“Demain, mais en mieux !” 2024 edition
The CNRS and many other players in research and innovation will be present at the Yggdrasil Festival of Imaginary Worlds.On 3 and 4 February 2024, come and talk to scientists about projects for the future,...
Research teams
CNRS 2023 medal ceremony
The CNRS 2023 Lyon Talents ceremony took place on Tuesday December 19.You can relive the ceremony thanks to the replay available online on the CNRS YouTube channel, and every 2 weeks find videos of 2...
Converting CO2 using microwaves!
Trapping carbon dioxide and then converting it to methane enables reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and recycle CO2 into a sustainable fuel, provided renewable H2 is employed. Microwave-based reactors provide an efficient means...
Adrien Gandolfo, new recruit
Adrien Gandolfo join the CARE team of our laboratory as “maître de conférence” in environmental chemistry, specialising in multiphase chemistry and the study of soil-ground-atmosphere interactions.Adrien combines laboratory experiments and field measurements to carry out...
A sporting feat!
Congratulations to Buqin XU, a post-doctoral researcher in the C’Durable team, who has completed the Tor des Géants, TOR330, an endurance trail race in the Valle d’Aosta, covering a distance of 330 km with 24,000...
Heating without polluting. Thermal storage in road transport
Developing a system capable of capturing, storing and releasing the heat emitted by internal combustion engines, without emitting carbon?This is now a reality, thanks to the collaborative efforts of several research laboratories working towards a...
Rare and expensive, palladium adopts a sober approach
A rare metal more precious than gold, palladium is a cornerstone of the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.As scientists look for alternatives, a promising avenue is emerging for considerably reducing its use.Find out more from Valérie...
Biorefinery. The gradual emergence of an alternative to oil
Making the most of lignocellulosic biomass is one of the key areas for research into greener chemistry for the future.What are the advances and difficulties involved in this research?Find out more from our colleague Franck...
Hugo DIAS, prize for the best presentation at the SCF2023 congress
Congratulations to Hugo Dias, C’Durable team, who received the award for the best presentation at the SCF2023 congress in Nantes, for his presentation “Structure-reactivity link of imidazole derivatives as catalysts for cycloaddition of CO2 to...
VALOTHERBIO Thematic school
The GDR Thermobio is pleased to announce the opening of registrations for the VALOTHERBIO school! This school on the Thermochemical Valorization of Biomass and Waste: Characterization, Processes and Sectors, will take place from October 2...
“Time-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy applications on various time scales” webinar
The Photoemission Spectroscopy Research Federation (FR SPE) and the CATREN team of IRCELYON organize an online seminar on the scientific challenge Time resolved photoemission (Tr-PES). The seminar entitled “Time-resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy applications on various time...
Valorization of CO2 in methanol: which reactive species lead the dance?
Researchers from the IRCELYON laboratory have succeeded in highlighting the reaction mechanisms of the catalytic conversion of CO2 into methanol. This study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, opens up prospects for the...
Noémie PERRET, DivCat Young Researcher Award
Congratulations to Noémie Perret, C’Durable team, who received the Young Researcher prize awarded by the DivCat and presented during the GeCat 2023 Congress. This prize rewards his work on the use of carbide and nitride...
Isaline BONNIN, prize for the best oral presentation at the GECat’2023 congress
Congratulations to Isaline Bonnin, C’Durable team and CP2M laboratory, who received the award sponsored by Micromeritics for the best oral presentation at the GECat 2023 congress which took place in Dunkerque from June 6 to...
EASVOLEE project is recruiting
The European EASVOLEE project is recruiting doctoral and post-doctoral students!Find the offers in our section Intership/Jobs offersTo follow the project 👉 http://www.easvolee.eu and https://www.linkedin.com/company/easvolee-project/
Chantal Lorentz, CNRS Crystal Medal 2023
Congratulations to Chantal Lorentz, Research Engineer within the CATREN team and head of the Ircatech characterization platform in our laboratory, winner of the CNRS 2023 crystal medal.His video portrait will be broadcast during the medal...
