Jean-Francois Boily

Molecular Geochemistry. Experimental and theoretical studies of Earth's crust and atmosphere, and outer space. My webpage: http://moleculargeo.chem.umu.se/boily/

Contact

jean-francois.boily@umu.se

+46 90 786 52 70

Works as

Professor at Department of Chemistry

KB.C6, Linnaeus väg 10, (rum: B6.09.07) Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Reactions on minerals have shaped Earth's ever-changing environments and atmospheres over geological time. They not only sustain life on Earth, but may even have played an important role in the origins of life!

Our research activities are largely focused on geochemical reactions on mineral surfaces. Our work connects scales of molecules, single mineral particles, to single crystals. Examples of interest include thin water and ice films, ice nucleation and growth, interfacial electrochemistry. Our way of working is interdisciplinary and we mix routinely experiment with theory.

Molecular-level insight into ciprofloxacin adsorption on goethite: I. Approach and non-specific binding

Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, Royal Society of Chemistry 2025, Vol. 27, (8) : 4446-4456

Le Crom, Sébastien; Boily, Jean-François

Use of iron-bearing waste materials in laundry wastewater treatment

Journal of Water Process Engineering, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 57

Arbid, Yara; Usman, Muhammad; Luong, N. Tan; et al.

Heavy-metal ions control on PFAS adsorption on goethite in aquatic systems

Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2024, Vol. 58, (45) : 20235-20244

Chaudhary, Aaifa; Usman, Muhammad; Cheng, Wei; et al.

Redox-driven formation of Mn(III) in ice

Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2024, Vol. 58, (34) : 15194-15201

Chen, Tao; Bui Thi, Tra My; Luo, Tao; et al.

Transient adsorption of zwitterionic fluoroquinolones on goethite during freeze-thaw cycles

ACS - ES & T Water, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2024, Vol. 4, (9) : 4202-4208

Chen, Tao; Luo, Tao; Thi, Tra My Bui; et al.

Mobility and transport of pharmaceuticals nalidixic acid and niflumic acid in saturated soil columns

Soil and Environmental Health, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 2, (1)

Luo, Tao; Chen, Tao; Boily, Jean-Francois; et al.

Impact of water saturation on the fate and mobility of antibiotics in reactive porous geomedia

Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2024, Vol. 58, (35) : 15827-15835

Luo, Tao; Chen, Tao; Cheng, Wei; et al.

Goethite-bound copper controls the fate of antibiotics in aquatic environments

ACS - ES & T Water, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2024, Vol. 4, (2) : 638-647

Luo, Tao; Le Crom, Sébastien; Luong, N. Tan; et al.

Water film-mediated photocatalytic oxidation of oxalate on TiO₂

Journal of Catalysis, Academic Press 2024, Vol. 432

Luong, N. Tan; Hanna, Khalil; Boily, Jean-Francois

Storage and distribution of organic carbon and nutrients in acidic soils developed on sulfidic sediments: the roles of reactive iron and macropores

Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2024, Vol. 58, (21) : 9200-9212

Yu, Changxun; Luong, Nguyen Tan; Hefni, Mohammed E.; et al.

Manganese cycling and transport in boreal estuaries impacted by acidic Mn-rich drainage

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 365 : 136-157

Yu, Changxun; Turner, Stephanie; Huotari, Simo; et al.

Engineering of layered iron vanadate nanostructure for electrocatalysis: simultaneous detection of methotrexate and folinic acid in blood serum

Electrochimica Acta

Adeniyi, Omotayo; Osmanaj, Blerina; Manavalan, Gopinathan; et al.

Nalidixic acid and Fe(II)/Cu(II) coadsorption at Goethite and Akaganéite surfaces

Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2023, Vol. 57, (41) : 15680-15692

Cheng, Wei; Li, Jiabin; Sun, Jie; et al.

Fate and transport of pharmaceuticals in iron and manganese binary oxide coated sand columns

Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2023, Vol. 57, (1) : 214-221

Luo, Tao; Pokharel, Rasesh; Chen, Tao; et al.

