial inactivation by co-sputtered TiO2-Cu in aerobic and anaerobic conditions
Applied Catalysis B. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.09.041.Treatment of pleural malignancies by photo-induction combined to systemic chemotherapy: Proof of concept on rodent lung tumors and feasibility study on porcine chest cavities
Lasers In Surgery And Medicine. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/lsm.22422.Innovative photocatalyst (FeOx–TiO2): transients induced by femtosecond laser pulse leading to bacterial inactivation under visible light
RSC Advances. 2015. DOI : 10.1039/c5ra18960h.Iron oxides semiconductors are efficients for solar water disinfection: A comparison with photo-Fenton processes at neutral pH
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.12.007.Effect of surface pretreatment of TiO2 films on interfacial processes leading to bacterial inactivation in the dark and under light irradiation
Interface Focus. 2014. DOI : 10.1098/rsfs.2014.0046.Mesoscopic photosystems for solar light harvesting and conversion: facile and reversible transformation of metal-halide perovskites
Faraday Discussions. 2014. DOI : 10.1039/C4FD00160E.Determination of Pt in digested animal plasma and tissues using High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma HR-ICP-MS.
Platinum dosage results in digested plasma, CHUV Lausanne, June 20 2014.Direct determination of niobium at the low nanogram level in mineral waters and freshwaters
Analytical Methods. 2014. DOI : 10.1039/c4ay01860e.Accelerated Escherichia coli inactivation in the dark on uniform copper flexible surfaces
Biointerphases. 2014. DOI : 10.1116/1.4870596.Easily-prepared dinickel phosphide (Ni2P) nanoparticles as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2014. DOI : 10.1039/c4cp00482e.TiON and TiON-Ag sputtered surfaces leading to bacterial inactivation under indoor actinic light
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2013.02.005.Evidence for TiON sputtered surfaces showing accelerated antibacterial activity under simulated solar irradiation
Solar Energy. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.solener.2013.03.019.ZrNO-Ag co-sputtered surfaces leading to E. coli inactivation under actinic light: Evidence for the oligodynamic effect
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.01.066.Over-expression of PHO1 in Arabidopsis leaves reveals its role in mediating phosphate efflux
Plant Journal. 2011. DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04532.x.Road runoff management using over-the-shoulder infiltration: real-scale experimentation
Water Science And Technology. 2009. DOI : 10.2166/wst.2009.491.Rare earth elements in groundwater from different Alpine aquifers
Chemie Der Erde-Geochemistry. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.chemer.2009.05.002.The diffuse infiltration of road runoff: an environmental improvement
Science of the Total Environment. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.035.Flexible polymer TiO2 modified film photocatalysts active in the photodegradation of azo-dyes in solution
Inorganica Chimica Acta. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.ica.2007.05.062.ZnSO4-TiO2 Doped Catalyst with Higher Activity in Photoctalytic
Applied Catalysis B. 2007. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2007.05.025.Highly dispersed PTFE/Co3O4 flexible films as photocatalyst showing fast kinetic performance for the discoloration of azo-dyes under solar irradiation
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry. 2007.Accelerated photodegradation (minute range) of the commercial azo-dye Orange II mediated by Co3O4/Raschig rings in the presence of oxone
Journal of molecular catalysis A-Chemical. 2007.Road runoff over the shoulder diffuse infiltration
Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3858.Dynamics and characterization of an innovative Raschig rings-Ti02 composite photocatalyst
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical. 2005. DOI : 10.1016/j.molcata.2005.04.060.Origin of the high variability of water mineral content in the bedrock aquifers of Southern Madagascar
Journal of Hydrology. 2005. DOI : 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.11.025.Benefits and operating limits of a quasi-direct injection nebulisation (QDIN) system in use with a thermo Finnigan Element II30 January-3 February 2005
2005.Natural tracers in recent groundwaters from different Alpine aquifers
Hydrogeology Journal. 2004. DOI : 10.1007/s10040-004-0366-9.Silylation and sulfonation of structured supported catalysts active in the decoloration of azo-dyes under visible light
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A : Chemistry. 2002. DOI : 10.1016/S1010-6030(02)00138-7.Photodynamics and surface characterization of TiO2 and Fe2O3 photocatalysts immobilized on modified polyethylene films
Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2001. DOI : 10.1021/jp011339q.Typology of recent groundwaters from different aquifer environments based on geogenic tracer elements
Lausanne, EPFL, 2001. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2411.Interaction between groundwater resources and underground works in alpine Crystalline massifs
