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  1. Back to Basics: Lanthanide and Heavy Actinide Chelation at High pH by Niobium Polyoxometalates

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, March 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  2. Polyoxometalate-Assisted Crystallization: A General Strategy Enabling Structural Characterization of Molecular Radium Complexes

    Article • February 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  3. Actinide complexes with Wells-Dawson Polyoxometalates (Part 1): Americium and Curium

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  4. Actinide complexes with Wells–Dawson polyoxometalates (part 2): californium

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2026, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  5. Wells-Dawson Polyoxometalate Complexes with Actinides (Part 1): Americium and Curium

    Article • December 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  6. Wells-Dawson Polyoxometalate Complexes with Actinides (Part 2): Californium.

    Article • December 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  7. Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of Plutonium and Other Tetravalent Metals Complexed to a Keggin Ion

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, November 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  8. Breaking the Neptunyl Barrier: Direct Access to Neptunium(IV) in Aqueous Solution via Polyoxometalate-Mediated Reduction and Stabilization

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, September 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  9. Plutonium and other tetravalent metals complexed to a Keggin polyoxometalate

    Article • August 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  10. Polyoxometalates and plutonium: synthesis and characterization of the [Pu(W5O18)2]8- complex

    Article • July 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  11. Polyoxometalates and plutonium: synthesis and characterization of the [Pu(W5O18)2]8- complex

    Article • June 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  12. Similar but Different: Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of Series of Neodymium, Europium, Americium, and Curium Coordination Complexes

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  13. Unlocking Neptunium(IV) Aqueous Chemistry via Polyoxometalate-Mediated Reduction and Stabilization

    Article • April 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  14. Isolation and characterization of a new polyoxometalate ligand, H3SbW14O5010−, and its interactions with f-elements

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  15. Isolation of a new polyoxometalate complex of plutonium

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  16. Biogeochemistry of Actinides: Recent Progress and Perspective

    Article • ACS Environmental Au, November 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  17. From +I to +IV, Alkalis to Actinides: Capturing Cations across the Periodic Table with Keggin Polyoxometalate Ligands

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, August 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  18. Crystal structure of hexachlorothallate within a caesium chloride–phosphotungstate lattice Cs9(TlCl6)(PW12O40)2·9CsCl

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications, June 2024, International Union of Crystallography

    Ian Colliard, Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  19. Synthesis and structural characterization of a hydrated sodium–caesium tetracosatungstate(VI), Na5Cs19[W24O84]·21H2O

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications, May 2024, International Union of Crystallography

    Ian Colliard, Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  20. Chemical diversity and versatility of polyoxometalate ligands: homologous series of twenty-five new structures with polyoxometalates binding to alkali, alkaline earth, lanthanide, and actinide ions

    Article • May 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  21. Polyoxometalate Ligands Reveal Different Coordination Chemistries Among Lanthanides and Heavy Actinides

    Article • JACS Au, May 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  22. Characterization of the first Peacock–Weakley polyoxometalate containing a transplutonium element: curium bis-pentatungstate [Cm(W5O18)2]9−

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  23. Impact of a Biological Chelator, Lanmodulin, on Minor Actinide Aqueous Speciation and Transport in the Environment

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, October 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  24. Contrasting Trivalent Lanthanide and Actinide Complexation by Polyoxometalates via Solution-State NMR

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, December 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  25. Correction to “Characterization of Americium and Curium Complexes with the Protein Lanmodulin: A Potential Macromolecular Mechanism for Actinide Mobility in the Environment”

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  26. Polyoxometalates as ligands to synthesize, isolate and characterize compounds of rare isotopes on the microgram scale

    Article • Nature Chemistry, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  27. Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Hydrometallurgical Methods

    Article • Separation and Purification Reviews, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  28. In situ beam reduction of Pu(IV) and Bk(IV) as a route to trivalent transuranic coordination complexes with hydroxypyridinone chelators

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, February 2022, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  29. Engineering lanmodulin's selectivity for actinides over lanthanides by controlling solvent coordination and second-sphere interactions

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  30. Capturing an elusive but critical element: Natural protein enables actinium chemistry

    Article • Science Advances, October 2021, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  31. Bridging Hydrometallurgy and Biochemistry: A Protein-Based Process for Recovery and Separation of Rare Earth Elements

    Article • ACS Central Science, October 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  32. Characterization of Americium and Curium Complexes with the Protein Lanmodulin: A Potential Macromolecular Mechanism for Actinide Mobility in the Environment

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, September 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  33. Protein-Based Platform for Purification, Chelation, and Study of Medical Radiometals: Yttrium and Actinium

    Article • June 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  34. Microbe-Encapsulated Silica Gel Biosorbents for Selective Extraction of Scandium from Coal Byproducts

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, April 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  35. Combining the Best of Two Chelating Titans: A Hydroxypyridinone‐Decorated Macrocyclic Ligand for Efficient and Concomitant Complexation and Sensitized Luminescence of f‐Elements

    Article • ChemPlusChem, March 2021, Wiley

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  36. Probing electronic structure in berkelium and californium via an electron microscopy nanosampling approach

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  37. Efficient discrimination of transplutonium actinides by in vivo models

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  38. Controlling the Reduction of Chelated Uranyl to Stable Tetravalent Uranium Coordination Complexes in Aqueous Solution