Public courses “Chimies Situées : quels avenirs aborder avec quelles chimies ?”
Alessandra Quadrelli (ING team) will give a course cycle from May 10 to 31 at la Cité des Halles (Lyon 7). This cycle is part of the Cours publics de l’Ecole urbaine de Lyon 2023...
Launch of the EASVOLEE project… towards cleaner air in Europe!
The Easvolee project (for «Effects on Air quality of Semi-VOLatile Engine Emissions»), supported by the Horizon Europe program of the European Union, brings together European experts in experimental measurement and modeling in order to quantify,...
Elobio : produce green hydrogen
Producing hydrogen without fossil fuels?This is the idea of the European research project ELOBIO (2023-2026), coordinated by Ircelyon, which aims to produce carbon-free hydrogen by electrolysis of biomass. This project, which benefits from a budget...
Women chemists and the environment
The CNRS Institute of Chemistry (INC) highlights 6 portraits of women scientists who work sustainably for the environment. Among these portraits, that of Alessandra Quadrelli, director of research at Ircelyon (Catalyst and Process Engineering team)....
Nicolas GRIMALDOS OSORIO, 2022 Thesis Prize of the SCF inter-division Energy
The transversal Energy division of the “Société Chimique de France” (SCF) awarded its thesis prize to Nicolas Grimaldos Osorio, who graduated in 2022 from the University of Lyon in joint supervision with the University of...
“Demain, mais en mieux !” 2023 Festival
“The universe that brings together those who dream of tomorrow’s world” After the success of last year’s edition, “Demain, mais en mieux” returns on February 4 and 5, 2023 at Eurexpo Lyon within the Yggdrasil...
ELOBIO : the 100th EIC Pathfinder grant
The European project ELOBIO (Electrolysis of Biomass, visit the website), coordinated by IRCELYON, is the 100th EIC Pathfinder grant! The long-term vision of the ELOBIO project (3,998 M€ over 4 years) is the large-scale production of green...
“Perovskites or not perovskites”
Scientists from the Institut des matériaux de Nantes Jean Rouxel (CNRS/Nantes Université),in collaboration with chemists from our laboratory (CNRS/Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University) have joined forces to develop a very advanced Machine Learning tool that...
Nuno Rocha Batalha, new CNRS recruit
Nuno Rocha Batalha join the “Ingénierie, du matériau au réacteur” (ING) team of our laboratory as “Chargé de Recherche”. Nuno had previously completed a post-doctorate at Ircelyon in the “Catalyse Hétérogène pour la Transition Énergétique”...
The periodic table of chemists confronts the limits of the earth system
Elsje Alessandra Quadrelli ING team of Ircelyon) et Xavier Carrier (Sorbonne University) co-authored an article in The Conversation journal on the evolution of the periodic table by the European Chemical Society (EuChemS).This new table takes...
SMOLAB International Research Project
The Small Molecule Laboratory (Smolab) is an International Research Project (IRP) inaugurated in October 2018.This collaborative work between the Institute of Integrated Cellular Materials Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University and 2 CNRS laboratories including Ircelyon (UMR5256...
Pint of Science Festival
Our laboratory participates in the Pint of Science event at Crazy Dog on Wednesday May 11, 2022 with 2 general public conferences on carbon: La Biomasse est-elle le réservoir chimique de demain ?Dorothée Laurenti PhD...
Phase Change Coordination Polymers as Sustainable Memories
Gold thiolate phase change coordination polymers are a sustainable alternative to the inorganic chalcogenides for Phase Change Memories. Indeed, they exhibit reversible solid-state amorphous-to-crystalline transitions under mild conditions of temperature and pressure and display an...
SOFA project, scholarship winner of an ERC “advanced” 2021
Congratulations to Christian George (CARE team) for obtaining an ERC “advanced” grant 2021! Aerosols and clouds are key components of the atmospheric system. These small particles suspended in the air, with diameters from a few...
