Chemical Functionnalization of Surfaces

► Mechanisms of surface and nanomaterial modifications

► Application-oriented surface modifications :

Graftfast® 

Polymer metallization 

the SEEP process

Substitution of Cr(VI)

Adhesion primers

Antibacterial surfaces

Surfaces for water depollution

Chemistry of Nanomaterials

- bottom-up synthesis of graphene quantum dots (Nature Communications 2018) 

- Fonctionnalization of carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, graphene

- Synthesis and manipulation of graphene oxide (GO)

- Graphene oxide (GO) local reduction and electrochemical functionnalization

Catalysis & Photo-catalysis for Energy

► Proton exchange membrane fuel cell and Electrolyzer :

- Bio-inspired catalysts for hydrogen evolution and uptake,

- Oxygen reduction reaction : Bio-inspired catalysts, N-enriched carbon Nanotubes, Non-noble metal catalysts

► PhotoElectroChemical cells : 

- OPVs coupled to MoS₃ hydrogen evolution catalyst (2013)

- All solution-processed organic photocathodes (2016)

► Chemistry for batteries : new materials for Li-orga (2016)  and Li-S  (2018) batteries

Innovative Technologies for Biology and Healthcare

► Biosensors :

- Optical, mechanical and electrochemical biosensors

► Surface chemistry for biology and healthcare :

- Antibacterial surfaces, Photo-antimicrobial surfaces

- Cell antiproliferative Surfaces for ophtalmic implants (with BioWintTech)

- Surfaces chemistries for biochips and biosensors

► Drug delivery :

- Irradiation induced drug delivery systems (Nano-objets polymères et hybrides sous irradiation)

- Passive and porous drug delivery systems

► Micro/Millifluidics for biology and healthcare :

- Lab-on-papers, Micro/Millifluidics by printing technologies

Organic & Molecular Electronics

► Organic Electronics : 

- Perovskite-based solar cells : Halide ionic migration (ACS Energy Lett. 2017), Degradation mechanisms (2018)...

- OPVs,  Hybrid SiNWs / polymers solar cells

- OLEDs (contact Bernard Geffroy for details)

- Organic spintronics (see also the latest result here)

- Organic nano-dielectrics

- Organic memories 

► Circuits with learning capabilities & memristors

► Nanoelectronics :

- Flexible RF electronics based on graphene, CNTs and MoS₂,

- CNT-based optoelectronics (including CNT-based IR emitters and detectors)

- 2D material optical characterization by high-contrast BALM microscopy (see articles in Science Advances and Nanoscale)

► Printed electronics

- Inkjet-based process for printed copper electronics  (PhD thesis of G. Barral in French)

- Alternative Photonic Sintering for Inkjet Copper Inks (projet ANR Photon'ink)