Microfluidic chips are unique systems to investigate the mechanical history of cells, from their growth to their death.

Biomaterials based on nanofibers of polysaccharides, such as cellulose or chitin, are proposed for the generation of electrical charges by friction.

In plants the pressure of sap can be negative down to -190 bars during dry weather.

Osmotic energy can be harvested by controlling the mixing of solutions of different salt concentration. We propose to use superhydrophobic mesoporous media for this purpose.

Model surface of Gram-negative bacteria for the study of lipid-protein interactions.

Electrolytes at solid interfaces play a major role in supercapacitors, batteries, fuel cells, but also for harvesting the "blue energy" of saline gradients.

Scanning-Electron-Microcopy image of small composite composed by semiconductor quantum dots attached to gold nanoparticles.

The objective of this internship is to contribute to the development of a diagnostic tool intended to eventually replace biopsies, long and invasive procedures.

This summer, the concentration of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere reached 419 ppm, i.e. a 50% excess compared to the pre-industrial era. Air/liquid interfaces stabilized by surface-active molecules open new strategies for ...

A study the cold denaturation of proteins by means of physical methods as neutron scattering experiments, calorimetry, densitometry and others. Internship at the Institute Laue Langevin.

The detection of contamination at very low concentration is a major axis of analytical sciences. In this regards DNA is a very exciting material.

Periodic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles (nanoPMOs), obtained by the hydrolysis-condensation of bridged organo-bis(triethoxysilanes) have found promising application for drug delivery, but have only scarcely been d...