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, December 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  39. Open questions on the environmental chemistry of radionuclides

    Article • Communications Chemistry, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  40. Selective and Efficient Biomacromolecular Extraction of Rare-Earth Elements using Lanmodulin

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, July 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  41. Hydroxypyridinone Derivatives: A Low-pH Alternative to Polyaminocarboxylates for TALSPEAK-like Separation of Trivalent Actinides from Lanthanides

    Article • ACS Omega, May 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  42. Developing scandium and yttrium coordination chemistry to advance theranostic radiopharmaceuticals

    Article • Communications Chemistry, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  43. Structural properties of ultra-small thorium and uranium dioxide nanoparticles embedded in a covalent organic framework

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  44. Investigation of light ion fusion reactions with plasma discharges

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, November 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  45. Ultra-selective ligand-driven separation of strategic actinides

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  46. A fluoride-free liquid-liquid extraction process for the recovery and separation of niobium and tantalum from alkaline leach solutions

    Article • Separation and Purification Technology, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  47. Inducing selectivity and chirality in group IV metal coordination with high-denticity hydroxypyridinones

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  48. Combinatorial design of multimeric chelating peptoids for selective metal coordination

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  49. Solution Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Metal Complexation with a Hydroxypyridinone Chelator Designed for Thorium-227 Targeted Alpha Therapy

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, October 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  50. Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of Actinides at the Nanogram Scale

    Article • Microscopy and Microanalysis, August 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  51. Bond Covalency and Oxidation State of Actinide Ions Complexed with Therapeutic Chelating Agent 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO)

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, April 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  52. Spectroscopic and Computational Characterization of Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid/Transplutonium Chelates: Evidencing Heterogeneity in the Heavy Actinide(III) Series

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  53. Spectroscopic and Computational Characterization of Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic Acid/Transplutonium Chelates: Evidencing Heterogeneity in the Heavy Actinide(III) Series

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  54. Evaluating the potential of chelation therapy to prevent and treat gadolinium deposition from MRI contrast agents

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  55. Toxic heavy metal – Pb, Cd, Sn – complexation by the octadentate hydroxypyridinonate ligand archetype 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO)

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  56. Investigating subtle 4f vs. 5f coordination differences using kinetically inert Eu(iii), Tb(iii), and Cm(iii) complexes of a coumarin-appended 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7-triacetate (DO3A) ligand

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  57. Kinetic study of niobium and tantalum hexameric forms and their substituted ions by capillary electrophoresis in alkaline medium

    Article • Talanta, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  58. Leaching of niobium- and REE-bearing iron ores: Significant reduction of H 2 SO 4 consumption using SO 2 and activated carbon

    Article • Separation and Purification Technology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  59. Cleaving Off Uranyl Oxygens through Chelation: A Mechanistic Study in the Gas Phase

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, October 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  60. Interinstrumental transfer of a fast short-end injection capillary electrophoresis method: Application to the separation of niobium, tantalum, and their substituted ions

    Article • Electrophoresis, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  61. Chelation and stabilization of berkelium in oxidation state +IV

    Article • Nature Chemistry, April 2017, Nature

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  62. Engineered Recognition of Tetravalent Zirconium and Thorium by Chelator–Protein Systems: Toward Flexible Radiotherapy and Imaging Platforms

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, November 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  63. Active actinium

    Article • Nature Chemistry, October 2016, Nature

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  64. Direct precipitation of niobium and tantalum from alkaline solutions using calcium-bearing reagents

    Article • Hydrometallurgy, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  65. Multinuclear Solid-State NMR Investigation of Hexaniobate and Hexatantalate Compounds

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, June 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  66. Selective recovery of niobium and tantalum from low-grade concentrates using a simple and fluoride-free process

    Article • Separation and Purification Technology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  67. Development of a capillary electrophoresis method for the analysis in alkaline media as polyoxoanions of two strategic metals: Niobium and tantalum

    Article • Journal of Chromatography A, March 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  68. Extraction of Nb(v) by quaternary ammonium-based solvents: toward organic hexaniobate systems

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  69. Recovery of yttrium and lanthanides from sulfate solutions with high concentration of iron and low rare earth content

    Article • Hydrometallurgy, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  70. Solubility of niobium and tantalum under alkaline conditions

    Article • Hydrometallurgy, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  71. Niobium and tantalum ions UV properties

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  72. First investigation of Nb and Ta alkaline solutions by capillary electrophoresis

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  73. Ln(IV) and An(IV) complexes with 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) ligand

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, August 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  74. Solution thermodynamic evaluation of hydroxypyridinonate chelators 3,4,3-LI(1,2-HOPO) and 5-LIO(Me-3,2-HOPO) for UO2(VI) and Th(IV) decorporation

    Article • Radiochimica Acta, June 2013, De Gruyter

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  75. Sensitizing Curium Luminescence through an Antenna Protein To Investigate Biological Actinide Transport Mechanisms

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  76. Receptor recognition of human transferrin loaded with lanthanides or actinides

    Article • Metallomics, January 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  77. Modelling of Thorium Extraction by TBP

    Article • Procedia Chemistry, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde

  78. Spéciation du niobium et du tantale en milieux basiques et développement d’un procédé hydrométallurgique pour la séparation niobium-tantale

    Article • Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Supérieur

    Dr Gauthier J-P. Deblonde