List of works - Martin Elsner

1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane reactions with OH-, Cr(II), granular iron, and a copper-iron bimetal: insights from product formation and associated carbon isotope fractionation

scientific article

13C- and 15N-Isotope Analysis of Desphenylchloridazon by Liquid Chromatography–Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometry and Derivatization Gas Chromatography–Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometry

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

13C/12C and 15N/14N isotope analysis to characterize degradation of atrazine: evidence from parent and daughter compound values

scientific article published on 3 June 2013

A Critical Review of State-of-the-Art and Emerging Approaches to Identify Fracking-Derived Gases and Associated Contaminants in Aquifers.

scientific article

A new concept linking observable stable isotope fractionation to transformation pathways of organic pollutants

scientific article

Biodegradation: Updating the concepts of control for microbial cleanup in contaminated aquifers

scientific article published on 05 June 2015

C & N isotope analysis of diclofenac to distinguish oxidative and reductive transformation and to track commercial products

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

C and Cl isotope fractionation of 1,2-dichloroethane displays unique δ¹³C/δ³⁷Cl patterns for pathway identification and reveals surprising C-Cl bond involvement in microbial oxidation

scientific article published on 24 July 2014

C and N isotope fractionation during biodegradation of the pesticide metabolite 2,6-dichlorobenzamide (BAM): potential for environmental assessments

scientific article published on 19 January 2012

C and N isotope fractionation suggests similar mechanisms of microbial atrazine transformation despite involvement of different enzymes (AtzA and TrzN).

scientific article published in November 2009

C, Cl and H compound-specific isotope analysis to assess natural versus Fe(0) barrier-induced degradation of chlorinated ethenes at a contaminated site

scientific article published on 29 June 2015

C, N, and H isotope fractionation of the herbicide isoproturon reflects different microbial transformation pathways

scientific article published in April 2010

Calibration bias of experimentally determined chlorine isotope enrichment factors: the need for a two-point calibration in compound-specific chlorine isotope analysis

scientific article

Carbon Isotope Analysis to Evaluate Nanoscale Fe(O) Treatment at a Chlorohydrocarbon Contaminated Site

Carbon and Chlorine Isotope Fractionation Patterns Associated with Different Engineered Chloroform Transformation Reactions

scientific article

Carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of atrazine and desethylatrazine at sub-microgram per liter concentrations in groundwater

scientific article published on 30 December 2012

Carbon isotope fractionation in the reductive dehalogenation of carbon tetrachloride at iron (hydr)oxide and iron sulfide minerals

scientific article published in August 2005

Carbon isotopic fractionation during aerobic vinyl chloride degradation

scientific article

Characteristic isotope fractionation patterns in s-triazine degradation have their origin in multiple protonation options in the s-triazine hydrolase TrzN.

scientific article published on 3 March 2015

Chlorinated Ethene Reactivity with Vitamin B12 Is Governed by Cobalamin Chloroethylcarbanions as Crossroads of Competing Pathways

Chlorine isotope effects from isotope ratio mass spectrometry suggest intramolecular C-Cl bond competition in trichloroethene (TCE) reductive dehalogenation.

scientific article published on 20 May 2014

Cl and C isotope analysis to assess the effectiveness of chlorinated ethene degradation by zero-valent iron: Evidence from dual element and product isotope values

article

Combined C and Cl isotope effects indicate differences between corrinoids and enzyme (Sulfurospirillum multivorans PceA) in reductive dehalogenation of tetrachloroethene, but not trichloroethene

scientific article published on 3 October 2014

Combined isotope and enantiomer analysis to assess the fate of phenoxy acids in a heterogeneous geologic setting at an old landfill

scientific article published on 30 October 2012

Compound-Specific Chlorine Isotope Analysis of Tetrachloromethane and Trichloromethane by Gas Chromatography-Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry vs Gas Chromatography-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry: Method Development and Evaluation of Precision and Truen

scientific article published on 10 February 2017

Compound-Specific Chlorine Isotope Analysis of the Herbicides Atrazine, Acetochlor, and Metolachlor

