Research projects and collaborations

Ongoing industrial collaborations

  • INNOVANDI (co-PI). Carbonated microstructure via CO2 utilization (2022-2026).
  • HeidelbergCement (PI). Reducing the carbon footprint of cement through the CO2 mineralization of recycled concrete (2022-2025).

Ongoing research projects

  • InnovaXN (co-PI). Understanding how green additives control crystallization at the nanoscale (2021-2024).
  • ANDRA (PI). Selenium reactivity in environmental geomedia (2022-2025).
  • Nannoconus (co-PI). The physical and chemical characterization of Nannoconus, the major planktonic producers of bio-carbonate from the Early Cretaceous oceans." (2021-2024).

Past research projects

  • NANOCEM (co-PI). Activities and nucleation processes in the SiO2-CaO-H2O-Organics system (2016-2021).
  • TOTAL (PI). Probing wetting properties of carbonate rocks (2021-2022).
  • ANDRA (co-PI). RN interaction with cementitious barriers. (2016-2021).
  • ANR-PRCE (co-PI). Dynamic characterization and modeling of coupled structural - chemical - and transport processes : a multiscale approach (2018-2022).
  • ANR-JCJC NUANCE (PI). Multi-step nucleation pathways in natural and engineered cements (2018-2021).
  • Amorphous precursors in biomineralization. Marie-Curie Sklodowska incoming fellowship, Maria Pilar Asta. (2018-2020).
  • BASF (co-PI). Heterogeneous nucleation. (2016-2019).
  • BASF Construction Solutions (co-PI). Interactions between inorganic crystals. (2017-2018).
  • Biomerieux (PI). Consulting activities on inorganic chemistry. (2016-2018).
  • EC2CO "NUCLEATION" (PI). Understanding mineral nucleation and precipitation in environmental and porous media. Funded by CNRS-INSU (2015-2016).
  • "WetNanotube" (PI). Understanding wettability properties of mineral nanotubes of environmental and geological interest. Funded by AGIR (UJF - INP) (2015-2016).
  • "TGA-DSC" (PI). Acquisition of a TGA-DSC at ISTerre. Funded by LABEX OSUG@2020 (2015).
  • "AMICO" (PI). Nucleation, growth and aggregation behavior of Al and Fe sulfate oxyhydroxide mineral colloids from Acid Mine Drainage. Funded by LABEX OSUG@2020 and BQR (2013-2015).
     Acquisition of a portable Infors-HT biochemical reactor for in situ probing of mineral nucleation. Development of flow cells for in situ measurements.
     Co-PIs : Rafael Perez-Lopez (Univ. Huelva), Bruno Lanson, Laurent Charlet (ISTerre).
     Travel support from and to the University of Huelva (Spain) provided by Nano-Espagne Campus France (2013).
  • EC2CO "VALVE" (co-PI). Chemical weathering of mineral surfaces. (PI : Damien Daval, LHyGES, Strasbourg). Funded by CNRS-INSU (2013-2014).
  • Defi NEEDS CNRS (PI). Anionic exchange of radionuclides in sulfate-bearing cement phases (EARN). (2014-2015).
     Co-PIs : Sylvain Grangeon (BRGM), Agnieszka Poulain (ESRF), Laurent Charlet (ISTerre).
  • LABEX SERENADE (co-PI). Exploratory study of nanoparticle bio-composites used in textile and packaging industry. (2014-2015).
     co-PIs : Geraldine Sarret, Laurent Charlet, German Montes-Hernandez (ISTerre).

     

Other collaborations

  • Fabrice Brunet (ISTerre), Martin Wilding (Aberystwyth University, UK) and Monica Jimenez (ILL). Water structure at mineral-water interfaces.
  • Andre Stack (ORNL, USA) and Yandi Hu (University of Houston). Pore-size dependence of carbonate mineral nucleation in confinement.
  • Jinhui Tao and Jim De Yoreo (PNNL, USA), Yung-Ching Chien (UCSF, USA), Dongbo Wang (NIST, USA) & Adam Wallace (Delaware Unversity, USA). Amorphous precursor pathways in apatite biomineralization.
  • Ian Bourg (Princeton Univ., USA), Laurent Michot (PHENIX, Paris), Carlos Pina (Universidad Complutense, Madrid) Namhey Lee and Glenn Waychunas (LBNL, USA). Heterogeneous nucleation processes.
  • Francisco Martinez-Casado (MAX-Lab, Sweden). Polymesomorphism.
  • Tomasz Stawski (Univ. Leeds, UK), Agnieszka Poulain (ESRF) & Sylvain Grangeon (BRGM, France). PDF studies of poorly-crystalline minerals and amorphous precursors.
  • Alexander van Driessche (ISTerre, CNRS), Matthias Kellermeier (BASF). SAXS/WAXS studies of CaSO4 nucleation and growth.
  • Anna Llordes (CIC Energygune, Spain). Amorphous transition metal oxides for flexible electrochromics.