Marianne Imperor-Clerc

Contact

• email: marianne.imperor@universite-paris-saclay.fr
• phone number: 00 33 1 60 15 60 59
• room N201, 2d floor, North Wing
• LPS annuaire, MATRIX team

Projects

Superlattices of nanoparticles : ANR project SoftQC (site wordpress)

Superlattices of nanoparticles : ANR project SoftQC (page de redirection)

Ressources

Habilitation à diriger des recherches (2007) :

full text (in French) /https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01989825 / DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21312.84483

Doctorat/PhD (1992) : full text (in French) / https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01989797

More here about activities for the general public and education on crystallography

More about activities on nanomaterials

An introduction to small angle scattering : Journées SAXS/SANS Saclay November 2024 and video recording here

An introduction for master students to soft matter and SAXS based on my own research experience (version 2025):

• surfactants and self-assembly
• nanomaterials
• introduction to SAXS

Mathematica notebooks

Pentagonal tilings

Moiré patterns

Publications

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Marcone, J.; Trazo, J. G.; Nag, R.; Goldmann, C.; Ratel-Ramond, N.; Hamon, C.; Impéror-Clerc, M. Form Factor of Prismatic Particles for Small-Angle Scattering Analysis. Journal of Applied Crystallography 2025, 58 (2). https://journals.iucr.org/j/issues/2025/02/00/jl5099/

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Sadoc, J.-F. Homochiral Inflation for the Aperiodic Monotile Tile (1, 1). arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.15608 2025.

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Tung, C.-H.; Chen, H.-L.; Huang, G.-R.; Porcar, L.; Impéror, M.; Carrillo, J.-M. Y.; Wang, Y.; Sumpter, B. G.; Shinohara, Y.; Taylor, J.; others. Identifying Topological Defects in Lamellar Phases through Contour Analysis of Complex Wave Fields. Macromolecules 2024, 57 (15), 6979–6989.

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Sadoc, J.-F.; Impéror-Clerc, M. Some Examples of Quasiperiodic Tilings Obtained with a Simple Grid Method. EPL 2024, 144 (6), 66002. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/ad16f3.

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Nag, R.; Rouvière, N.; Trazo, J. G.; Marcone, J.; Kutalia, N.; Goldmann, C.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Alloyeau, D.; Constantin, D.; Hamon, C. Depletion-Induced Tunable Assembly of Complementary Platonic Solids. Nano Letters 2024, 24 (51), 16368–16373.

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Kalugin, P.; Schenk, S.; Widdra, W.; Förster, S. Higher-Dimensional Geometrical Approach for the Characterization of Two-Dimensional Square-Triangle-Rhombus Tilings. Physical Review B 2024, 110 (14), 144106.

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Chaâbani, W.; Lyu, J.; Marcone, J.; Goldmann, C.; Ten Veen, E. J.; Dumesnil, C.; Bizien, T.; Smallenburg, F.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Constantin, D.; others. Prismatic Confinement Induces Tunable Orientation in Plasmonic Supercrystals. ACS nano 2024, 18 (13), 9566–9575.

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Moretti, C.; Goldmann, C.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Abecassis, B. Gold Nanoparticle Superlattices: Conditions for Long-Range Order, Moiré Patterns, and Binary Phase from a Single Population. Chemistry of Materials 2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00287.

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Marcone, J.; Chaâbani, W.; Goldmann, C.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Constantin, D.; Hamon, C. Polymorphous Packing of Pentagonal Nanoprisms. Nano Lett. 2023, 23 (4), 1337–1342. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04541.

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Impéror-Clerc, M.; Davidson, P. Anne-Marie Levelut: Four Decades of Structural Studies of Order and Disorder in Liquid Crystals. Taylor & Francis 2023.

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Impéror-Clerc, M. A Liquid Quasicrystal of Columns. Nature Chemistry 2023, 15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01184-3.

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Goldmann, C.; Chaâbani, W.; Hotton, C.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Moncomble, A.; Constantin, D.; Alloyeau, D.; Hamon, C. Confinement Effects on the Structure of Entropy-Induced Supercrystals. Small 2023, 19 (44), 2303380. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202303380.