Water film-driven brucite nanosheet growth and stacking

Langmuir, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2023, Vol. 39, (31) : 11090-11098

Luong, N. Tan; Boily, Jean-Francois

MgO nanocube hydroxylation by nanometric water films

Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry 2023, Vol. 15, (24) : 10286-10294

Luong, N. Tan; Holmboe, Michael; Boily, Jean-Francois

Temperature-resolved nanoscale hydration of a layered manganese oxide

Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, Royal Society of Chemistry 2023, Vol. 25, (26) : 17352-17359

Luong, N. Tan; Oderstad, Hanna; Holmboe, Michael; et al.

CO₂ mineralization by MgO nanocubes in nanometric water films

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2023, Vol. 15, (38) : 45055-45063

Luong, N. Tan; Veyret, Noémie; Boily, Jean-Francois

Mineral nanoparticle aggregation alters contaminant transport under flow

Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2023, Vol. 57, (6) : 2415-2422

Zhou, Lian; Lassabatere, Laurent; Luong, N. Tan; et al.

Sodium hypochlorite as an oxidizing agent for removal of soil organic matter before microplastics analyses

Journal of Environmental Quality, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 51, (1) : 112-122

Bottone, Anna; Boily, Jean-Francois; Shchukarev, Andrey; et al.

Oxygen Interactions with Covalently Grafted 2D Nanometric Carboxyphenyl Thin Films: An Experimental and DFT Study

Coatings, MDPI 2022, Vol. 12, (1)

Haziri, Veton; Phal, Sereilakhena; Boily, Jean-Francois; et al.

Interactions of Anti-Inflammatory and Antibiotic Drugs at Mineral Surfaces Can Control Environmental Fate and Transport

Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2022, Vol. 56, (4) : 2378-2385

Luo, Tao; Xu, Jing; Cheng, Wei; et al.

Water film-driven Mn (oxy)(hydr)oxide nanocoating growth on rhodochrosite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 329 : 87-105

Luong, N. Tan; Ilton, Eugene S.; Shchukarev, Andrey; et al.

Acid-induced phosphorus release from hydrothermally carbonized sewage sludge

ESPC4 & PERM5 2022 – Book of Abstracts

Pérez, Carla; Boily, Jean-Francois; Jansson, Stina; et al.

Phosphorus release from hydrothermally carbonized digested sewage sludge using organic acids

Waste Management, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 151 : 60-69

Pérez, Carla; Boily, Jean-Francois; Skoglund, Nils; et al.

Silicate surface coverage controls quinolone transport in saturated porous media

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Academic Press 2022, Vol. 607, Part 1 : 347-356

Zhou, Lian; Cheng, Wei; Marsac, Rémi; et al.

Nanoscale hydration in layered manganese oxides

Langmuir, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2021, Vol. 37, (2) : 666-674

Cheng, Wei; Lindholm, Jerry; Holmboe, Michael; et al.

Competitive Carboxylate-Silicate Binding at Iron Oxyhydroxide Surfaces

Langmuir, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2021, Vol. 37, (44) : 13107-13115

Cheng, Wei; Marsac, Rémi; Hanna, Khalil; et al.

A gateway for ion transport on gas bubbles pinned onto solids

Communications Chemistry, Nature Publishing Group 2021, Vol. 4, (1)

Haziri, Veton; Nha, Tu Pham Tran; Berisha, Avni; et al.

Acid-Induced Phosphorus Release from Hydrothermally Carbonized Sewage Sludge

Waste and Biomass Valorization, Springer Netherlands 2021, Vol. 12, (12) : 6555-6568

Pérez, Carla; Boily, Jean-Francois; Jansson, Stina; et al.

Effects of Inorganic Acids and Organic Solutes on the Ice Nucleating Ability and Surface Properties of Potassium-Rich Feldspar

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2021, Vol. 5, (5) : 1212-1222

Yun, Jingwei; Kumar, Anand; Removski, Nicole; et al.

Direct identification of reaction sites on ferrihydrite

Communications Chemistry, Nature Publishing Group 2020, Vol. 3, (1)

Boily, Jean-Francois; Song, Xiaowei

Effects of organic matter-goethite interactions on reactive transport of nalidixic acid: Column study and modeling

Environmental Research, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 191

Cheng, Wei; Zhou, Lian; Marsac, Remi; et al.

Influence of water matrix and hydrochar properties on removal of organic and inorganic contaminants

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer 2020, Vol. 27 : 30333-30341

Niinipuu, Mirva; Bergknut, Magnus; Boily, Jean-Francois; et al.