2000. p. 4589-4594.Determination of ultra-trace elements in snow samples by inductively coupled plasma source sector field mass spectrometry using ultrasonic nebulization
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2000. DOI : 10.1039/b000460j.Interaction entre les routes et l'environnement souterrain
Bulletin de la VSS et Office fédéral des routes. 1999.Landfill underground pollution detection and characterization using inorganic traces
Water Research. 1999. DOI : 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00062-7.Assessment of the incidence of underground works on groundwater resources
1997. p. 2763-2768.Geochemistry of springwaters in Molasse aquifers: Typical mineral trace elements
Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 1997.Contributions and use of the high resolution plasma source mass spectrometry technique in environmental geology
Analusis Magazine. 1996.Mineral trace elements in water from Molasse sediments, example : chromium
1996.Application of high resolution plasma source mass spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS) to the determination of trace elements having spectral interferences in natural and polluted waters
Analusis Magazine. 1996.Determination of difficult elements in snow samples in the ppb range using High Resolution Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS)
1995.Surveillance du confinement de décharges à l'aide des traces et micro-traces minérales dans les eaux souterraines
1994. p. 2979-2986.Surveillance du confinement de décharges à l'aide des traces et micro-traces minérales dans les eaux souterraines
1994. p. 125-130.Interaction entre les routes et l'environnement souterrain
1994.Characterisatuion of groundwater and polluted water by ultra trace element analysis, using High Resolution Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry
Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 1994.Interaction entre les routes et l’environnement souterrain = interaction between roads and the underground environment : mandat de l’office fédéral des routes
1994. p. 2619-2627.Surveillance des sites contaminés à l'aide des traces inorganiques
1993. p. 437-442.Interaction entre les routes et l'environnement souterrain.
1993. p. 163-171.Ultra-trace element analysis in water using high resolution plasma source mass spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS)
1992Characterization of natural waters using trace elements analysis obtained in a plasma source mass spectrometer
Journal of Trace and Microprobe Techniques. 1991.The AQUITYP project: towards an aquifer typology in the alpine orogen
1990. p. 254-262.Some rules for the design and the management of networks for groundwater resources observation
1990. p. 719-727.Application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to the determination of trace elements in water resources
1990. p. 314-319.An Unconventional Iron Nickel Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Acs Central Science. 2019-03-27. DOI : 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00053.Velocities, Residence Times, Tracer Breakthroughs in a Vegetated Lysimeter: A Multitracer Experiment
Water Resources Research. 2019-01-01. DOI : 10.1029/2018WR023894.Extracellular bacterial inactivation proceeding without Cu-ion release: Drastic effects of the applied plasma energy on the performance of the Cu-polyester (PES) samples
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2018-12-30. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.08.024.Marine and freshwater micropearls: biomineralization producing strontium-rich amorphous calcium carbonate inclusions is widespread in the genus Tetraselmis (Chlorophyta)
Biogeosciences. 2018-11-07. DOI : 10.5194/bg-15-6591-2018.Fe and Cu in humic acid extracts modify bacterial inactivation pathways during solar disinfection and photo-Fenton processes in water
APPLIED CATALYSIS B-ENVIRONMENTAL. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.04.062.Synchronic coupling of Cu2O(p)/CuO(n) semiconductors leading to Norfloxacin degradation under visible light: Kinetics, mechanism and film surface properties
Journal Of Catalysis. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jcat.2017.06.036.New evidence for disinfection, self-cleaning and pollutant degradation mediated by GF-TiO2-Cu mats under solar/visible light in mild oxidative conditions
Journal Of Photochemistry And Photobiology A-Chemistry. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.06.025.Iron oxide-mediated semiconductor photocatalysis vs. heterogeneous photo-Fenton treatment of viruses in wastewater. Impact of the oxide particle size
Journal Of Hazardous Materials. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.06.037.A green solar photo-Fenton process for the elimination of bacteria and micropollutants in municipal wastewater treatment using mineral iron and natural organic acids
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.07.066.Interstitial fluid pressure: A novel biomarker to monitor photo-induced drug uptake in tumor and normal tissues.