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Fayen, E.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Filion, L.; Foffi, G.; Smallenburg, F. Self-Assembly of Dodecagonal and Octagonal Quasicrystals in Hard Spheres on a Plane. Soft Matter 2023, 19 (14), 2654–2663. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SM00179B.

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Lyu, J.; Chaâbani, W.; Modin, E.; Chuvilin, A.; Bizien, T.; Smallenburg, F.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Constantin, D.; Hamon, C. Double-Lattice Packing of Pentagonal Gold Bipyramids in Supercrystals with Triclinic Symmetry. Advanced Materials 2022, 34 (21), 2200883. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202200883.

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Ibrahim, H.; Balédent, V.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Pansu, B. Mechanics under Pressure of Gold Nanoparticle Supracrystals: The Role of the Soft Matrix. RSC Advances 2022, 12, 23675–23679. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA03484K.

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Wang, Q.; Santos, S.; Urbina-Blanco, C. A.; Hernández, W. Y.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Vovk, E. I.; Marinova, M.; Ersen, O.; Baaziz, W.; Safonova, O. V.; Khodakov, A. Y.; Saeys, M.; Ordomsky, V. V. Solid Micellar Ru Single-Atom Catalysts for the Water-Free Hydrogenation of CO2 to Formic Acid. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2021, 290, 120036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120036.

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Pansu, B.; Goldmann, C.; Constantin, D.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Sadoc, J.-F. Softness-Driven Complexity in Supercrystals of Gold Nanoparticles. Soft Matter 2021, 17 (26), 6461–6469. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SM00617G.

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Lesaine, A.; Bonamy, D.; Rountree, C. L.; Gauthier, G.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Lazarus, V. Role of Particle Aggregation in the Structure of Dried Colloidal Silica Layers. Soft Matter 2021, 17 (6), 1589–1600. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM00723D.

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Impéror-Clerc, M.; Jagannathan, A.; Kalugin, P.; Sadoc, J.-F. Square-Triangle Tilings: An Infinite Playground for Soft Matter. Soft Matter 2021, 17 (42), 9560–9575. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SM01242H.

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Goldmann, C.; Moretti, C.; Malher, B.; Abecassis, B.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Pansu, B. Precise Size Control of Hydrophobic Gold Nanoparticles in the 2-5 Nm Range. Chemical Communications 2021, 57. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC05351E.

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Garvey, C. J.; Demjaha, R.; Weir, M. P.; Halley, P. J.; Laycock, B.; Hsu, Y.-C.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Rouzière, S. Nanostructural Changes in Commodity Polyethylene during Environmental Exposure. Acta Cryst 2021, 77, C1173.

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García-Lojo, D.; Modin, E.; Gómez-Graña, S.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Chuvilin, A.; Pastoriza-Santos, I.; Pérez-Juste, J.; Constantin, D.; Hamon, C. Structure and Formation Kinetics of Millimeter-Size Single Domain Supercrystals. Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31 (27), 2101869. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202101869.

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Garvey, C. J.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Rouzière, S.; Gouadec, G.; Boyron, O.; Rowenczyk, L.; Mingotaud, A. F.; ter Halle, A. Molecular-Scale Understanding of the Embrittlement in Polyethylene Ocean Debris. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54 (18), 11173–11181. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02095.

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Bera, P. K.; Kandar, A. K.; Krishnaswamy, R.; Fontaine, P.; Impéror-Clerc, M.; Pansu, B.; Constantin, D.; Maiti, S.; Sanyal, M. K.; Sood, A. K. Grazing Incidence X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Lipid–Peptide Mixed Monolayers during Shear Flow. ACS Omega 2020, 5 (24), 14555–14563. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c01261.

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Li, J.-G.; Fornasieri, G.; Bleuzen, A.; Gich, M.; Impéror‐Clerc, M. Epsilon-Fe2O3 Nanocrystals inside Mesoporous Silicas with Tailored Morphologies of Rod, Platelet and Donut. ChemNanoMat 2018, 4 (11), 1168–1176. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.201800266.

