The birth of an order
A SAXS image obtained as part of the ANR ANISOFILM program (https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-20-CE43-0015) is among the 10 works selected for exhibition at the MATERIAUX 2026 conference. Credits: Nathan Piaget, Ioanna Chazapi, …
Victor Balédent, junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF, promotion 2025)
Victor Balédent has been nominated Junior Member, fundamental chair, of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF, promotion 2025) in recognition of both his past work and his future research projects …
Jaime Gabriel Trazo, recipient of the Enzo Ferroni Award (ECIS, 2024)
On September 6th 2024, Jaime Gabriel Trazo has been awarded of the Enzo Ferroni Award for Best Oral Presentation in the young researchers category during the 38th Conference of the …
Pascale Launois, recipient of the André Guinier Prize 2024
Pascale Launois, CNRS Research Director at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides d’Orsay, has been awarded the “André Guinier” prize by the Association Française de Cristallographie. The Association Française de …
GFA Young investigator prize awarded to Erwan Paineau
On May 17, Erwan Paineau was awarded the young researcher prize by the French clay group at its annual conference in Grenoble. Erwan was rewarded for the excellence and originality …
Producing hydrogen using nanomaterials
Low-carbon hydrogen is one of the avenues being explored as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. Several techniques are being explored for producing hydrogen. One of these is photocatalysis, which …
A new HDR defense
Cyrille successfully defended his accredidation to supervize research (HDR) on September, 7th 2023.
A ‘newcomer’ in the team
After a commissioning period, the benchtop SAXS-Cu apparatus of the MORPHEUS platform is now operational and ready for new adventures. This experimental setup includes: All the informations can be found …
Happy New Year 2022
The Matrix team is pleased to wish you a Happy New Year 2022! The laboratory’s greeting card is illustrated by a Fréedericksz transition in a biaxial smectic phase.
Original structure and dynamics of water in a geo-inspired nanotube – SFN 2021 thesis prize
The study of ultra-confined fluids opens a very large field concerning nano-flows and it highlights the determining role of interfaces in new structures of liquids such as water. The development …