Lasers Surg. Med.. 2017. DOI : 10.1002/lsm.22687.Cu-decorated Raschig-TiO2 rings inducing MB repetitive discoloration without release of Cu-ions under solar light
Journal Of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jece.2016.12.006.Effect of Fe(II)/Fe(III) species, pH, irradiance and bacterial presence on viral inactivation in wastewater by the photo-Fenton process: Kinetic modeling and mechanistic interpretation
Applied Catalysis B. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.11.034.New evidence for Cu-decorated binary-oxides mediating bacterial inactivation/mineralization in aerobic media
Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.03.072.Supported TiO2 films deposited at different energies: Implications of the surface compactness on the catalytic kinetics
Applied Catalysis B. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.03.019.Insight on the photocatalytic bacterial inactivation by co-sputtered TiO2-Cu in aerobic and anaerobic conditions
Applied Catalysis B. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.09.041.Treatment of pleural malignancies by photo-induction combined to systemic chemotherapy: Proof of concept on rodent lung tumors and feasibility study on porcine chest cavities
Lasers In Surgery And Medicine. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/lsm.22422.Innovative photocatalyst (FeOx–TiO2): transients induced by femtosecond laser pulse leading to bacterial inactivation under visible light
RSC Advances. 2015. DOI : 10.1039/c5ra18960h.Iron oxides semiconductors are efficients for solar water disinfection: A comparison with photo-Fenton processes at neutral pH
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2014.12.007.Effect of surface pretreatment of TiO2 films on interfacial processes leading to bacterial inactivation in the dark and under light irradiation
Interface Focus. 2014. DOI : 10.1098/rsfs.2014.0046.Mesoscopic photosystems for solar light harvesting and conversion: facile and reversible transformation of metal-halide perovskites
Faraday Discussions. 2014. DOI : 10.1039/C4FD00160E.Determination of Pt in digested animal plasma and tissues using High Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma HR-ICP-MS.
Platinum dosage results in digested plasma, CHUV Lausanne, June 20 2014.Direct determination of niobium at the low nanogram level in mineral waters and freshwaters
Analytical Methods. 2014. DOI : 10.1039/c4ay01860e.Accelerated Escherichia coli inactivation in the dark on uniform copper flexible surfaces
Biointerphases. 2014. DOI : 10.1116/1.4870596.Easily-prepared dinickel phosphide (Ni2P) nanoparticles as an efficient and robust electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2014. DOI : 10.1039/c4cp00482e.TiON and TiON-Ag sputtered surfaces leading to bacterial inactivation under indoor actinic light
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2013.02.005.Evidence for TiON sputtered surfaces showing accelerated antibacterial activity under simulated solar irradiation
Solar Energy. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.solener.2013.03.019.ZrNO-Ag co-sputtered surfaces leading to E. coli inactivation under actinic light: Evidence for the oligodynamic effect
Applied Catalysis B-Environmental. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.01.066.Over-expression of PHO1 in Arabidopsis leaves reveals its role in mediating phosphate efflux
Plant Journal. 2011. DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04532.x.Road runoff management using over-the-shoulder infiltration: real-scale experimentation
Water Science And Technology. 2009. DOI : 10.2166/wst.2009.491.Rare earth elements in groundwater from different Alpine aquifers
Chemie Der Erde-Geochemistry. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.chemer.2009.05.002.The diffuse infiltration of road runoff: an environmental improvement
Science of the Total Environment. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.035.Flexible polymer TiO2 modified film photocatalysts active in the photodegradation of azo-dyes in solution
Inorganica Chimica Acta. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.ica.2007.05.062.ZnSO4-TiO2 Doped Catalyst with Higher Activity in Photoctalytic
Applied Catalysis B. 2007. DOI : 10.1016/j.apcatb.2007.05.025.Highly dispersed PTFE/Co3O4 flexible films as photocatalyst showing fast kinetic performance for the discoloration of azo-dyes under solar irradiation
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A-Chemistry. 2007.Accelerated photodegradation (minute range) of the commercial azo-dye Orange II mediated by Co3O4/Raschig rings in the presence of oxone