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Chen, Y.; Batalha, N.; Marinova, M.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Ma, C.; Ersen, O.; Baaziz, W.; Stewart, J. A.; Curulla-Ferre, D.; Khodakov, A. Y.; Ordomsky, V. V. Ruthenium Silica Nanoreactors with Varied Metal-Wall Distance for Efficient Control of Hydrocarbon Distribution in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis. Journal of Catalysis 2018, 365, 429–439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2018.06.023.

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Boufi, S.; Haaj, S. B.; Magnin, A.; Pignon, F.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Mortha, G. Ultrasonic Assisted Production of Starch Nanoparticles: Structural Characterization and Mechanism of Disintegration. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2018, 41, 327–336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.09.033.

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Moulin, R.; Fornasieri, G.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Riviere, E.; Beaunier, P.; Bleuzen, A. Macroscopic Magnetic Anisotropy Induced by the Combined Control of Size, Shape and Organization of NiFe Prussian Blue Analog Nanoparticles in an Ordered Mesoporous Silica Monolith. Chemnanomat 2017, 3 (11), 833–840. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.201700196.

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Albouy, P. A.; Deville, S.; Fulkar, A.; Hakouk, K.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Klotz, M.; Liu, Q.; Marcellini, M.; Perez, J. Freezing-Induced Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Molecules. Soft Matter 2017, 13 (9), 1759–1763.

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Schmitt, J.; Kjellman, T.; Kwasniewski, P.; Meneau, F.; Pedersen, J. S.; Edler, K. J.; Rennie, A. R.; Alfredsson, V.; Imperor-Clerc, M. Outset of the Morphology of Nanostructured Silica Particles during Nucleation Followed by Ultrasmall-Angle X-Ray Scattering. Langmuir 2016, 32 (20), 5162–5172. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00572.

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Schmitt, J.; Hajiw, S.; Lecchi, A.; Degrouard, J.; Salonen, A.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Pansu, B. Formation of Superlattices of Gold Nanoparticles Using Ostwald Ripening in Emulsions: Transition from Fcc to Bcc Structure. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2016, 120 (25), 5759–5766. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b03287.

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Li, J.-G.; Fornasieri, G.; Bleuzen, A.; Gich, M.; Gloter, A.; Bouquet, F.; Imperor-Clerc, M. Alignment under Magnetic Field of Mixed Fe2O3/SiO2 Colloidal Mesoporous Particles Induced by Shape Anisotropy. Small 2016, 12 (43), 5981–5988. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201602272.

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Briceno-Ahumada, Z.; Soltero, A.; Maldonado, A.; Perez, J.; Langevin, D.; Imperor-Clerc, M. On the Use of Shear Rheology to Formulate Stable Foams. Example of a Lyotropic Lamellar Phase. Colloids and Surfaces a-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2016, 507, 110–117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.07.077.

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Briceno-Ahumada, Z.; Maldonado, A.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Langevin, D. On the Stability of Foams Made with Surfactant Bilayer Phases. Soft Matter 2016, 12 (5), 1459–1467. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sm02541a.

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Schmitt, J.; Canilho, N.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Blin, J.-L.; Pedersen, J. S.; Perez, J.; Lebeau, B.; Vidal, L.; Stebe, M.-J. In Situ Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Investigation of the Formation of Dual-Mesoporous Materials. Chemphyschem 2015, 16 (17), 3637–3641. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201500642.

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Moutet, P.; Lacroix, L.-M.; Robert, A.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Viau, G.; Ressier, L. Directed Assembly of Single Colloidal Gold Nanowires by AFM Nanoxerography. Langmuir 2015, 31 (14), 4106–4112. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00299.

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Loubat, A.; Lacroix, L.-M.; Robert, A.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Poteau, R.; Maron, L.; Arenal, R.; Pansu, B.; Viau, G. Ultrathin Gold Nanowires: Soft-Templating versus Liquid Phase Synthesis, a Quantitative Study. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2015, 119 (8), 4422–4430. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b00242.

