PUBLICATIONS

• Perret D., Laty G., Hagemann H. Elémentaire! Chimia 2019, 73, 656-658.  PDF 0.2Mb.   DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2019.656

• Néel B., Cardoso C., Perret D., Bakker E. A miniature wastewater cleaning plant to demonstrate primary treatment in the classroom. J. Chem Educ. 2015, 92, 1889-1891.  PDF 3.3Mb.   DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00291
• Perret D., Hagemann H., Cerny R., Renner C., Giannini E., Guénée L., Besnard C., Gérard D., Windels L. Let’s grow nice – big – pure! Minutes of a hair-raising crystal-growth contest for pupils. Newsletter SSCr 2015, 93, 7-13.  PDF 2.3Mb.

• Perret D., Hagemann H., Cerny R., Renner C., Giannini E., Guénée L., Besnard C., Gérard D., Windels L. Crystal-clear – the “2014 most superlative crystal growth contest” for school classes. Chimia 2014, 68, 893-895.  PDF 0.3Mb.   DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2014.893
• Néel B., Crespo G.A., Perret D. Cherubini T., Bakker E. Camping burner-based flame emission spectrometer for classroom demonstrations. J. Chem. Educ. 2014, 91, 1655-1660.  PDF 1.2Mb.   DOI: 10.1021/ed4008149

• Perret D. Assembly instructions to build your own attractive chemistry platform: experiences from the Chimiscope. Chimia 2012, 66, 837-842.  PDF 1.1Mb.   DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2012.837

• Perret D. Chimscope : a multi-faceted laboratory platform for a unique journey into (bio)molecular science. Chimia 2011, 65, 872-873.  PDF 0.5Mb.   DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2011.872

• Mavrocordatos D., Perret D., Leppard G.G. Strategies and advances in the characterisation of environmental colloids by electron microscopy, in: Wilkinson K.J., Lead J.R. (eds), Environmental Colloids and Particles: Behaviour, Separation and Characterisation. 345-404. Lewis Publishers. Ann Arbor, USA2.  PDF 1.5Mb.   DOI: 10.0100279780470024539.ch8

• Perret D., Leppard G.G., Mavrocordatos D. Microscopy: environmental applications, in: Worsfold P., Townshend A., Poole C. (eds), Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, Vol. 6, 2nd ed. 2005, 65-74. Elsevier. Amsterdam (NL).  PDF 1.5Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/B0-12-369397-7/00390-3

• Leppard G.G., Mavrocordatos D., Perret D. Electron-optical characterization of nano- and micro- particles in raw and treated waters: an overview. Water Sci. Technol. 2004, 50, 1-8.  PDF 0.2Mb.   DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0689
• Perret D., Stille P., Crovisier J.-L., Shields G., Mäder G., Schenk K., Chardonnens M. Corrosion and stability of vitrified material derived from municipal solid waste, in: Gieré R., Stille P. (eds), Energy, Waste and the Environment: A Geochemical Perspective 2004, 381-410. Geological Society. London (UK).  PDF 2.4Mb.

• Perret D., Crovisier J.-L., Stille P., Shields G., Mäder G., Advocat T., Schenk K., Chardonnens M. Thermodynamic stability of waste glasses compared to leaching behaviour. Appl. Geochem. 2003, 18, 1165-1184.  PDF 1.2Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(02)00245-7
• Mavrocordatos D., Leupin O., Perret D., Gloter A. Intimate interaction of Cu and hydrous ferric oxides determined by analytical electron microscopy. Abstr. Pap. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2003, 225, 198-Geoc. No trace found in archives.

• Perret D., Schenk K., Chardonnens M., Stille P., Mäder U. Characteristics, behavior and durability of high temperature materials, in: Ludwig C., Hellweg S., Stucki S. (eds), Municipal Solid Waste Management: Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Solutions 2002, 257-293. Springer Verlag, Berlin (D).  PDF 3.4Mb.
• Mondi C., Leifer K., Mavrocordatos D., Perret D. Analytical electron microscopy as a tool for accessing colloid formation process in natural waters. J. Microsc. 2002, 207, 180-190.  PDF 7Mb.   DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2002.01058.x
• Gaillard J.-F., Taillefert M., Lienemann C.-P., Perret D. Trace metal and Fe-Mn cycling. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 2002, 66, A256.  PDF 0.2Mb.
• Perret D., Stille P., Mäder U., Schenk K. Vitrified waste: route for the future? Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 2002, 66, A592.  PDF 0.2Mb.
• Taillefert M., MacGregor B.J., Gaillard J.-F., Lienemann C.-P., Perret D., Stahl D.A. Evidence for a dynamic cycling between Mn and Co in the water column of a stratified lake. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2002, 36, 468-476.  PDF 0.3Mb.   DOI: 10.1021/es010915t

