Our research is at the crossroad of chemistry, nanosciences, Earth, energy and environment sciences. We are developing methods to design and to study original nano-objects, as ways to address some of the urgent challenges of our societies: energy and environment.

We are seaking to understand how materials form in Nature, and how to use these processes as inspiration to develop new methods of nanomaterials synthesis, in order to:

  • address the concepts underlying the formation, the reactivity and the properties of original nano-objects belonging to new territories in terms of chemical composition and atomic-scale order,
  • target specific properties and functions,
  • enhance sustainability of synthetic processes.

Our activities are performed in the Laboratory of Condensed Matter Chemistry of Paris (LCMCP), affiliated to CNRS and Sorbonne University. It is located in the center of Paris on the campus of Sorbonne University.

News

New positions available!

We have looking for Ph.D. candidates and a postdoctoral fellow! If interested, please contact david.portehault[at]sorbonne-universite.fr : Open position for a doctoral school application: Open position, already funded, for materials discovery assisted by artificial intelligence, in the frame of PEPR-DIADEM MADNESS project: We are looking for candidates willing to engage in an application for an MSCA …

New paper in Inorganic Chemistry

The first paper of Carlos on hydrofluxes is out! These original solvents, at the edge of water and molten salts, promise many discoveries for crystallization and materials discovery in the future. Stay tuned! Crystallization of Manganese(V) Oxides by Hydroflux Synthesis: Control of Anisotropic Growth and Electrochemical Stability, C. V. M. Inocêncio, A. Torres-Pardo, D. Montero, …

Goodbye Carlos!

Our own Carlos is leaving the team after 2 years! Wishing him nice discoveries in his new postdoc stay @Marc Fontecave’s group at Collège de France!