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Hajiw, S.; Schmitt, J.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Pansu, B. Solvent-Driven Interactions between Hydrophobically-Coated Nanoparticles. Soft Matter 2015, 11 (19), 3920–3926. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sm00176e.

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Loubat, A.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Pansu, B.; Meneau, F.; Raquet, B.; Viau, G.; Lacroix, L.-M. Growth and Self-Assembly of Ultrathin Au Nanowires into Expanded Hexagonal Super Lattice Studied by in Situ SAXS. Langmuir 2014, 30 (14), 4005–4012. https://doi.org/10.1021/la500549z.

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Schmitt, J.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Michaux, F.; Blin, J.-L.; Stebe, M.-J.; Pedersen, J. S.; Meneau, F. Formation of Nanostructured Silica Materials Templated with Nonionic Fluorinated Surfactant Followed by in Situ SAXS. Langmuir 2013, 29 (6), 2007–2023. https://doi.org/10.1021/la304648j.

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Rathee, V.; Krishnaswamy, R.; Pal, A.; Raghunathan, V. A.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Pansu, B.; Sood, A. K. Reversible Shear-Induced Crystallization above Equilibrium Freezing Temperature in a Lyotropic Surfactant System. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2013, 110 (37), 14849–14854. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1304777110.

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Paineau, E.; Philippe, A. M.; Antonova, K.; Bihannic, I.; Davidson, P.; Dozov, I.; Gabriel, J. C. P.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Levitz, P.; Meneau, F.; Michot, L. J. Liquid-Crystalline Properties of Aqueous Suspensions of Natural Clay Nanosheets. Liquid Crystals Reviews 2013, 1 (2), 110–126. https://doi.org/10.1080/21680396.2013.842130.

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Moulin, R.; Schmitt, J.; Lecchi, A.; Degrouard, J.; Imperor-Clerc, M. Morphologies of Mesoporous SBA-15 Particles Explained by the Competition between Interfacial and Bending Energies. Soft Matter 2013, 9 (46), 11085–11092. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm52108g.

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Kjellman, T.; Asahina, S.; Schmitt, J.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Terasaki, O.; Alfredsson, V. Direct Observation of Plugs and Intrawall Pores in SBA-15 Using Low Voltage High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy and the Influence of Solvent Properties on Plug-Formation. Chemistry of Materials 2013, 25 (20), 4105–4112. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm402635m.

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Blin, J. L.; Imperor-Clerc, M. Mechanism of Self-Assembly in the Synthesis of Silica Mesoporous Materials: In Situ Studies by X-Ray and Neutron Scattering. Chemical Society Reviews 2013, 42 (9), 4071–4082. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cs35362h.

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Poulos, A. S.; Constantin, D.; Davidson, P.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Pansu, B.; Rouziere, S. The Interaction of Charged Nanoparticles at Interfaces. Epl 2012, 100 (1), 18002. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/100/18002.

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Michaux, F.; Baccile, N.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Malfatti, L.; Folliet, N.; Gervais, C.; Manet, S.; Meneau, F.; Pedersen, J. S.; Babonneau, F. In Situ Time-Resolved SAXS Study of the Formation of Mesostructured Organically Modified Silica through Modeling of Micelles Evolution during Surfactant-Templated Self-Assembly. Langmuir 2012, 28 (50), 17477–17493. https://doi.org/10.1021/la3038318.

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Imperor-Clerc, M. Three-Dimensional Periodic Complex Structures in Soft Matter: Investigation Using Scattering Methods. Interface Focus 2012, 2 (5), 589–601. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2011.0081.

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Saliba, S.; Davidson, P.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Mingotaud, C.; Kahn, M. L.; Marty, J.-D. Facile Direct Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles within Lyotropic Liquid Crystals: Towards Organized Hybrid Materials. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2011, 21 (45), 18191–18194. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1jm13253a.

