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The goal of this project is to make decisive progress in the integration of photo/piezo/electro-switchable molecules into nanodevices. To this end we will explore the potentialities of an innovative low-cost strategy based on the controlled electro-polymerization of robust switchable cubic complexes

The combination of nano-bio technology with innovative therapeutic approaches have led to many successful proof-of-principle demonstrations in the last decades, which foster the hope for new diagnostic/therapeutic strategies for different types of diseases. However, the translation of this approach

Ferroelectric (FE) oxides are efficient functional ingredients for the development of tomorrow’s electronics, for instance in low-power memories and bio-inspired devices. Their ferro-, piezo- and flexo-electric properties are always coupled to strain imposed by epitaxial growth onto an oxide substra

The objectives of the ProteOrigami project are to design, produce and characterize self-assembling supramolecular Protein Origami and to use this new platform to precisely organize optical nanomaterials in space. This experimental project gathers four partners with complementary expertise in protein

A large number of small-scale electronic devices are increasingly integrated in our everyday lives. Future requirements for these devices are to be sustainable, maintenance-free, and self-powered (free of batteries). In this regard, nanowire (NW) based piezoelectric energy harvesters have emerged as

Magnetic hyperthermia consists in converting electromagnetic power into heat by applying an external AC magnetic field to an assembly of magnetic nanoparticles. A very localized temperature rise is then observed, which can be useful in medicine or chemistry, especially catalysis. However, although v

Within the framework of CE 09 - "Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for the products of the future", the HYPNOSE project proposes to follow a new path in the manipulation of the magnetization by combining the development of hybrid systems and the optical control of magnetization. Our approach is bas

IRMA seeks to develop efficient and non-invasive strategies for manipulating the morphology and the opto-electronic properties of vapor-deposited Ag nanostructures grown by magnetron sputtering at room temperature (i.e., 3D islands and ultrathin continuous layers). This will be achieved via selectiv

In France, the building sector is the most energy consuming sector (43% of total energy), with 65% of this part directly linked to HVAC systems. The POCOMA project aims at reducing this energy consumption by shifting the problem of thermal comfort from the building scale to the level of the person t

Chiral structures, whose initial and mirror structural images cannot be superimposed, interact differently with left-handed and right-handed circularly polarized light. Thus a structure of a certain “handedness” preferentially scatters or absorbs circularly polarized light of the same handedness, le

In patients suffering of chronic kidney disease (CKD), phosphates accumulation in blood is very dangerous and dialysis is the only way to remove them from blood, for those waiting for transplantation. Phosphate imbalance leads to a high cardiovascular mortality and to bone disorder in dialysis patie

Optically excited plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) can advantageously be used to activate chemical transformations directly and locally on their surfaces, opening interesting prospects in many areas. Despite numerous demonstrations, the exact mechanisms and main parameters driving the control of plasmo

Within the frame of the nanostructures surface functionalization, this project aims to generate, to manipulate, and to detect magnetic states localized at the surface of semiconducting and polar zinc oxide nanoparticles (NPs), by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). The monitoring of such surface

Nanomaterials hold promise for the development of innovative membranes towards the purification of water and desalination. Two-dimensional materials (2D) when stacked in 2D nanolaminates have been investigated for molecular sieving via size-limited diffusion in the 2D capillaries while nanofluidic i

In the TATOO project, we will first initiate ferroelectric landscapes harbouring polarisation windings in nanostructured multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films. We will promote various polarisation configurations (centre domains or vortices), and observe the corresponding spin winding textures inherently in

The ever-increasing development of information technologies raises not only the question of the energy supply of the electronic devices but also of handling a massive number of operations and managing multiple collections of data. Besides the needs for innovative renewable energy sources and miniatu

The 2DSwitch project address the synthesis, characterization and basic understanding of a new family of active hybrid interfaces combining a 2D graphene(Gr) sensing layer in contact with an ultrathin film of switchable spin-crossover (SCO) sublimated molecules. Our main goal is to demonstrate bista

The NANOTHERMOMETRY project aims to monitor the local temperature on the contact of nanoparticles heated by activation under an alternating magnetic field using luminescent particles. The two particles will be co-located in order to adjust the distance between the heat source and the measurement poi

MixDFerro project targets the elaboration and fundamental study of the structural, electronic, optical properties of novel two dimensional (2D) ferroelectric materials and their van der Waals heterostructures (vdW-h) with 2D and 0D semiconductors. We will first address a set of basic questions such

Most living cells exhibit a difference in electrical potential across their plasma membrane resulting from differences in ion concentration maintained by ion channels and pumps. The membrane of a neuron can be suddenly (˜1 ms) depolarised (its intracellular potential rising from -70 mV to +30 mV) by

In semiconductors with strong spin-orbit (SO) coupling and broken inversion symmetry, electron momentum is locked to its spin via the Rashba effect. This property had important consequences in the design of spintronic devices such as the electrically gated spinFET, in the charge-spin inter-conversio

The aim of the project GANESH is to design and fabricate via the bottom-up approach 2-dimensional graphene sheets containing a well-defined network of holes (nanomeshes) and to evaluate their optical and electronic properties through a combination of advanced experimental and theoretical studies.