• Atteia O., Mondi C., Perret D. Aggregation rate of natural particle populations. Water Res. 2001, 35, 2429-2434.  PDF 0.2Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00543-1
• Guéguen C., Dominik J., Perret D. Use of chelating resins and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for simultaneous determination of trace and major elements in small volumes of saline water samples. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 2001, 370, 909- 912.  PDF 0.1Mb.   DOI: 10.1007/s002160100847
• De Stasio G., Casalbore P., Pallini R., Gilbert B., Sanità F., Ciotti M.T., Rosi G., Festinesi A., Larocca L.M., Rinelli A., Perret D., Mogk D.W., Perfetti P., Mehta M.P., Mercanti D. Gadolinium in human glioblastoma cells for gadolinium neutron capture therapy. Cancer Res. 2001, 61, 4272-4277.  PDF 0.1Mb.

• Mavrocordatos D., Couture-Mondi C., Atteia O., Leppard G.G., Perret D. Formation of a distinct class of Fe-Ca(-Corg)-rich particles in a complex peat-karst system. J. Hydrol. 2000, 237, 234-247.  PDF 1Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00309-7
• Fatin-Rouge N., Tóth É., Perret D., Backer R.H., Merbach A.E., Bünzli J.-C. Lanthanide podates with programmed intermolecular interactions: Luminescence enhancement through association with cyclodextrins and unusually large relaxivity of the gadolinium self-aggregates. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 10810-10820.  PDF 0.2Mb.   DOI: 10.1021/ja001089b
• Perret D., Gaillard J.-F., Atteia O., Dominik J. The diversity of natural hydrous iron oxides. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2000, 34, 3540-3546.  PDF 0.4Mb.   DOI: 10.1021/es0000089
• Taillefert M., Lienemann C.-P., Gaillard J.-F., Perret D. Speciation, reactivity, and cycling of Fe and Pb in a meromictic lake. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2000, 64, 169-183.  PDF 1Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00285-9

• Lienemann C.-P., Monnerat M., Dominik J., Perret D. Identification of stoichiometric iron-phosphorus colloids produced in a eutrophic lake. Aquat. Sci 1999, 61, 133-149.  PDF 0.4Mb.   DOI: 10.1007/s000270050058
• Couture-Mondi C., Mavrocordatos D., Perret D., Atteia O. Interactions entre fer et matière organique en zone tourbeuse. in: Structure et Ultrastructure des Sols et des Organismes Vivants 1998, 183-192. INRA, Paris (F).  PDF 1.1Mb.
• Perret D., Stille P., Shields G., Crovisier J.-L., Mäder U. Long-term stability of inert material. SAEFL Tech. Rep. #4 1999, 316pp, Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape. Available on request as CD-ROM (103Mb).
• Perret D. Release fluxes of MSW glasses: suggested approach. SAEFL Tech. Rep. #3 1999, 16pp, Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape.  PDF 2.7Mb.