The impact of hydrothermal carbonization on the surface functionalities of wet waste materials for water treatment applications

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer 2020, Vol. 27, (19) : 24369-24379

Niinipuu, Mirva; Latham, Kenneth G.; Boily, Jean-Francois; et al.

Direct observation of anisotropic growth of water films on minerals driven by defects and surface tension

Science Advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020, Vol. 6, (30)

Yalcin, Sibel Ebru; Legg, Benjamin A.; Yesilbas, Merve; et al.

Carbon dioxide binding in supercooled water nanofilms on nanominerals

Environmental Science: Nano, Royal Society of Chemistry 2020, Vol. 7, (2) : 437-442

Yeşilbaş, Merve; Song, Xiaowei; Boily, Jean-Francois

Surface Composition Dependence on the Ice Nucleating Ability of Potassium-Rich Feldspar

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2020, Vol. 4, (6) : 873-881

Yun, Jingwei; Link, Nicole; Kumar, Anand; et al.

Hydrogen bonding and molecular orientations across thin water films on sapphire

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 555 : 810-817

Boily, Jean-Francois; Fu, Li; Tuladhar, Aashish; et al.

Water Vapor Binding on Organic Matter-Coated Minerals

Environmental Science & Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2019, Vol. 53, (3) : 1252-1257

Cheng, Wei; Hanna, K.; Boily, Jean-Francois

Improved in vivo measurement of alternative oxidase respiration in field-collected pine roots

Physiologia Plantarum, Vol. 167, (1) : 34-47

Henriksson, Nils; Marshall, John; Lundholm, Jonas; et al.

Deconvolution of Smectite Hydration Isotherms

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2019, Vol. 3, (11) : 2490-2498

Lindholm, Jerry; Boily, Jean-Francois; Holmboe, Michael

Phosphate Sorption Speciation and Precipitation Mechanisms on Amorphous Aluminum Hydroxide

Soil Systems, MDPI 2019, Vol. 3, (1)

Wang, Xiaoming; Phillips, Brian L.; Boily, Jean-Francois; et al.

Residence times of nanoconfined CO₂ in layered aluminosilicates

Environmental Science: Nano, Royal Society of Chemistry 2019, Vol. 6, (1) : 146-151

Yeşilbaş, Merve; Holmboe, Michael; Boily, Jean-Francois

Water Flow Variability Affects Adsorption and Oxidation of Ciprofloxacin onto Hematite

Environmental Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2019, Vol. 53, (17) : 10102-10109

Zhou, Lian; Martin, Sébastien; Cheng, Wei; et al.

Double donor Sb⁵⁺doped hematite (Fe³⁺) photoanodes for surface-enhanced PEC water splitting

Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2018, Vol. 256

Annamalai, Alagappan; Sandström, Robin; Gracia-Espino, Eduardo; et al.

Influence of Sb5+ as a Double Donor on Hematite (Fe3+) Photoanodes for Surface-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2018, Vol. 10, (19) : 16467-16473

Annamalai, Alagappan; Sandström, Robin; Gracia-Espino, Eduardo; et al.

Silicate Binding and Precipitation on Iron Oxyhydroxides

Environmental Science and Technology, AMER CHEMICAL SOC 2018, Vol. 52, (4) : 1827-1833

Kanematsu, Masakazu; Waychunas, Glenn A.; Boily, Jean-Francois

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of fast-Frozen hematite colloids in aqueous solutions. 6. Sodium halide (F–, Cl–, Br–, I–) ion binding on microparticles

Langmuir, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2018, Vol. 34, (45) : 13497-13504

Lucas, Marie; Yeşilbaş, Merve; Shchukarev, Andrey; et al.

Binding geometries of silicate species on ferrihydrite surfaces

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, AMER CHEMICAL SOC 2018, Vol. 2, (2) : 125-134

Wang, Xiaoming; Kubicki, James D.; Boily, Jean-Francois; et al.

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Research groups

Head of research

Jean-Francois Boily lab

Research projects

1 January 2021 until 31 December 2024

Rust in Ice: The Geochemistry of Iron in Freezing Water

I teach the Introductory course in chemistry (Kemi Baskurs I in Swedish) and Aquatic Chemistry (English)

Published: 04 Aug, 2020

Scientists tap novel technologies to see water as never before

Published: 24 Jul, 2019

Chemists celebrate 150 years with the periodic system