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Philippe, A. M.; Baravian, C.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; De Silva, J.; Paineau, E.; Bihannic, I.; Davidson, P.; Meneau, F.; Levitz, P.; Michot, L. J. Rheo-SAXS Investigation of Shear-Thinning Behaviour of Very Anisometric Repulsive Disc-like Clay Suspensions. Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 2011, 23 (19), 194112. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/23/19/194112.

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Pansu, B.; Lecchi, A.; Constantin, D.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Veber, M.; Dozov, I. Insertion of Gold Nanoparticles in Fluid Mesophases: Size Filtering and Control of Interactions. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2011, 115 (36), 17682–17687. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp2046189.

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Paineau, E.; Dozov, I.; Antonova, K.; Davidson, P.; Imperor, M.; Meneau, F.; Bihannic, I.; Baravian, C.; Philippe, A. M.; Levitz, P.; Michot, L. J. Electric-Field and Magnetic-Field Alignment of Liquid-Crystalline Clay Suspensions and Clay/Polymer Composites. In 3rd International Congress on Ceramics (icc): Nano-Crystals and Advanced Powder Technology; 2011; Vol. 18, p 062005.

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Manet, S.; Schmitt, J.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Zholobenko, V.; Durand, D.; Oliveira, C. L. P.; Pedersen, J. S.; Gervais, C.; Baccile, N.; Babonneau, F.; Grillo, I.; Meneau, F.; Rochas, C. Kinetics of the Formation of 2D-Hexagonal Silica Nanostructured Materials by Nonionic Block Copolymer Templating in Solution. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2011, 115 (39), 11330–11344. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp200213k.

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Manet, S.; Lecchi, A.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Zholobenko, V.; Durand, D.; Oliveira, C. L. P.; Pedersen, J. S.; Grillo, I.; Meneau, F.; Rochas, C. Structure of Micelles of a Nonionic Block Copolymer Determined by SANS and SAXS. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2011, 115 (39), 11318–11329. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp200212g.

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Jia, L.; Levy, D.; Durand, D.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Cao, A.; Li, M.-H. Smectic Polymer Micellar Aggregates with Temperature-Controlled Morphologies. Soft Matter 2011, 7 (16), 7395–7403. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1sm05636k.

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de Silva, J. P.; Poulos, A. S.; Pansu, B.; Davidson, P.; Kasmi, B.; Petermann, D.; Asnacios, S.; Meneau, F.; Imperor, M. Rheological Behaviour of Polyoxometalate-Doped Lyotropic Lamellar Phases. European Physical Journal E 2011, 34 (1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2011-11004-1.

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Babonneau, F.; Baccile, N.; Grosso, D.; Imperor, M. Self-Assembled Organic-Inorganic Materials Studied by Synchrotron Radiation. Actualite Chimique 2011, No. 356–57, 34–39.

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Abidi, W.; Pansu, B.; Krishnaswamy, R.; Beaunier, P.; Remita, H.; Imperor-Clerc, M. Gold Nanoparticles Confined in Lamellar Mesophases. Rsc Advances 2011, 1 (3), 434–439. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ra00259g.

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Poulos, A. S.; Constantin, D.; Davidson, P.; Imperor, M.; Judeinstein, P.; Pansu, B. A PGSE-NMR Study of Molecular Self-Diffusion in Lamellar Phases Doped with Polyoxometalates. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2010, 114 (1), 220–227. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp909058d.

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de Silva, J. P.; Petermann, D.; Kasmi, B.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Davidson, P.; Pansu, B.; Meneau, F.; Perez, J.; Paineau, E.; Bihannic, I.; Michot, L. J.; Baravian, C. RheoSAXS Studies of Anisotropic Complex Fluids under Shear. In Xiv International Conference on Small-Angle Scattering (sas09); Ungar, G., Ed.; 2010; Vol. 247, p 012052.

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Brodie-Linder, N.; Besse, R.; Audonnet, F.; LeCaer, S.; Deschamps, J.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Alba-Simionesco, C. The Key to Control Cu II Loading in Silica Based Mesoporous Materials. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2010, 132 (3), 518–525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2010.04.001.