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Fractionation of Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals in a Mesoscale Aquifer Model

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

Compound-specific chlorine isotope analysis: a comparison of gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry and gas chromatography/quadrupole mass spectrometry methods in an interlaboratory study

scientific article published on 21 September 2011

Compound-specific chlorine isotope fractionation in biodegradation of atrazine

scientific article published on 24 February 2020

Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) of micropollutants in the environment - current developments and future challenges

scientific article

Compound-specific isotope analysis of benzotriazole and its derivatives

scientific article published on 9 December 2012

Compound-specific stable isotope analysis of organic contaminants in natural environments: a critical review of the state of the art, prospects, and future challenges

scientific article published on 28 November 2003

Current challenges in compound-specific stable isotope analysis of environmental organic contaminants

scientific article published on July 2012

Cytochrome P450-catalyzed dealkylation of atrazine by Rhodococcus sp. strain NI86/21 involves hydrogen atom transfer rather than single electron transfer

scientific article published in August 2014

Delineating spring recharge areas in a fractured sandstone aquifer (Luxembourg) based on pesticide mass balance

article

Direct experimental evidence of non-first order degradation kinetics and sorption-induced isotopic fractionation in a mesoscale aquifer: 13C/12C analysis of a transient toluene pulse

scientific article published on 4 June 2013

Discovering Nature’s Fingerprints: Isotope Ratio Analysis on Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometers

scientific article published in 2023

Distinct Dual C-Cl Isotope Fractionation Patterns during Anaerobic Biodegradation of 1,2-Dichloroethane: Potential To Characterize Microbial Degradation in the Field

scientific article published on 14 February 2017

Dual (C, H) isotope fractionation in anaerobic low molecular weight (poly)aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) degradation: potential for field studies and mechanistic implications.

scientific article published on 22 July 2011

Dual element ((15)N/(14)N, (13)C/(12)C) isotope analysis of glyphosate and AMPA by derivatization-gas chromatography isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/IRMS) combined with LC/IRMS.

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Dual-Element Isotope Analysis of Desphenylchloridazon to Investigate Its Environmental Fate in a Systematic Field Study: A Long-Term Lysimeter Experiment

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Effects of trace element concentration on enzyme controlled stable isotope fractionation during aerobic biodegradation of toluene

scientific article published in December 2006

Elevated levels of diesel range organic compounds in groundwater near Marcellus gas operations are derived from surface activities

scientific article

Evaluating chlorine isotope effects from isotope ratios and mass spectra of polychlorinated molecules

scientific article published on 17 May 2008

Evaluating pesticide degradation in the environment: blind spots and emerging opportunities

scientific article

Exploring Trends of C and N Isotope Fractionation to Trace Transformation Reactions of Diclofenac in Natural and Engineered Systems

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Freezing To Preserve Groundwater Samples and Improve Headspace Quantification Limits of Water-Soluble Organic Contaminants for Carbon Isotope Analysis

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry of recalcitrant target compounds: performance of different combustion reactors and strategies for standardization

scientific article published in May 2012

High Permeation Rates in Liposome Systems Explain Rapid Glyphosate Biodegradation Associated with Strong Isotope Fractionation

scientific article published on 23 May 2018

Identifying abiotic chlorinated ethene degradation: characteristic isotope patterns in reaction products with nanoscale zero-valent iron

scientific article

Implementation of an open source algorithm for particle recognition and morphological characterisation for microplastic analysis by means of Raman microspectroscopy

scientific article published in 2019

Improved constraints on in situ rates and on quantification of complete chloroethene degradation from stable carbon isotope mass balances in groundwater plumes

scientific article published on 16 September 2015

Indications of Transformation Products from Hydraulic Fracturing Additives in Shale-Gas Wastewater

scientific article published on 15 July 2016

Insight into Methyltert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Stable Isotope Fractionation from Abiotic Reference Experiments

