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287

Overview

Didier Fournier is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research spans multiple fields including Materials Science, Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy, with specific focus areas in Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their work concentrates on topics related to luminescence properties of advanced materials, solid state laser technologies, and optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials. These themes reflect an interdisciplinary approach that integrates aspects of materials science and photonics.

Didier Fournier has contributed to the scientific literature with publications in established venues. One recent paper is titled "Laser-Induced Heating in GdVO4: Yb3+/Er3+ Nanocrystals for Thermometry", published in 2022 in ACS Applied Nano Materials. This article discusses thermal effects under laser excitation in specific nanocrystals relevant to temperature sensing applications.

Collaboration appears to be an integral part of their research efforts. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yujiao Zhou
  • Gilles Ledoux
  • David Philippon
  • Sylvie Descartes
  • Matteo Martini

Didier Fournier's publication record highlights a range of topics and scientific inquiry within advanced materials and laser technology, underscoring their involvement in experimental and applied research domains. Their work contributes to the understanding of laser-material interactions and the development of materials with novel optical and thermal properties.

Best Publications

  • Resistance-associated point mutations in insecticide-insensitive acetylcholinesterase

    Annick Mutero;Madeleine Pralavorio;Jean-Marc Bride;Didier Fournier

  • Modification of acetylcholinesterase as a mechanism of resistance to insecticides.

    D. Fournier;A. Mutero

  • Insect glutathione S-transferases. Biochemical characteristics of the major forms from houseflies susceptible and resistant to insecticides.

    D Fournier;J M Bride;M Poirie;J B Bergé

  • Protein encapsulation in liposomes: efficiency depends on interactions between protein and phospholipid bilayer.

    Jacques-Philippe Colletier;Barnabé Chaize;Mathias Winterhalter;Didier Fournier

  • Do metals inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE)? Implementation of assay conditions for the use of AChE activity as a biomarker of metal toxicity

    M F Frasco;D Fournier;F Carvalho;L Guilhermino

  • Acetylcholinesterase. Two types of modifications confer resistance to insecticide.

    D Fournier;J.M. Bride;F Hoffmann;F Karch

  • Evidence for inhibition of cholinesterases in insect and mammalian nervous systems by the insect repellent deet

    Vincent Corbel;Maria Stankiewicz;Cedric Pennetier;Cedric Pennetier;Didier Fournier

  • Improved multianalyte detection of organophosphates and carbamates with disposable multielectrode biosensors using recombinant mutants of Drosophila acetylcholinesterase and artificial neural networks.

    Till T Bachmann;Béatrice Leca;Francois Vilatte;Jean-Louis Marty

  • Structural Insights Into Substrate Traffic and Inhibition in Acetylcholinesterase.

    Jacques-Philippe Colletier;Didier Fournier;Harry M Greenblatt;Jure Stojan

  • Mutations of acetylcholinesterase which confer insecticide resistance in Drosophila melanogaster populations

    Philippe Menozzi;Ming An Shi;Andrée Lougarre;Zhen Hua Tang

  • Comparative toxicity of imidacloprid, of its commercial liquid formulation and of diazinon to a non-target arthropod, the microcrustacean Daphnia magna.

    Anita Jemec;Tatjana Tišler;Damjana Drobne;Kristina Sepčić

  • Mutations of acetylcholinesterase which confer insecticide resistance in insect populations.

    D. Fournier

  • Pyrethroid resistance mechanisms in the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from West Africa

    T Martin;F Chandre;O.G Ochou;M Vaissayre

  • Hybrid Nanocapsules: Interactions of ABA Block Copolymers with Liposomes

    Tristan Ruysschaert;Andreas F. P. Sonnen;Thomas Haefele;Wolfgang Meier

  • Cholinesterases from the common oyster (Crassostrea gigas): Evidence for the presence of a soluble acetylcholinesterase insensitive to organophosphate and carbamate inhibitors

    Gilles Bocquené;Anne Roig;Didier Fournier

  • Biosensors based on highly sensitive acetylcholinesterases for enhanced carbamate insecticides detection

    Bogdan Bucur;Bogdan Bucur;Didier Fournier;Andrei Danet;Jean-Louis Marty

  • Engineering sensitive acetylcholinesterase for detection of organophosphate and carbamate insecticides.

    François Villatte;Véronique Marcel;Sandino Estrada-Mondaca;Didier Fournier

  • Identification of resistance mechanisms in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) from southern France: insensitive acetylcholinesterase and detoxifying oxidases.

    Michel Raymond;Didier Fournier;Jean-Marc Bride;Andre Cuany

  • Mutation of exposed hydrophobic amino acids to arginine to increase protein stability.

    Caroline Strub;Carole Alies;Andrée Lougarre;Caroline Ladurantie

  • Drosophila melanogaster acetylcholinesterase gene: Structure, evolution and mutations

    Didier Fournier;François Karch;Jean-Marc Bride;Lucinda M.C. Hall

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathias Winterhalter
Mathias Winterhalter Jacobs University
Michel Raymond
Michel Raymond University of Montpellier
Patrick Masson
Patrick Masson Kazan Federal University
Jean-Louis Marty
Jean-Louis Marty University of Perpignan
Nicole Pasteur
Nicole Pasteur University of Montpellier
Denis Bourguet
Denis Bourguet University of Montpellier
Frédéric Francis
Frédéric Francis Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Lúcia Guilhermino
Lúcia Guilhermino University of Porto
Frieder W. Scheller
Frieder W. Scheller University of Potsdam
Wolfgang Meier
Wolfgang Meier University of Basel

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