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Baravian, C.; Michot, L. J.; Paineau, E.; Bihannic, I.; Davidson, P.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Belamie, E.; Levitz, P. An Effective Geometrical Approach to the Structure of Colloidal Suspensions of Very Anisometric Particles. Epl 2010, 90 (3), 36005. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/90/36005.

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Paineau, E.; Antonova, K.; Baravian, C.; Bihannic, I.; Davidson, P.; Dozov, I.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Levitz, P.; Madsen, A.; Meneau, F.; Michot, L. J. Liquid-Crystalline Nematic Phase in Aqueous Suspensions of a Disk-Shaped Natural Beidellite Clay. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2009, 113 (48), 15858–15869. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp908326y.

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Zholobenko, V. L.; Khodakov, A. Y.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Durand, D.; Grillo, I. Initial Stages of SBA-15 Synthesis: An Overview. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 2008, 142 (1–2), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2008.05.003.

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Poulos, A. S.; Constantin, D.; Davidson, P.; Imperor, M.; Pansu, B.; Panine, P.; Nicole, L.; Sanchez, C. Photochromic Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Liquid-Crystalline Materials Built from Nonionic Surfactants and Polyoxometalates: Elaboration and Structural Study. Langmuir 2008, 24 (12), 6285–6291. https://doi.org/10.1021/la8004322.

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Mirdamadi-Esfahani, M.; Mostafavi, M.; Keita, B.; Nadjo, L.; Kooyman, P.; Etcheberry, A.; Imperor, M.; Remita, H. Au-Fe System: Application in Electro-Catalysis. Gold Bulletin 2008, 41 (2), 98–104. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03216587.

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Manet, S.; Grillo, I.; Durand, D.; Khodakov, A.; Zholobenko, V. SANS Study of the Mechanisms and Kinetics of the Synthesis of Mesoporous Materials from Micelles of Tri-Block Copolymers. In Zeolites and Related Materials: Trends, Targets and Challenges, Proceedings of the 4th International Feza Conference; Gedeon, A., Massiani, P., Babonneau, F., Eds.; 2008; Vol. 174, pp 805–810.

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Constantin, D.; Pansu, B.; Imperor, M.; Davidson, P.; Ribot, F. Repulsion between Inorganic Particles Inserted within Surfactant Bilayers. Physical Review Letters 2008, 101 (9), 098101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.098101.

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Brodie-Linder, N.; Dosseh, G.; Alba-Simonesco, C.; Audonnet, F.; Imperor-Clerc, M. SBA-15 Synthesis: Are There Lasting Effects of Temperature Change within the First 10 Min of TEOS Polymerization? Materials Chemistry and Physics 2008, 108 (1), 73–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2007.09.007.

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Zeng, X.; Liu, Y.; Imperor-Clerc, M. Hexagonal Close Packing of Nonionic Surfactant Micelles in Water. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2007, 111 (19), 5174–5179. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0687955.

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Trabelsi, S.; Albouy, P.-A.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Guillot, S.; Langevin, D. X-Ray Diffraction Study of the Structure of Carboxymethylcellulose-Cationic Surfactant Complexes. Chemphyschem 2007, 8 (16), 2379–2385. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200700378.

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Grillo, I.; Khodakov, A. Y.; Durand, D.; Zholobenko, V. L. New Insights into the Initial Steps of the Formation of SBA-15 Materials: An in Situ Small Angle Neutron Scattering Investigation. Chemical Communications 2007, No. 8, 834–836. https://doi.org/10.1039/b611208k.

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Escax, V.; Delahaye, E.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Beaunier, P.; Appay, M.-D.; Davidson, A. Modifying the Porosity of SBA-15 Silicas by Post-Synthesis Basic Treatments. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 2007, 102 (1–3), 234–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2006.12.049.

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Krishnaswamy, R.; Remita, H.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Even, C.; Davidson, P.; Pansu, B. Synthesis of Single-Crystal Line Platinum Nanorods within a Soft Crystalline Surfactant-Pt-II Complex. Chemphyschem 2006, 7 (7), 1510–1513. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200600127.

