IDeAS team

Smart materials based on self-assembled or nanostructured systems are the main focus of the “Dynamic interfaces and stimuli-responsive assemblies” team.

We use polymers, nanoparticles or surfactants to design stimuli-responsive systems with applications in material science, nanomedecine and environmental science.

We characterise these assemblies at different length scales either under equilibrium or non-equilibrium conditions using a large panel of techniques such as optical, electronic and atomic force microscopies, as well as scattering techniques, rheology, thermal analysis, fluorescence, NMR, etc.

To optimise our materials, we employ design of experiments, multivariate analysis or data modelling.

Research topics

Nanostructured & hybrid soft matter
Soft matter for drug delivery, tissue engineering & imaging
Colloids for environment: (photo)catalysis & CO₂-uptake
Responsive & out-of-equilibrium systems

Team members

permanent members

temporary members on average per year

Team publications

This list of publications is uploaded directly from the IDeAS team’s HAL collection.



199 documents

  • L. Zadoina, K. Soulantica, S. Ferrere, B. Lonetti, M. Respaud, et al.. In situ synthesis of cobalt nanoparticles in functionalized liquid crystalline polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011, 21 (19), pp.6988. ⟨10.1039/C0JM03872E⟩. ⟨hal-04141946⟩
  • Mariana Beija, Etienne Palleau, Stéphanie Sistach, Xuange Zhao, Laurence Ressier, et al.. Control of the catalytic properties and directed assembly on surfaces of MADIX/RAFT polymer-coated gold nanoparticles by tuning polymeric shell charge. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010, 20 (42), pp.9433. ⟨10.1039/C0JM01781G⟩. ⟨hal-04724180⟩
  • Katrin Knop, Anne-Françoise Mingotaud, Naram El-Akra, Frédéric Violleau, Jean-Pierre Souchard. Monomeric pheophorbide(a)-containing poly(ethyleneglycol-b-ε-caprolactone) micelles for photodynamic therapy. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences , 2009, 8 (3), pp.396-404. ⟨10.1039/B811248G⟩. ⟨hal-04141972⟩
  • Samuel Suhard, Pierre Fau, Bruno Chaudret, Sylviane Sabo-Etienne, Monique Mauzac, et al.. When Energetic Materials, PDMS-Based Elastomers, and Microelectronic Processes Work Together: Fabrication of a Disposable Microactuator. Chemistry of Materials, 2009, 21 (6), pp.1069-1076. ⟨10.1021/cm803146y⟩. ⟨hal-04141964⟩
  • L. Zadoina, B. Lonetti, K. Soulantica, Anne-Françoise Mingotaud, M. Respaud, et al.. Liquid crystalline magnetic materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2009, 19 (43), pp.8075. ⟨10.1039/B915075G⟩. ⟨hal-04141961⟩
  • Gustavo Ardila Rodríguez, Samuel Suhard, Carole Rossi, Daniel Estève, Pierre Fau, et al.. A microactuator based on the decomposition of an energetic material for disposable lab-on-chip applications: fabrication and test. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2009, 19 (1), pp.015006. ⟨10.1088/0960-1317/19/1/015006⟩. ⟨hal-04141976⟩
  • Jean-Daniel Marty, Heinz Gornitzka, Monique Mauzac. Chiral molecular imprinting in liquid-crystalline network. European Physical Journal E: Soft matter and biological physics, 2005, E17, pp.515-520. ⟨hal-00361552⟩

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