Drug nanovectors (NVs) are expected to profoundly change therapeutic treatments in highly prevalent diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. However, NV accumulation can be heterogeneous and a patient selection, based on imaging of NV fine localization, could improve treatment efficacy. The CAP-PHOTOA

The baseline for the CARBONIC research project is to study, control and exploit the nonlinear optical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)for the development of innovative linear and nonlinear functionalities in subwavelength integrated silicon nitride (SiN) nanostructures. The original idea is to

Since the 1970’s, nanomaterials (NM) have had a powerful impact on biomedical applications such as imaging, diagnosis, drug delivery and targeting. This had led researchers to design a myriad of different NM classes without anticipating the complexity of their behaviors in vivo. Indeed, following ex

In microelectronics and nanoscience, geometrical scaling is still at the heart of the work and a wide range of technologies are used to further push the resolution. Directed Self Assembly (DSA) lithography is one of these and key demonstrations based on thin films of organic block copolymers (BCPs)

The NIMRod project gathers basic research on magnetic nanorods (NR) from their synthesis in liquid phase to the engineering of their assembly into permanent magnets (PM) of controlled size in the submillimetre range to meet the microelectronics demand for integrated devices. The project relies on re

The proposed project stems from the need to increase the depth of exploration in photonic imaging of biological tissues. As a solution to this problem, we propose to use infrared techniques for a wavelength located at the minimum of absorption of the biological medium. Nanocrystals with a precise co

Material properties and nanoscale geometry are crucial pillars upon which the performance of optoelectronic devices stands. Monocrystalline materials are required to reach the highest possible performance, while the accurate design of the nanoscale geometry provides the opportunity to engineer light

2D materials (graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, others) exhibit remarkable electronic properties which strongly depend on their chemical and physical environment. So, combining several 2D materials in the same heterostructure permits to modify and control their properties. In lateral heterostructur

The project will explore how organized assemblies of helical objects can give rise to a supramolecular response that can result in the induction of chirality from the helices to fundamental particles such as photons or electrons. This will represent an unprecedented leap in the understanding of how

CellDance is a fundamental project exploring a new kind of optical nanotweezers for single cell mechanical studies. Our objectives are twofold: • The first one is dedicated to a totally new concept of nanotweezer based on metasurfaces with controlled dispersion properties. We expect that it will all

Light-matter interactions at room-temperature are fundamentally limited by electron-phonon interactions. While a single quantum emitter at cryogenic temperatures can interact with ~50% of incoming photons, this value is reduced by 7 orders of magnitude at room temperature. Plasmonic resonators have

The emergence and selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is an ever increasing Public Health problem. Microbial adhesion and subsequent biofilm formation are at the origin of hospital-acquired infections, often leading to septic complications and lethal issues, and entailing large economical los

Achieving light emission from group IV elements has been representing a pot of gold in modern Si technology for decades, involving generations of scientists trying to make Si and SiGe alloys optically active. Over the last few years, the emergence of data-intensive technological areas has made the n

The emergence of atomically-thin van der Waals materials offers great opportunities to develop next-generation devices for nano- electronics and photonics. The recent demonstration of an intrinsic magnetic order in atomically-thin van der Waals materials (MVM) opens a vast playground to understand a

Bimetallic nanoparticles (BNPs) are important for fundamental research and for applications as their physicochemical properties can be tuned by controlling their chemical composition, size and environment. But the in-depth understanding of the role of the various parameters, required for this tuning

The monolithic integration of III-V semiconductors having excellent structural and optical properties on the low cost and technology mature silicon substrate was long ago considered as an unattainable holy grail for many materials and devices scientists. The situation changed recently with the vario

The activation of cellular processes with magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) is an emergent topic, but tools are still lacking to widen the potential applications. Indeed, if some intracellular targets could be of great interest, they are yet to be reachable due to the cellular internalization pathways o

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease that accounts for 30% of all cancers diagnosed in women and over half a million deaths per year. Breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) make up a small subpopulation of cells within a tumor are responsible for tumor initiation, formation, and recurrence. BCSCs have

Ternary oxides with perovskite structures ABO3 have two cationic species that can be selected among transition metals, lanthanides, simple metals, rare earths or even alkalis. So many possible associations result in a large class of materials exhibiting various properties, from superconductivity to

Light4Net is a collaborative project which enrolls two major French academic research laboratories (IM2NP and FEMTO-ST), each labelled “research centre of excellence” by the French government. The partners have already proven a fruitful and close collaboration in the past. Light4Net presents an enti

The GLADIATOR project aims to pattern monolayer or bilayer graphenes areas of sp3 carbon called graphane or diamane within a sp2 carbon film, in order to study their properties and use them in micro- and nano-scale applications. The very first demonstration of a successful synthesis of diamane was m

On-surface synthesis has emerged as a powerful way to produce new functional nanomaterials and extended molecular structures, which cannot be prepared by “conventional” in-solution synthetic chemistry. Starting from tailor-made molecular precursors, a variety of complex nanoarchitectures exhibiting

The recent synthesis of borophene, a one-atom thick 2D crystal of boron, has brought forward a major missing piece of the 2D construction game: a stable metallic 2D material. Thanks to its exotic properties, borophene could lead to numerous applications such as efficient, flexible and transparent el

A key challenge in today’s nanotechnologies is the control of the structural properties during the nanoparticle synthesis. Reaching a targeted synthesis of nanoparticles requires a much better understanding of the involved complex mechanisms and in particular of crystal nucleation which corresponds