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
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Team publications
This list of publications is uploaded directly from the IDeAS team’s HAL collection.
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- Tanushree Roy, Sudhanshu Shekhar Chaurasia, José-Manuel Cruz, V. Pimienta, P. Parmananda. Modes of synchrony in self-propelled pentanol drops. Soft Matter, 2022, 18 (8), pp.1688-1695. ⟨10.1039/d1sm01488a⟩. ⟨hal-03586628⟩
- Camille Courtine. Hydrogels macro et supramoléculaires photo-stimulables dans le visible. Génie chimique. Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, 2022. Français. ⟨NNT : 2022TOU30046⟩. ⟨tel-03729216⟩
- Sara Gouarderes, Aurélie Marches, Patricia Vicendo, Isabelle Fourquaux, Michel Simon, et al.. Cold helium plasma jet does not stimulate collagen remodeling in a 3D human dermal substitute. Bioelectrochemistry, 2022, 143, pp.107985. ⟨10.1016/j.bioelechem.2021.107985⟩. ⟨hal-03412690⟩
- Izabela Kurowska, Baptiste Amouroux, Marvin Langlais, Olivier Coutelier, Christophe Coudret, et al.. Versatile thiolactone-based conjugation strategies to polymer stabilizers for multifunctional upconverting nanoparticles aqueous dispersions. Nanoscale, 2022, ⟨10.1039/d1nr05548h⟩. ⟨hal-03550334⟩
- Carmen Piras, Alasdair Kay, Paul Genever, Juliette Fitremann, David Smith. Self-assembled gel tubes, filaments and 3D-printing with in situ metal nanoparticle formation and enhanced stem cell growth. Chemical Science, 2022, ⟨10.1039/D1SC06062G⟩. ⟨hal-03553986⟩
- Gaëlle Lebrun, Sanae Benaissa, Claude Le Men, Véronique Pimienta, Gilles Hébrard, et al.. Effect of surfactant lengths on gas-liquid oxygen mass transfer from a single rising bubble. Chemical Engineering Science, 2022, 247, ⟨10.1016/j.ces.2021.117102⟩. ⟨hal-03348522v2⟩
- Dolachai Boniface, Julien Sebilleau, Jacques Magnaudet, Véronique Pimienta. Spontaneous spinning of a dichloromethane drop on an aqueous surfactant solution. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022, 625, pp.990-1001. ⟨10.1016/j.jcis.2022.05.154⟩. ⟨hal-03760210⟩
- Mina Răileanu, Barbara Lonetti, Charles-Louis Serpentini, Dominique Goudounèche, Laure Gibot, et al.. Encapsulation of a cationic antimicrobial peptide into self-assembled polyion complex nano-objects enhances its antitumor properties. Journal of Molecular Structure, 2022, 1249, pp.131482. ⟨10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131482⟩. ⟨hal-03343639⟩
- Gaëlle Lebrun, Bilal El Mokdad, Claude Le Men, Véronique Pimienta, Christophe Coudret, et al.. Luminescent probe synthesis for oxygen visualization technique: Application to the effect of surfactant structure on oxygen mass transfer. Chemical Engineering Science, 2022, 260, ⟨10.1016/j.ces.2022.117921⟩. ⟨hal-03727597⟩
- Clémence Nadal, Stéphane Gineste, Olivier Coutelier, Audrey Tourrette, Jean-Daniel Marty, et al.. A deeper insight into the dual temperature- and pH-responsiveness of poly(vinylamine)-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) double hydrophilic block copolymers. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2022, 641, pp.128502. ⟨10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128502⟩. ⟨hal-03565568⟩
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