The SMODD team has just received special attention from the journal Green Chemistry, which has selected one of their articles for inclusion in the « Hot Green Chemistry » series. Indeed, the journal...
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Marc Guerre, researcher at Softmat, twice awarded by the journal Polymer Chemistry
In the spring of 2024, Marc Guerre, a researcher in the P3R team, received special attention from the journal Polymer Chemistry, which has: selected one of his articles for inclusion in the...
A figure by Faniry Andriamiseza, PhD student at Softmat, chosen for a newspaper cover
The recent work on supramolecular hydrogels in the IDeAS team has led to the development of a new method for spinning these hydrogels. It makes it possible to form continuous threads of hydrogel...
Observing water in cells, to monitor cancer treatments that use light
Thanks to a spectroscopy technique originally developed for materials science, water is becoming an original way of monitoring the biological response of cells to a specific stress, such as exposure...
A paper selected as “Popular Advance” by the journal Materials Advances
Several researchers in the P3R team have contributed in a review article entitled "Vitrimer composites: current state and future challenges" and published in 2022 by one of the journals of the Royal...
Well dispersed nanoparticles for nanocomposites with unique properties
Nanocomposites have many applications in our daily lives, but their use requires manufacturing processes that are both efficient and safe for the environment and the operator. Anne-Françoise...
A gentle method for 3D printing of biocompatible hydrogels
3D printing is currently undergoing very strong development for the design of objects with complex openwork shapes. However, this technology has some limitations for biocompatible hydrogels of very...
A new mechanism for microplastics to enter the food chain
Microplastics enter plankton aggregates, which are then ingested by fish and move up the food chain. Scientists from several teams (BIBAC, IDeAS and SMODD) at the Softmat laboratory, LAAS and TBI...
PlastiGar: microplastic pollution and contamination of organisms in the Garonne River
Researchers from the SMODD team at the Softmat laboratory, in collaboration with their partners at the EDB laboratory, have quantified microplastic pollution in the waters and sediments of the...
New and promising opportunities for treating skin fibrosis
Collagen, the main component of the skin’s extracellular matrix, can cause a pathological condition if it is in excess. Applying an electric field to the skin affects collagen pathways, temporarily...
The Softmat laboratory participates in the monitoring of microplastics in the ocean
How does plastic packaging waste degrade in the ocean?This is the question addressed in recent work on the degradation of polyethylene during prolonged exposure to a marine environment. This...
A new gelling molecule for growing neurons in 3D
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the laboratories Softmat, ToNIC and LAAS has developed a hydrogel that can grow, develop and differentiate neural stem cells. This biomaterial could...