Physics and Chemistry of Nano-Objects

Historical Background

The Physics and Chemistry of Nano-Objects group has been created at the beginning of the year 2011 with the objective to gather the research activities in the fields of nanosciences and nanotechnologies. The creation of the XPNano group was propedeutic to the integration into the three main axes of the Labex Nano-Saclay: nano-electronics, nano-optics and nano-medicine. At the present, the permanent staff of the group is composed of 8 people. Among them, we count two professors and one lecturer at the Ecole polytechnique, four CEA researchers and one engineer assistant (CNRS). The group is led by Henri-Jean Drouhin. However, the group can also work on a principle of shared leadership, where members may replace Henri-Jean Drouhin in councils in an alternative fashion. Whenever there are important decisions to take, we organize an ad hoc meeting. Moreover, the members of the group discuss issues from person to person on a daily basis. Finally, the members of the group have very different scientific antecedents, nonetheless they share common interests and their competences are complementary. Thus, we can describe ourselves as a dynamic, creative and highly collaborative team.

The Physics and Chemistry of Nano-Objects group is motivated by exciting fundamental ‘big’ science questions. It is also interested in translating the scientific discoveries to societal relevance including commercial applications.

Collaborations
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Research Team

- Chercheurs permanents :

Marie-Claude Clochard (responsable de groupe)

Florian Aubrit

Henri-Jean Drouhin
Marc Hayoun
Mathias Kobylko
Didier Lairez

Ozlem Oral
Giancarlo Rizza

Vitaly Temnov
Jean-Eric Wegrowe

- Chercheurs et ingénieurs non-permanents :

Andrea Cosola (Post-doc.)

Mariusz Drong (Doctorant)

Nathalie Saouli (Doctorant)