• Mavrocordatos D., Perret D. Quantitative and qualitative characterization of aquatic iron oxyhydroxide particles by EF-TEM. J. Microsc. 1998, 191, 83-90.  PDF 0.7Mb.   DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00345.x
• Monnerat M., Lienemann C.-P., Zamboni F., Perret D., Dominik J. Scavenging of phosphorous by the “ferrous wheel” in the northern basin of Lake Lugano (CH/I). Miner. Mag. 1998, 62A, 1013-1014.  PDF 0.3Mb.
• Perret D., Gaillard J.-F., Dominik J., Atteia O. Aquatic hydrous iron oxide colloids: evidencing the ambiguities. Miner. Mag. 1998, 62A, 1151-1152.  PDF 0.3Mb.
• Atteia O., Couture C., Perret D. Factors controlling colloidal transport in a karst aquifer. Phys. Chem. Earth 1998, 23, 163-169.  PDF 0.4Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/S0079-1946(98)00008-1
• Couture C., Mavrocordatos D., Atteia O., Perret D. The genesis and transformation of organomineral colloids in a drained peatland area. Phys. Chem. Earth 1998, 23, 153-157.  PDF 0.6Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/S0079-1946(98)00006-8
• Atteia O., Perret D., Adatte T., Kozel R., Rossi P. Characterization of natural colloids from a river and a spring of a karstic aquifer. Environ. Geol. 1998, 34, 257-269.  PDF 1.1Mb.   DOI: 10.1007/s002540050277
• Lienemann C.-P., Heissenberger A., Leppard G.G., Perret D. Optimal preparation of water samples for the examination of colloidal material by transmission electron microscopy. Aquat. Microbiol. Ecol. 1998, 14, 205-213.  PDF 1.5Mb.   DOI: 10.3354/ame014205
• Lorusso G.F., De Stasio G., Gilbert B., Perret D., Perfetti P., Margaritondo G., Casalbore P. Ciotti M.T. Milazzo L., Mercanti D. High sensitivity quantitative analysis of cobalt uptake in rat cerebellar granule cells with and without excitatory amino acids. Neurosci. Lett. 1998, 248, 9-12.  PDF 0.1Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00296-1
• Perret D. MSW glasses: the opinion of selected experts. SAEFL Tech. Rep. #2 1998, 14pp, Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape.  PDF 0.4Mb.
• Perret D. State of knowledge on waste glasses. SAEFL Tech. Rep. #1 1998, 32pp, Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape.  PDF 5.3Mb.

• Lienemann C.-P., Taillefert M., Perret D., Gaillard J.-F. Cobalt and manganese oxide (MnOx) association at an oxic/anoxic interface. Abstr. Pap. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1997, 213, 40-Ev.  PDF 0.1Mb.
• Taillefert M., Lienemann C.-P., Gaillard J.-F., Perret D. Analytical speciation of lead in the water column of Paul Lake (MI). Abstr. Pap. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1997, 213, 236-Geoc.  PDF 0.1Mb.
• Lorusso G.F., De Stasio G., Perret D., Andres R., Mercanti D., Ciotti M.T., Ciotti M.T., Milazzo L., Margaritondo G. Quantitative characterization of the time dependence of boron uptake by brain cells. in: Advances in Neutron Capture Therapy 1997, 330-333. Elsevier, Amsterdam (NL).  PDF 0.3Mb.
• Lienemann C.-P., Taillefert M., Perret D., Gaillard J.-F. Association of cobalt and manganese in aquatic systems: chemical and microscopic evidence. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1997, 61, 1437-1446.  PDF 1Mb.  DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00015-X
• Lienemann C.-P., Mavrocordatos D., Perret D. Enhanced visualization of polysaccharides from aqueous suspensions. Mikrochim. Acta 1997, 126, 123-129.  PDF 1.2Mb.   DOI: 10.1007/BF01242673

• Couture C., Lienemann C.-P., Mavrocordatos D., Perret D. New directions towards the understanding of physico-chemical processes in aquatic systems. Chimia 1996, 50, 625-629.  PDF 1Mb.   DOI: 10.2533/chimia.1996.625

• Mavrocordatos D., Perret D.. Non-artefacted specimen preparation for transmission electron microscopy of submicron soil particles. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 1995, 26, 2593-2602.  PDF 1.4Mb.   DOI: 10.1080/00103629509369470
• Perret D., Leppard G.G., Buffle J.. Electron microscopy: environmental applications in water and soil samples. in: Townshend A. (ed), Encyclopedia of Analytical Science 1995, 3222-3228. Academic Press, London (UK).  PDF 1.4Mb.
• Perret D., Lienemann C.-P., Mavrocordatos D. EELS-ESI identification of heterogeneous suspensions of aquatic microparticles. Microsc. Microstruct. Microanal. 1995, 6, 41-51.  PDF 1.8Mb.   DOI: 10.1051/mmm:1995106
• Pizarro J., Belzile N., Filella M., Leppard G.G., Nègre J.-C. Perret D., Buffle J. Coagulation-sedimentation of submicron iron particles in a eutrophic lake. Water Res. 1995, 29, 617-632.  PDF 1.8Mb.