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Even, C.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Pieranski, P. Exploring the Facets of “Soft Crystals” Using an Atomic Force Microscope. European Physical Journal E 2006, 20 (1), 89–98. https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2005-10123-6.

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Zeng, X. B.; Ungar, G.; Imperor-Clerc, M. A Triple-Network Tricontinuous Cubic Liquid Crystal. Nature Materials 2005, 4 (7), 562–567. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1413.

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Massiot, P.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Veber, M.; Deschenaux, R. Supramolecular Metallomesogens: Hydrogen-Bonded Ferrocene-Containing Liquid Crystals Which Display Bicontinuous Cubic Phases. Chemistry of Materials 2005, 17 (8), 1946–1951. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm048161f.

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Khodakov, A. Y.; Zholobenko, V. L.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Durand, D. Characterization of the Initial Stages of SBA-15 Synthesis by in Situ Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2005, 109 (48), 22780–22790. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp052786z.

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Imperor-Clerc, M. Thermotropic Cubic Mesophases. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 2005, 9 (6), 370–376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2004.12.004.

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Escax, V.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Bazin, D.; Davidson, A. Nanocasting, Templated Syntheses and Structural Studies of Manganese Oxide Nanoparticles Nucleated in the Pores of Ordered Mesoporous Silicas(SBA-15). Comptes Rendus Chimie 2005, 8 (3–4), 663–677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crci.2004.10.021.

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Davidson, A.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Bazin, D.; Dupuis, V.; Perzynski, R.; Escax, V. Nanocasting: Sba-15 Silicas as Solid Templates for the Fabrication of Oxide Nanoparticles. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 2005, 229, U721–U721.

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Pansu, B.; Nastishin, Y.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Veber, M.; Nguyen, H. T. New Investigation on the Tetragonal Liquid-Crystalline Phase or SmQ. European Physical Journal E 2004, 15 (2), 225–230. https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2004-10051-y.

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Neve, F.; Imperor-Clerc, M. An Ia(3)over-Bar-d Thermotropic Cubic Phase from N-Alkylpyridinium Tetrahalocuprates. Liquid Crystals 2004, 31 (7), 907–912. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290410001713351.

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McLoughlin, D.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Langevin, D. A New Cubic Phase Containing DNA and a Surfactant. Chemphyschem 2004, 5 (10), 1619–1623. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200400163.

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Bazin, D.; Appay, M. D.; Beaunier, P.; Davidson, A. Crystallization of Beta-MnO2 Nanowires in the Pores of SBA-15 Silicas: In Situ Investigation Using Synchrotron Radiation. Chemistry of Materials 2004, 16 (9), 1813–1821. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm035353m.

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Bellomo, E. G.; Davidson, P.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Deming, T. J. Aqueous Cholesteric Liquid Crystals Using Uncharged Rodlike Polypeptides. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2004, 126 (29), 9101–9105. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja047932d.

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Even, C.; Gourbil, A.; Impeor-Clerc, M.; Pieranski, P.; Veber, M. AFM, X-Ray Diffraction and Optical Microscopy Studies of Faceted Droplets of a Thermotropic Bicontinuous Cubic Mesophase. Chemphyschem 2002, 3 (12), 1031–1034. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200290005.

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Pieranski, P.; Sittler, L.; Sotta, P.; Imperor-Clerc, M. Growth and Shapes of a Cubic Lyotropic Liquid Crystal. European Physical Journal E 2001, 5 (3), 317–328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s101890170063.

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Veber, M.; Levelut, A. M. Phase Transition between Single Crystals of Two Thermotropic Cubic Phases from a Mixture of 3,5-Didodecyloxybenzoic Acid and C-18-ANBC. Chemphyschem 2001, 2 (8–9), 533-+. https://doi.org/10.1002/1439-7641(20010917)2:8/9<533::AID-CPHC533>3.3.CO;2-0.

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Levelut, A. M. Lyotropic Bicontinuous Cubic Phase Single Crystals Investigated Using High-Resolved X-Ray Scattering. European Physical Journal E 2001, 4 (2), 209–215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s101890170130.