Journal of molecular catalysis A-Chemical. 2007.Road runoff over the shoulder diffuse infiltration
Lausanne, EPFL, 2007. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-3858.Dynamics and characterization of an innovative Raschig rings-Ti02 composite photocatalyst
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical. 2005. DOI : 10.1016/j.molcata.2005.04.060.Origin of the high variability of water mineral content in the bedrock aquifers of Southern Madagascar
Journal of Hydrology. 2005. DOI : 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.11.025.Benefits and operating limits of a quasi-direct injection nebulisation (QDIN) system in use with a thermo Finnigan Element II30 January-3 February 2005
2005.Natural tracers in recent groundwaters from different Alpine aquifers
Hydrogeology Journal. 2004. DOI : 10.1007/s10040-004-0366-9.Silylation and sulfonation of structured supported catalysts active in the decoloration of azo-dyes under visible light
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A : Chemistry. 2002. DOI : 10.1016/S1010-6030(02)00138-7.Photodynamics and surface characterization of TiO2 and Fe2O3 photocatalysts immobilized on modified polyethylene films
Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2001. DOI : 10.1021/jp011339q.Typology of recent groundwaters from different aquifer environments based on geogenic tracer elements
Lausanne, EPFL, 2001. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2411.Interaction between groundwater resources and underground works in alpine Crystalline massifs
2000. p. 4589-4594.Determination of ultra-trace elements in snow samples by inductively coupled plasma source sector field mass spectrometry using ultrasonic nebulization
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 2000. DOI : 10.1039/b000460j.Interaction entre les routes et l'environnement souterrain
Bulletin de la VSS et Office fédéral des routes. 1999.Landfill underground pollution detection and characterization using inorganic traces
Water Research. 1999. DOI : 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00062-7.Assessment of the incidence of underground works on groundwater resources
1997. p. 2763-2768.Geochemistry of springwaters in Molasse aquifers: Typical mineral trace elements
Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 1997.Contributions and use of the high resolution plasma source mass spectrometry technique in environmental geology
Analusis Magazine. 1996.Mineral trace elements in water from Molasse sediments, example : chromium
1996.Application of high resolution plasma source mass spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS) to the determination of trace elements having spectral interferences in natural and polluted waters
Analusis Magazine. 1996.Determination of difficult elements in snow samples in the ppb range using High Resolution Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS)
1995.Surveillance du confinement de décharges à l'aide des traces et micro-traces minérales dans les eaux souterraines
1994. p. 2979-2986.Surveillance du confinement de décharges à l'aide des traces et micro-traces minérales dans les eaux souterraines
1994. p. 125-130.Interaction entre les routes et l'environnement souterrain
1994.Characterisatuion of groundwater and polluted water by ultra trace element analysis, using High Resolution Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry
Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 1994.Interaction entre les routes et l’environnement souterrain = interaction between roads and the underground environment : mandat de l’office fédéral des routes
1994. p. 2619-2627.Surveillance des sites contaminés à l'aide des traces inorganiques
1993. p. 437-442.Interaction entre les routes et l'environnement souterrain.
1993. p. 163-171.Ultra-trace element analysis in water using high resolution plasma source mass spectrometry (HR-ICP-MS)
1992Characterization of natural waters using trace elements analysis obtained in a plasma source mass spectrometer
Journal of Trace and Microprobe Techniques. 1991.The AQUITYP project: towards an aquifer typology in the alpine orogen
1990. p. 254-262.Some rules for the design and the management of networks for groundwater resources observation
1990. p. 719-727.Application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to the determination of trace elements in water resources
1990. p. 314-319.Enseignement & Phd
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