• Mavrocordatos D., Lienemann C.-P., Perret D. Energy-filtered transmission electron microscopy for the physoco-chemical characterization of aquatic submicron colloids. Mikrochim. Acta. 1994, 117, 39-47.  PDF 1.5Mb. DOI: 10.1007/BF01243015
• Perret D. Caractérisation et comportement des particules colloïdales dans le Rhin. C.R. Symp. Rhin’92/Sandoz 1994, 50-59.  PDF 1.6Mb.
• Perret D., Mavrocordatos D., Lienemann C.-P. Natural microparticles-macromolecules interactions: an EFTEM approach. Proc. Int. Congr. Electron Microscopy 1994, 1277-1278.  PDF 0.3Mb.
• Newman M., Filella M., Chen Y., Nègre J.-C., Perret D., Buffle J. Submicron particles in the Rhine River, part II: comparison of field observations and model predictions. Water Res. 1994, 28, 107-118.  PDF 2.2Mb.
• Perret D., Newman M., Nègre J.-C., Chen Y., Buffle J. Submicron particles in the Rhine River, part I: physico-chemical characterization. Water Res. 1994, 28, 91-106.  PDF 3.4Mb.

• Buffle J., Perret D., Newman M. The use of filtration and ultrafiltration for size fractionation of aquatic particles, colloids and macromolecules. in: Buffle J. Van Leeuwen H.P. (eds), Environmental Particles I. 1991, 171-230. Lewis Publishers, Ann Arbor (USA).  PDF 6.3Mb.

• Perret D., Leppard G.G., Müller M., Belzile N., DeVitre R., Buffle J. Electron microscopy of aquatic colloids: non perturbing preparation of specimens in the field. Water Res. 1991, 25, 1333-1343.  PDF 3Mb.

• Perret D., DeVitre R., Leppard G.G., Buffle J. Characterizing autochthonous iron particles and colloids – the need for better particle analysis methods. in: Tilzer M.M., Serruay C. (eds), Large Lakes: Ecological Structure and Function. 1990, 224-244. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg (D).  PDF 2.7Mb.
• Buffle J., Leppard G.G., DeVitre R., Perret D. Submicron sized aquatic compounds: from artefacts to ecologically meaningful data. Abstr. Pap. Amer Chem. Soc. 1990, 199, 93.  PDF 0.1Mb.

• Buffle J., DeVitre R., Perret D., Leppard G.G. Physico-chemical characteristics of a colloidal iron phosphate species formed at the oxic-anoxic interface of a eutrophic lake. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1989, 53, 399-408.  PDF 2.2Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(89)90391-8
• Leppard G.G., DeVitre R., Perret D., Buffle J. Colloidal iron oxyhydroxy-phosphate: the sizing and morphology of an amorphous species in relation to partitioning phenomena. Sci. Tot. Environ. 1989, 87/88, 345-354.  PDF 1.3Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(89)90247-7

• Leppard G.G, Buffle J., DeVitre R., Perret D. The ultrastructure and physical characteristics of a distinctive colloidal iron particulate isolated from a small eutrophic lake. Arch. Hydrobiol. 1988, 113, 405-424.  PDF 1.2Mb.  DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/113/1988/405
• DeVitre R., Buffle J., Perret D., Baudat R. A study of iron and manganese at the O2/S(-II) transition layer in a eutrophic lake (Lake Bret, Switzerland): a multimethod approach. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1988, 52, 1601-1613.  PDF 2.8Mb.   DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(88)90229-3
• Buffle J., DeVitre R., Perret D., Leppard G.G. Combining field measurements for speciation in non perturbable water samples. in: Kramer J.R., Allen H.E. (eds), Metal Speciation: Theory, Analysis and Applications. 1988, 99-124. Lewis Publishers, Michigan (USA).  PDF 2.8Mb.

• Bollinger J.-C., Houriet R., Kern C.W., Perret D., Weber J., Yvernault T. Experimental and theoretical studies of the gas-phase protonation of aliphatic phosphine oxides and phosphoramides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1985, 107, 5352-5358.  PDF 0.9Mb.   DOI: 10.1021/ja00305a005