People

Research is made by people working in teams, and I owe much to the many master students, PhD students and post-docs who joined the group to help building knowledge.

 

Current PhD students and post-docs of the group :

1. Louise Dupont (PhD student, 2020)
   Encapsulation of commensal bacteria
2. Kseniia Grafskaia (post-doc, 2021)
   Interfacial recognition of complementary precision oligomers
3. Valeriia Kutsenko (post-doc, 2020)
   Beating surfaces based on thermoresponsive polymer brushes for motion control
4. Quentin Papeloer (PhD student, 2018)
   Semicrystalline polymer blends for 3D printing
5. Qian Qin (PhD student, 2018)
   Grafted sequenced oligomers for recognition and anti-counterfeiting

Alumni - PhD :

1. Wanlin Xu, December 2021 :
   Encapsulation of Commensal Skin Bacteria in Soft Patches Based on Layer-by-Layer Assembly
2. Eléana Somville, November 2020 :
   Polymer microcarriers with tunable properties for stem cell culture
3. Pengyu Zhuang, November 2016 :
   Temperature Dependence of Volume and Surface Properties of Thermo- and Photo-Responsive Polymer Brushes
4. Shouwei Zhang, November 2016 :
   Layer-by-Layer Assembled Enzyme Nanotubes and Mats for Biocatalysis
5. Ronggang Cai, September 2016 :
   Nanoimprinted Ferroelectric Polymer Layers for Organic Memory Devices and Multiferroism
6. Saghi Saghazadeh, December 2015 :
   Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Nanotubes for Drug Delivery Applications
7. Diana Ramirez-Wong (joint PhD with U. Paris 6), September 2014 :
   Brushes of self-assembled nanotubes for temperature-responsive biocatalysis
8. Hailu G. Kassa, May 2014 :
   Electrical and Structural Properties of Nano-imprinted Ferroelectric Polymers
9. Annie Zhe Cheng (joint PhD with U. Bordeaux), December 2013 :
   Biological multi-functionalization and surface nanopatterning of biomaterials
   
10. Cécile Bollinne, August 2012 :
    Structural Characterisation of Supported Thin Polymer Films
11. Bertrand Mathy, February 2012 :
    Polymer Brushes and AFM Cantilevers for Nanosensing and Catalysis
12. Xavier Laloyaux, January 2012 :
    Understanding, Tuning and Using the Collapse Transition of Thermoresponsive Polymer Brushes
13. Cécile Roy, January 2012 :
    Membrane-Templated nanotubes as potential candidates for gene delivery applications
14. Pierre-Olivier Mouthuy, December 2008:
    Nanogroove networks for aligning columns of liquid-crystalline phthalocyanines
15. Veronica Borcea, September 2008:
    Radioactive ion implantation of thermoplastic elastomers
16. Halima Alem, September 2007:
    Nano-confined polymers: from stimuli responsive membranes to self-assembled nanotubes
17. Gabriel Baralia, December 2006 :
    3D Transcription of 2D Binary Chemical Nanopatterns by Block-Copolymer Dewetting
18. Nadia Frederich, December 2006 :
    Nano-patterned photoactive surfaces
19. Antoine Pallandre, December 2004 :
    Macromolecular Assemblies onto Chemically Nanopatterned Surfaces
20. Hugues Haubruge, October 2003 :
    The Nucleation of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) by the Phyllosilicate Talc
21. Xavier Gallez, June 2003 :
    The Formation of Smectic Phase in Quenched Isotactic Polypropylene: Role of Molecular Parameters and Processing Conditions
22. Cédric le Fevere de Ten Hove, May 2001 :
    Controlling Solid-State Microstructure of Semi-Crystalline Polymers Through Chemical Design of Chains : a Study of Model Polyesters
23. Xavier Arys, March 2000 :
    Understanding Ordering in Polyelectrolyte Multilayers : Effect of the Chemical Architecture of the Polycation
24. Olivier Dupont, April 1999 :
    Study of the Relationship Between Crystalline and Amorphous Regions in Semi-Crystalline Poly(ether-ether-ketone)

Alumni - post-docs

1. Houssein Awada (2006-2010), Superhydrophobic surfaces by LbL assembly and Assembly of nanowires on electrodes
2. Adrian Boborodea (2001-2003), Development of fractionation methods for polymers
3. Cédric Buron (2007), Fabrication of dye-loaded nanostripes by LbL assembly
4. Prakash Chandra (2016-2018), Sequenced oligomers for catalysis
5. Ronggang Cai (2016-2019), Fluor-free waterproof coatings for textiles / Polymer-based multferroic materials
6. Jian Chen (2005-2006), Nanoimprinted PVDF/PMMA blends
7. Moira Ciardi (2014-2016), Ferroelectric oligoamides
8. Carine Cirman (2000), Characterization of TREF fractions of polypropylene
9. Olivier Deschaume (2009-2011), Biosensors based on nanowires of conducting polymers
10. Ali Dirani (2010-2016), Functional surfaces by layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly
11. Antony Fernandes (2009-2018), Design of catalytic macromolecules and surfaces
12. Karine Glinel (1999-2001), LbL assembly of compartmentalized multlayers
13. Zhijun Hu (2004-2009), Nanoimprinting of functional polymers
14. Florian Jurin (2015-2017), Self-assembly of surface-tailored nanostructures
15. Joao Laranjeira (2019-2020), Anti-fire glazings
16. Aurélie Le Beulze (2014), Self-assembly of functionalized gold nanorods
17. Jie Li (2018-2021), Precision oligomers for catalysis
18. Delphine Magnin (2008-2011), Grafting of biomacromolecules for biosensing
19. Pierre-Olivier Mouthuy (2009-2011), Piezoelectric micro- and nano-structures
20. Erwan Nicol (2001-2002), Dye-loaded polyelectrolyte multilayers
21. Laurianne Nougaret (2010-2012), Nanoimprinted ferroelectric polymer memory diodes
22. Tilia Patois (2012-2014), Organic photovoltaic cells integrating a nanostructured ferroelectric layer
23. Xiaowei Pei (2009-2010), Photoresponsive self-assembled monolayers
24. Sébastien Peralta (2002-2003), Multicompartmentalized polyelectrolyte multilayers for non-radiative energy transfer
25. Sashi Poddar (2016-2018), Polymer-based multiferroic materials
26. Céline Pignolet (2006-2008), Superhydrophobic LbL multilayers
27. Jérôme Plain (2002-2004), Crystallization of alkanes on nanopatterned surfaces
28. Diana Ramirez-Wong (2016-2017), polyelectrolyte nanotubes for cell transfection
29. Paul Rouster (2017-2020), Enzyme-containing coatings
30. Qian Ye (2013-2014), Catalytic polymer brushes
31. Fajun Zhang (2003-2004), Crystallization of polyethylene oligomers in thin films