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Intramolecular carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis by quantitative dry fragmentation of the phenylurea herbicide isoproturon in a combined injector/capillary reactor prior to GC separation

scientific article published on 9 October 2007

Intrinsic potential for immediate biodegradation of toluene in a pristine, energy-limited aquifer

scientific article

Isothermal haRPA detection of blaCTX-M in bacterial isolates from water samples and comparison with qPCR

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

Isotope Fractionation Pinpoints Membrane Permeability as a Barrier to Atrazine Biodegradation in Gram-negative Polaromonas sp. Nea-C.

scientific article published on 2 March 2018

Isotope fractionation of micropollutants during large-volume extraction: heads-up from a critical method evaluation for atrazine, desethylatrazine and 2,6-dichlorobenzamide at low ng/L concentrations in groundwater

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Isotopic evidence suggests different initial reaction mechanisms for anaerobic benzene biodegradation

scientific article

Isotopic fractionation of methyl tert-butyl ether suggests different initial reaction mechanisms during aerobic biodegradation.

scientific article published in April 2009

Linking Increased Isotope Fractionation at Low Concentrations to Enzyme Activity Regulation: 4-Cl Phenol Degradation by Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus A6

scientific article published on 11 February 2022

Macropore flow of old water revisited: experimental insights from a tile-drained hillslope

Mass Transfer Limitation during Slow Anaerobic Biodegradation of 2-Methylnaphthalene

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

Mechanisms and products of surface-mediated reductive dehalogenation of carbon tetrachloride by Fe(II) on goethite

scientific article published in April 2004

Mechanistic Dichotomy in Bacterial Trichloroethene Dechlorination Revealed by Carbon and Chlorine Isotope Effects

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

Model complexity needed for quantitative analysis of high resolution isotope and concentration data from a toluene-pulse experiment

scientific article

Modeling chlorine isotope trends during sequential transformation of chlorinated ethenes

scientific article published in September 2009

Modeling of contaminant biodegradation and compound-specific isotope fractionation in chemostats at low dilution rates

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

Monitoring Microbial Mineralization Using Reverse Stable Isotope Labeling Analysis by Mid-Infrared Laser Spectroscopy

scientific article published on 14 September 2017

NO2 and natural organic matter affect both soot aggregation behavior and sorption of S-metolachlor

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Natural Gas Residual Fluids: Sources, Endpoints, and Organic Chemical Composition after Centralized Waste Treatment in Pennsylvania

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

New Evaluation Scheme for Two-Dimensional Isotope Analysis to Decipher Biodegradation Processes: Application to Groundwater Contamination by MTBE

scholarly article by Luc Zwank et al published September 2005 in Environmental Science & Technology

New evaluation scheme for two-dimensional isotope analysis to decipher biodegradation processes: application to groundwater contamination by MTBE.

scientific article published on February 2005

Organic Reference Materials for Hydrogen, Carbon, and Nitrogen Stable Isotope-Ratio Measurements: Caffeines, n-Alkanes, Fatty Acid Methyl Esters, Glycines, L-Valines, Polyethylenes, and Oils

scientific article

Pathway dependent isotopic fractionation during aerobic biodegradation of 1,2-dichloroethane

scientific article published in September 2004

Phenotypic heterogeneity as key factor for growth and survival under oligotrophic conditions

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Potential for identifying abiotic chloroalkane degradation mechanisms using carbon isotopic fractionation

scientific article

Pre-drilling background groundwater quality in the Deep River Triassic Basin of central North Carolina, USA

article published in 2015

Precise and accurate compound specific carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of atrazine: critical role of combustion oven conditions

scientific article published in November 2008

Predicting pesticide attenuation in a fractured aquifer using lumped-parameter models

scientific article

Quantitative Survey and Structural Classification of Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals Reported in Unconventional Gas Production

scientific article published on 22 February 2016

Quantitative site-specific (2)H NMR investigation of MTBE: potential for assessing contaminant sources and fate

