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Sabine Petit is affiliated with the University of Poitiers in France. Their research spans the domains of Materials Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Biomaterials, Geophysics, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Their academic portfolio also covers Materials Chemistry and Geochemistry and Petrology.

Their work primarily addresses topics including Clay minerals and soil interactions, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Iron oxide chemistry and applications, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

Petit has published in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • European Journal of Mineralogy
  • Applied Clay Science
  • American Mineralogist
  • Clays and Clay Minerals
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Petit include:

  • Interactions between smectites and polyelectrolytes, 2020, Applied Clay Science
  • Structural, textural, and chemical controls on the OH stretching vibrations in serpentine-group minerals, 2021, European Journal of Mineralogy
  • First-principles modeling of the infrared spectrum of antigorite, 2021, European Journal of Mineralogy
  • Enhancement of the dispersion and catalytic performances of copper in the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde by incorporation of aluminium into mesoporous SBA-15 silica, 2020, Applied Catalysis A General
  • Local mode interpretation of the OH overtone spectrum of 1:1 phyllosilicates, 2021, European Journal of Mineralogy

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authorship with:

  • Fabien Baron
  • Emmanuel Fritsch
  • Farid Juillot
  • Brian Grégoire
  • Etienne Balan

Petit's career reflects a consistent engagement with both experimental and modeling approaches to understand mineralogical and chemical processes at micro and molecular scales. Their interdisciplinary work connects mineralogy, catalysis, and environmental sciences through studies of clay minerals, catalytic materials, and geochemical processes.

Best Publications

  • Halloysite clay minerals — a review

    E. Joussein;S. Petit;J. Churchman;B. Theng

  • Quantifying Li isotope fractionation during smectite formation and implications for the Li cycle

    N. Vigier;A. Decarreau;Romain Millot;J. Carignan

  • IR Spectra of Clay Minerals

    J. Madejová;W.P. Gates;S. Petit

  • Kaolinite-to-dickite reaction in sandstone reservoirs

    D. Beaufort;A. Cassagnabere;S. Petit;B. Lanson

  • Microstructural changes induced in Portland cement-based materials due to natural and supercritical carbonation

    Ana Hidalgo;Concha Domingo;Carlos Garcia;Sabine Petit

  • Talc as nucleating agent of polypropylene: morphology induced by lamellar particles addition and interface mineral-matrix modelization

    E. Ferrage;F. Martin;A. Boudet;S. Petit

  • Microstructural characterization of leaching effects in cement pastes due to neutralisation of their alkaline nature. Part I: Portland cement pastes

    A Hidalgo;S Petit;C Domingo;Cruz Alonso

  • Behavior of halloysite clay under formamide treatment

    Emmanuel Joussein;Sabine Petit;Bruno Delvaux

  • Evaluation of redox-active iron sites in smectites using middle and near infrared spectroscopy

    Anke Neumann;Sabine Petit;Thomas B. Hofstetter;Thomas B. Hofstetter

  • Infrared spectroscopy of NH4+-bearing and saturated clay minerals: A review of the study of layer charge

    S. Petit;D. Righi;J. Madejová

  • Microstructural Evolution of Calcium Aluminate Cements Hydration with Silica Fume and Fly Ash Additions by Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Mid and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

    Ana Hidalgo López;José Luis García Calvo;Juan García Olmo;Sabine Petit

  • Hydrothermal (200 degrees C) synthesis and crystal chemistry of iron-rich kaolinites

    S. Petit;A. Decarreau

  • Characterization of Octahedral Substitutions in Kaolinites Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy

    S. Petit;J. Madejova;A. Decarreau;F. Martin

  • Crystal-chemistry of talc: A near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy study

    Sabine Petit;François Martin;Andrzej Wiewiora;Philippe De Parseval

  • Assessing the redox reactivity of structural iron in smectites using nitroaromatic compounds as kinetic probes.

    Anke Neumann;Thomas B. Hofstetter;Maja Lüssi;Olaf A. Cirpka

  • Speciation and crystal chemistry of Fe(III) chloride hydrolyzed in the presence of SiO4 ligands. 2. Characterization of Si-Fe aggregates by FTIR and 29Si solid-state NMR

    Emmanuel Doelsch;William E. E. Stone;Sabine Petit;Armand Masion

  • The nontronite-saponite series: An experimental approach

    Olivier Grauby;Sabine Petit;Alain Decarreau;Alain Baronnet

  • INFRARED EVIDENCE OF DIOCTAHEDRAL-TRIOCTAHEDRAL SITE OCCUPANCY IN PALYGORSKITE

    A. Chahi;S. Petit;A. Decarreau

  • The beidellite-saponite series; an experimental approach

    Olivier Grauby;Sabine Petit;Alain Decarreau;Alain Baronnet

  • Influence of Synthesis pH on Kaolinite ``Crystallinity'' and Surface Properties

    Claire-Isabelle Fialips;Sabine Petit;Alain Decarreau;Daniel Beaufort

  • The actual distribution of octahedral cations in 2:1 clay minerals: Results from clay synthesis

    Alain Decarreau;Olivier Grauby;Sabine Petit

  • Characterization of Hydroxy-Interlayered Vermiculite and Illite/Smectite Interstratified Minerals from the Weathering of Chlorite in a Cryorthod

    Dominique Righi;Sabine Petit;Alain Bouchet

  • Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

    S. Petit;J. Madejova

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Beaufort
Daniel Beaufort University of Poitiers
Sébastien Royer
Sébastien Royer University of Lille
Alain Meunier
Alain Meunier University of Poitiers
Chun Hui Zhou
Chun Hui Zhou Zhejiang University of Technology
Nathalie Vigier
Nathalie Vigier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Will P. Gates
Will P. Gates Deakin University
Thomas B. Hofstetter
Thomas B. Hofstetter Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Cruz Alonso
Cruz Alonso Spanish National Research Council
Carmen Andrade
Carmen Andrade International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Bruno Delvaux
Bruno Delvaux Université Catholique de Louvain

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