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List of works by Nicolas Fray

A cometary nucleus model taking into account all phase changes of water ice: amorphous, crystalline, and clathrate

scientific article published in January 2012

COSIMA calibration for the detection and characterization of the cometary solid organic matter

Carbon dioxide influence on the thermal formation of complex organic molecules in interstellar ice analogs

scientific article

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko sheds dust coat accumulated over the past four years.

scientific article

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: close-up on dust particle fragments

scientific article

Distributed Sources in Comets

article published in 2008

Formation of analogs of cometary nitrogen-rich refractory organics from thermal degradation of tholin and HCN polymer

scholarly article

HMT production and sublimation during thermal process of cometary organic analogs. Implications for its detection with the ROSETTA instruments

Heterogeneous solid/gas chemistry of organic compounds related to comets, meteorites, Titan, and Mars: Laboratory and in lower Earth orbit experiments

High-molecular-weight organic matter in the particles of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

scientific article

High-temperature measurements of VUV-absorption cross sections of CO_2_ and their application to exoplanets

scholarly article

Importance of thermal reactivity for hexamethylenetetramine formation from simulated interstellar ices

scientific article

Inferring the interplanetary dust properties from remote observations and simulations

scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Mechanical and electrostatic experiments with dust particles collected in the inner coma of comet 67P by COSIMA onboard Rosetta.

scientific article

New experimental constraints on the composition and structure of tholins

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New experimental results on the degradation of polyoxymethylene: Application to the origin of the formaldehyde extended source in comets

scholarly article

On the prospective detection of polyoxymethylene in comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko with the COSIMA instrument onboard Rosetta

Optimization of a solar simulator for planetary-photochemical studies

scientific article published in January 2015

The AMINO experiment: a laboratory for astrochemistry and astrobiology on the EXPOSE-R facility of the International Space Station

The origin of the CN radical in comets: A review from observations and models

UVolution: Compared photochemistry of prebiotic organic compounds in low Earth orbit and in the laboratory

VUV and mid-UV photoabsorption cross sections of thin films of adenine: Application on its photochemistry in the solar system

scientific article

VUV and mid-UV photoabsorption cross sections of thin films of guanine and uracil: application on their photochemistry in the solar system

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

VUV-absorption cross section of carbon dioxide from 150 to 800 K and applications to warm exoplanetary atmospheres

scientific article published in January 2018

Variations in cometary dust composition from Giotto to Rosetta, clues to their formation mechanisms

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Very high resolution mass spectrometry of HCN polymers and tholins

scientific article published on 01 January 2010