scientific article published in February 2010

Rate-Limiting Mass Transfer in Micropollutant Degradation Revealed by Isotope Fractionation in Chemostat

scientific article published on 19 December 2018

Rate-dependent carbon and nitrogen kinetic isotope fractionation in hydrolysis of isoproturon

scientific article published in November 2008

Reactivity of Fe(II)-bearing minerals toward reductive transformation of organic contaminants

scientific article published in February 2004

Reductive Dehalogenation of Trichloromethane by Two Different Dehalobacter restrictus Strains Reveal Opposing Dual Element Isotope Effects

scientific article published on 20 February 2019

Reductive Outer-Sphere Single Electron Transfer Is an Exception Rather than the Rule in Natural and Engineered Chlorinated Ethene Dehalogenation

scientific article

Reductive dechlorination of TCE by chemical model systems in comparison to dehalogenating bacteria: insights from dual element isotope analysis (13C/12C, 37Cl/35Cl).

scientific article published on 28 May 2013

Response to Comment on “New Evaluation Scheme for Two-Dimensional Isotope Analysis to Decipher Biodegradation Processes: Application to Groundwater Contamination by MTBE”

scholarly article by Stefan B. Haderlein et al published November 2005 in Environmental Science & Technology

Small (13)C/(12)C fractionation contrasts with large enantiomer fractionation in aerobic biodegradation of phenoxy acids

scientific article published in May 2014

Small and reproducible isotope effects during methylation with trimethylsulfonium hydroxide (TMSH): a convenient derivatization method for isotope analysis of negatively charged molecules

scientific article published in March 2010

Solid-phase extraction method for stable isotope analysis of pesticides from large volume environmental water samples

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Stable isotope fractionation to investigate natural transformation mechanisms of organic contaminants: principles, prospects and limitations

scientific article published on October 29, 2010

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of microorganisms: limitations and applicability on the single-cell level

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Toward Improved Accuracy in Chlorine Isotope Analysis: Synthesis Routes for In-House Standards and Characterization via Complementary Mass Spectrometry Methods

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

List of works by Martin Elsner

1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane reactions with OH-, Cr(II), granular iron, and a copper-iron bimetal: insights from product formation and associated carbon isotope fractionation

13C- and 15N-Isotope Analysis of Desphenylchloridazon by Liquid Chromatography–Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometry and Derivatization Gas Chromatography–Isotope-Ratio Mass Spectrometry

13C/12C and 15N/14N isotope analysis to characterize degradation of atrazine: evidence from parent and daughter compound values

A Critical Review of State-of-the-Art and Emerging Approaches to Identify Fracking-Derived Gases and Associated Contaminants in Aquifers.

A new concept linking observable stable isotope fractionation to transformation pathways of organic pollutants

Biodegradation: Updating the concepts of control for microbial cleanup in contaminated aquifers

C & N isotope analysis of diclofenac to distinguish oxidative and reductive transformation and to track commercial products

C and Cl isotope fractionation of 1,2-dichloroethane displays unique δ¹³C/δ³⁷Cl patterns for pathway identification and reveals surprising C-Cl bond involvement in microbial oxidation

C and N isotope fractionation during biodegradation of the pesticide metabolite 2,6-dichlorobenzamide (BAM): potential for environmental assessments

C and N isotope fractionation suggests similar mechanisms of microbial atrazine transformation despite involvement of different enzymes (AtzA and TrzN).

C, Cl and H compound-specific isotope analysis to assess natural versus Fe(0) barrier-induced degradation of chlorinated ethenes at a contaminated site

C, N, and H isotope fractionation of the herbicide isoproturon reflects different microbial transformation pathways

Calibration bias of experimentally determined chlorine isotope enrichment factors: the need for a two-point calibration in compound-specific chlorine isotope analysis

Carbon Isotope Analysis to Evaluate Nanoscale Fe(O) Treatment at a Chlorohydrocarbon Contaminated Site

Carbon and Chlorine Isotope Fractionation Patterns Associated with Different Engineered Chloroform Transformation Reactions

Carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of atrazine and desethylatrazine at sub-microgram per liter concentrations in groundwater

Carbon isotope fractionation in the reductive dehalogenation of carbon tetrachloride at iron (hydr)oxide and iron sulfide minerals

Carbon isotopic fractionation during aerobic vinyl chloride degradation

Characteristic isotope fractionation patterns in s-triazine degradation have their origin in multiple protonation options in the s-triazine hydrolase TrzN.