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Hamley, I. W.; Davidson, P. Fast and Easy Flow-Alignment Technique of Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Hexagonal Phases of Block Copolymers and Surfactants. Macromolecules 2001, 34 (10), 3503–3506. https://doi.org/10.1021/ma0021951.

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Goletto, V.; Babonneau, F.; Imperor, M. One-Pot Synthesis of Phenyl-Functionalized Porous Silicates with Hexagonal and Cubic Symmetries. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society 2001, 221, U475–U475.

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Constantin, D.; Oswald, P.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Davidson, P.; Sotta, P. Connectivity of the Hexagonal, Cubic, and Isotropic Phases of the C12EO6/H2O Lyotropic Mixture Investigated by Tracer Diffusion and X-Ray Scattering. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2001, 105 (3), 668–673. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp002672h.

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Pieranski, P.; Sotta, P.; Rohe, D.; Imperor-Clerc, M. Devil’s Staircase-Type Faceting of a Cubic Lyotropic Liquid Crystal. Physical Review Letters 2000, 84 (11), 2409–2412. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2409.

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Sotta, P.; Veber, M. Crystal Shapes of Cubic Mesophases in Pure and Mixed Carboxylic Acids Observed by Optical Microscopy. Liquid Crystals 2000, 27 (8), 1001–1009. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290050080724.

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Davidson, P.; Davidson, A. Existence of a Microporous Corona around the Mesopores of Silica-Based SBA-15 Materials Templated by Triblock Copolymers. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2000, 122 (48), 11925–11933. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja002245h.

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Imperor-Clerc, M.; Davidson, P. An X-Ray Scattering Study of Flow-Aligned Samples of a Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Hexagonal Phase. European Physical Journal B 1999, 9 (1), 93–104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050745.

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Levelut, A. M.; Clerc, M. Structural Investigations on “smectic D” and Related Mesophases. Liquid Crystals 1998, 24 (1), 105–115. https://doi.org/10.1080/026782998207631.

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Hamley, I. W.; Pople, J. A.; Booth, C.; Derici, L.; Imperor-Clerc, M.; Davidson, P. Shear-Induced Orientation of the Body-Centered-Cubic Phase in a Diblock Copolymer Gel. Physical Review E 1998, 58 (6), 7620–7628. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.58.7620.

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Clerc, M.; Hendrikx, Y.; Farago, B. Dynamics of a Lyotropic Cubic Phase. Journal De Physique Ii 1997, 7 (9), 1205–1214.

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Artzner, F.; Veber, M.; Clerc, M.; Levelut, A. M. Evidence of Nematic, Hexagonal and Rectangular Columnar Phases in Thermotropic Ionic Liquid Crystals. Liquid Crystals 1997, 23 (1), 27–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/026782997208631.

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Clerc, M. A New Symmetry for the Packing of Amphiphilic Direct Micelles. Journal De Physique Ii 1996, 6 (7), 961–968.

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Davidson, P.; Clerc, M.; Ghosh, S.; Maliszewskyj, N.; Heiney, P.; Hynes, J.; Smith, A. Diffuse-X-Ray Scattering from Freely Suspended Strands of a Discotic Liquid-Crystal. Journal De Physique Ii 1995, 5 (2), 249–262.

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Clerc, M.; Laggner, P.; Levelut, A.; Rapp, G. Rates of Phase-Transformations Between Mesophases Formed by a Nonionic Surfactant in Water – a Time-Resolved X-Ray-Diffraction Study. Journal De Physique Ii 1995, 5 (7), 901–917.

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Clerc, M.; Duboisviolette, E. X-Ray-Scattering by Bicontinuous Cubic Phases. Journal De Physique Ii 1994, 4 (2), 275–286.

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Clerc, M.; Levelut, A.; Sadoc, J. Transitions Between Mesophases Involving Cubic Phases in the Surfactant-Water Systems – Epitaxial Relations and Their Consequences in a Geometrical Framework. Journal De Physique Ii 1991, 1 (10), 1263–1276.

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