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Self-sorting donors and acceptors assemblies – SODA
Proposers : this project is submitted jointly by a team of the Institut Charles Sadron in Strasbourg and one of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Kolkata. This collaboration and the proposed subject were initiated during a 3 months stay of the Indian PI as a visiting professor
Solid-Liquid Interface at Molecular-scale for Catalysis – SLIMCAT
The rational understanding and prediction of chemical phenomena occurring at the solid-liquid interface (SLI, and more specifically oxide-water interface) of alumina supported catalysts represent a double industrial challenge raised by the catalysts' preparation and the optimization of catalytic pro
White and black graphene based heterostructures – GoBN
After the discovery of graphene in 2004, and its consequences in the field of nanoscience and nanomaterials, there has been a growing interest in 2D materials and their heterostructures. One can expect a technological impact equivalent to that in the 80s with the introduction of semiconductor hetero
“Green” cyclodextrin-based nanoparticles for tuberculosis treatment – ANTI-TB-NANO
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) that still results in more than one million deaths annually despite numerous control programs. Increasing numbers of drug resistant cases are being reported each year. Mtb is able to survive and replicate within ma
Persistent nanophosphors for bioimaging – PEPSI
The ultimate goal of in vivo imaging is to provide safe tools to probe the inside of a body in order to obtain pathological informations, monitor activities, examine disease progression or regression, track drug distribution, and evaluate drug efficacy. To reach such a goal, the development of contr
Multi-stimuli responsive polysaccharide-based nanogels for on-demand release – OPENER
Polymer micelles that are self-assembled from biocompatible amphiphilic polymers in water have emerged as one of the most promising nanocarrier systems for various hydrophobic drugs. These systems offer several advantages, such as significantly enhancing drug water solubility, decreasing side effect
SUGAR BASED-BLOCK COPOLYMER SELF-ASSEMBLY: NANO-ORGANIZED THIN FILMS FOR TRANSISTOR MEMORY DEVICES – SWEETMEMORY
Nano-organized thin films that find applications in immerging nanotechnology (such as nanolithography, electronics, photonics…) are made today from synthetic polymers and more precisely from block copolymer (BCP) systems. Generally, these copolymers are derived from petroleum and their self-assembly
Dipolar Superferromagnetism in Supracrystals of Cobalt nanoparticules and miniature Hall snesor developement – DiSSCo-Hall
Magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) are, as the name suggests, a class of nanoparticles made of magnetic elements such as iron, nickel and cobalt and their alloys and chemical compounds. Some remarkable phenomena have been observed in magnetic NPs; the most well-known among them being that of superparamagn
Micro and nanOstructured conDUcting poLymers Electronic devices for neuroscience and tissue engineering applications – MODULE
Surgeons and physicians need more and more efficient medical tools. In particular the need for electrodes, both, in vivo and in vitro, for recording and/or stimulation of high quality electronic signal is indispensable. Much of these devices are planar biocompatible substrates and do not provide clo
Design of new flexible polymer based films exhibiting magnetoelectric properties through the tailoring of the hybrid interface – MutiFerroFlex
The miniaturization and the availability of new syntheses and characterization techniques have allowed the preparation of a large variety of interesting nanoscale materials, leading to new magnetic properties and a great interest in various research topics ranging from high density magnetic storage
ARTificial protein Engineering for Metamaterial Integration and Self-assembly – ARTEMIS
The tailoring of optical properties has reached the nanometer-scale with the advent of plasmonics, the technology exploiting the collective properties of surface electrons in noble metals. It occurred in recent years that crystalline metal colloids could offer enhanced performances owing to the limi
Dense Intermediate liquid and amorphous phases as an Alternative Model for Oxide Nanoparticle Synthesis – DIAMONS
The synthesis of crystalline oxide nanoparticles by co-precipitation of ions in water and at room temperature is an industrially appealing method to produce functional nanomaterials: it is suitable for up-scaling; it shows reduced environmental and energetic impact; its generic character allows tran
EXtended Polyoxometetalate Assemblies: a Nanostructuration Design – EXPAND
The development of nanostructured molecular materials is a major scientific challenge for various contemporary societal issues. In this context, elaboration of materials of suitable properties integrating polyoxometalates (POMs) as molecular building blocks is particularly attracting owing to their
Triggering the Guest Release from Electro-Active Self-Assembled Cages – BOMBER
English title: Triggering the Guest Release from Electro-Active Self-Assembled Cages Acronym: BOMBER Coordinator: S. GOEB, laboratory MOLTECH-Anjou Participants: D. CANEVET, E. LEVILLAIN, M. SALLE, laboratory MOLTECH-Anjou Credit: 173 330 euros Project duration (36 month, 2014-2017) The prep
Development of remotely controllable polymersomes for image guided drug-delivery deep within the body – LightLab
The project aims the design, synthesis and evaluation of nanomaterials able responding to an external stimulus, such as a redox signal. Devices are developed essentially for biomedical applications in this project. The success of the project is conditioned to the development of efficient redox probe
Charge transfers in hierarchically structured zeolites: A new challenge to take up for catalysis – HIZEOTREL
Protonic zeolites are widely used in the petrochemical industry. Although European guidelines aim to reduce our dependence on petroleum products, their future does not seem threatened. The development of biofuel of second and third generation also requires the use of zeolites. The identification of
Selective biomimetic filtration and active transport of macromolecules. Chemical, nanofluidic and optical study – Golden Gates
Using a pluridisciplinary approach combining nanotechnology, nanochemistry and nanofluidics, we propose to make and study smart, selective, and active filters of proteins, nucleic acids and water-soluble polymers by mimicking the nuclear pore complex i.e. by grafting copolymers with blocks of varied
Thin Film of Lithium and ZnO nanowires microgenerator : all Integrated for “perpetual Battery” on fLExible substrates – FLexIBLE
The project fits into the economic development strategy for alternative and sustainable sources of energy. The energy that we want to harvest in this project are ‘truly free’ mechanical sources like fluid flows (like wind or river), parasitic vibration (in engines or rotating machines, for example)
From Individual Transitions to Surface-Plasmon Resonances in Nano-Gold and -Silver – FIT SPRINGS
Owing to their outstanding optical properties, noble-metal clusters are used for a wide range of applications, ranging from surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), biomolecule sensing, labeling of biomolecules, cancer therapy, the plasmonic absorption enhancement in solar cells to nanophotonics.
Understanding energy and charge carrier dynamics in fluorescent organic nanoparticles: ultrafast and high resolution microscopy. – Ultrafast Nanoscopy
We are entering a new era which needs to see the development of new technologies based on nanomaterials & nanotechnology. Understanding the energy and charge carrier dynamics in nanomaterials will pave the way to emergent optoelectronic technologies and devices based on the design of complex and fun
Dynamic analysis of microbial genetic adaptation to engineering using microfluidic probing of metabolism status – DYNAMETAFLUID
The Dynametafluid Project aims at developing a microfluidic device for real time and clonal evaluation of metabolic and energetic balance shifts in engineered microbes within controllable and adjustable microenvironments. Each microorganism is encapsulated into a growth medium droplet that acts as a