Chlorinated Ethene Reactivity with Vitamin B12 Is Governed by Cobalamin Chloroethylcarbanions as Crossroads of Competing Pathways

Chlorine isotope effects from isotope ratio mass spectrometry suggest intramolecular C-Cl bond competition in trichloroethene (TCE) reductive dehalogenation.

Cl and C isotope analysis to assess the effectiveness of chlorinated ethene degradation by zero-valent iron: Evidence from dual element and product isotope values

Combined C and Cl isotope effects indicate differences between corrinoids and enzyme (Sulfurospirillum multivorans PceA) in reductive dehalogenation of tetrachloroethene, but not trichloroethene

Combined isotope and enantiomer analysis to assess the fate of phenoxy acids in a heterogeneous geologic setting at an old landfill

Compound-Specific Chlorine Isotope Analysis of Tetrachloromethane and Trichloromethane by Gas Chromatography-Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry vs Gas Chromatography-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry: Method Development and Evaluation of Precision and Truen

Compound-Specific Chlorine Isotope Analysis of the Herbicides Atrazine, Acetochlor, and Metolachlor

Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Fractionation of Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals in a Mesoscale Aquifer Model

Compound-specific chlorine isotope analysis: a comparison of gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry and gas chromatography/quadrupole mass spectrometry methods in an interlaboratory study

Compound-specific chlorine isotope fractionation in biodegradation of atrazine

Compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) of micropollutants in the environment - current developments and future challenges

Compound-specific isotope analysis of benzotriazole and its derivatives

Compound-specific stable isotope analysis of organic contaminants in natural environments: a critical review of the state of the art, prospects, and future challenges

Current challenges in compound-specific stable isotope analysis of environmental organic contaminants

Cytochrome P450-catalyzed dealkylation of atrazine by Rhodococcus sp. strain NI86/21 involves hydrogen atom transfer rather than single electron transfer

Delineating spring recharge areas in a fractured sandstone aquifer (Luxembourg) based on pesticide mass balance

Direct experimental evidence of non-first order degradation kinetics and sorption-induced isotopic fractionation in a mesoscale aquifer: 13C/12C analysis of a transient toluene pulse

Discovering Nature’s Fingerprints: Isotope Ratio Analysis on Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometers

Distinct Dual C-Cl Isotope Fractionation Patterns during Anaerobic Biodegradation of 1,2-Dichloroethane: Potential To Characterize Microbial Degradation in the Field

Dual (C, H) isotope fractionation in anaerobic low molecular weight (poly)aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) degradation: potential for field studies and mechanistic implications.

Dual element ((15)N/(14)N, (13)C/(12)C) isotope analysis of glyphosate and AMPA by derivatization-gas chromatography isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/IRMS) combined with LC/IRMS.

Dual-Element Isotope Analysis of Desphenylchloridazon to Investigate Its Environmental Fate in a Systematic Field Study: A Long-Term Lysimeter Experiment

Effects of trace element concentration on enzyme controlled stable isotope fractionation during aerobic biodegradation of toluene

Elevated levels of diesel range organic compounds in groundwater near Marcellus gas operations are derived from surface activities

Evaluating chlorine isotope effects from isotope ratios and mass spectra of polychlorinated molecules

Evaluating pesticide degradation in the environment: blind spots and emerging opportunities

Exploring Trends of C and N Isotope Fractionation to Trace Transformation Reactions of Diclofenac in Natural and Engineered Systems

Freezing To Preserve Groundwater Samples and Improve Headspace Quantification Limits of Water-Soluble Organic Contaminants for Carbon Isotope Analysis

Gas chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry of recalcitrant target compounds: performance of different combustion reactors and strategies for standardization

High Permeation Rates in Liposome Systems Explain Rapid Glyphosate Biodegradation Associated with Strong Isotope Fractionation

Identifying abiotic chlorinated ethene degradation: characteristic isotope patterns in reaction products with nanoscale zero-valent iron

Implementation of an open source algorithm for particle recognition and morphological characterisation for microplastic analysis by means of Raman microspectroscopy

Improved constraints on in situ rates and on quantification of complete chloroethene degradation from stable carbon isotope mass balances in groundwater plumes

Indications of Transformation Products from Hydraulic Fracturing Additives in Shale-Gas Wastewater

Insight into Methyltert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) Stable Isotope Fractionation from Abiotic Reference Experiments

Intramolecular carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis by quantitative dry fragmentation of the phenylurea herbicide isoproturon in a combined injector/capillary reactor prior to GC separation

Intrinsic potential for immediate biodegradation of toluene in a pristine, energy-limited aquifer

Isothermal haRPA detection of <i>bla</i><sub>CTX-M</sub> in bacterial isolates from water samples and comparison with qPCR

Isotope Fractionation Pinpoints Membrane Permeability as a Barrier to Atrazine Biodegradation in Gram-negative Polaromonas sp. Nea-C.

Isotope fractionation of micropollutants during large-volume extraction: heads-up from a critical method evaluation for atrazine, desethylatrazine and 2,6-dichlorobenzamide at low ng/L concentrations in groundwater

Isotopic evidence suggests different initial reaction mechanisms for anaerobic benzene biodegradation

Isotopic fractionation of methyl tert-butyl ether suggests different initial reaction mechanisms during aerobic biodegradation.

Linking Increased Isotope Fractionation at Low Concentrations to Enzyme Activity Regulation: 4-Cl Phenol Degradation by <i>Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus</i> A6

Macropore flow of old water revisited: experimental insights from a tile-drained hillslope

Mass Transfer Limitation during Slow Anaerobic Biodegradation of 2-Methylnaphthalene

Mechanisms and products of surface-mediated reductive dehalogenation of carbon tetrachloride by Fe(II) on goethite

Mechanistic Dichotomy in Bacterial Trichloroethene Dechlorination Revealed by Carbon and Chlorine Isotope Effects

Model complexity needed for quantitative analysis of high resolution isotope and concentration data from a toluene-pulse experiment

Modeling chlorine isotope trends during sequential transformation of chlorinated ethenes

Modeling of contaminant biodegradation and compound-specific isotope fractionation in chemostats at low dilution rates

Monitoring Microbial Mineralization Using Reverse Stable Isotope Labeling Analysis by Mid-Infrared Laser Spectroscopy

NO2 and natural organic matter affect both soot aggregation behavior and sorption of S-metolachlor

Natural Gas Residual Fluids: Sources, Endpoints, and Organic Chemical Composition after Centralized Waste Treatment in Pennsylvania

New Evaluation Scheme for Two-Dimensional Isotope Analysis to Decipher Biodegradation Processes: Application to Groundwater Contamination by MTBE

New evaluation scheme for two-dimensional isotope analysis to decipher biodegradation processes: application to groundwater contamination by MTBE.

Organic Reference Materials for Hydrogen, Carbon, and Nitrogen Stable Isotope-Ratio Measurements: Caffeines, n-Alkanes, Fatty Acid Methyl Esters, Glycines, L-Valines, Polyethylenes, and Oils

Pathway dependent isotopic fractionation during aerobic biodegradation of 1,2-dichloroethane

Phenotypic heterogeneity as key factor for growth and survival under oligotrophic conditions

Potential for identifying abiotic chloroalkane degradation mechanisms using carbon isotopic fractionation

Pre-drilling background groundwater quality in the Deep River Triassic Basin of central North Carolina, USA