The 2nd FEZA Young Researcher Award was awarded to Ibrahim Khalil for his innovative research on zeolites, during the 10th FEZA Conference in Naples, Italy. Zeolites, microporous materials with diverse applications (catalysis, gas separation, etc.),...
At Ircelyon, we train the researchers of tomorrow, and today we take it further by giving our PhD students a voice through a brand-new program: the Ircelyon Ambassadors! This initiative aims to highlight their work,...
Our annual Ircelyon Day took place on June 18, 2026 at the amphitheater of the University of Lyon. An opportunity to get together outside the lab for a day, but also to discover what colleagues...
On May 28, 2026, we had the pleasure of co-organizing at our facilities an Adsorption Day with our partner Microtrac. Ircelyon as a Reference Site for Microtrac Ircelyon is a reference site for Microtrac in...
We recently spoke to you about the May 2026 edition of The Laboratory Gazette, which highlights our expertise in high-resolution mass spectrometry. This same edition also features a page on the Institut de Chimie de...
A pioneering approach to examining the impacts of research The Interdisciplinary Mission of Ircelyon (MIDI) is a cross-cutting initiative launched in March 2024, in response to the call from the CNRS Ethics Committee (COMETS, Opinion...
Discover our expertise in Gazette du Laboratoire’s May 2026 feature on high-resolution mass spectrometry. This article highlights Ircelyon’s high-resolution mass spectrometry pole, specializing in atmospheric chemistry (CARE team). Cutting-edge technologyOur team employs mobile Orbitrap (Thermo...
We are recruiting a position of Study Engineer in Electron Microscopy through internal mobility via the NOEMI campaign. DutiesThe study engineer in materials science/material characterization will be responsible for experimentation and characterization of materials, particularly...
The Catalysis Division of the French Chemical Society (DivCat SCF) has announced the winners of its 2026 Awards, which annually highlight outstanding achievements in catalysis.IRCELYON is proud to include a researcher and a PhD student...
Anton Paar and IRCELYON are pleased to invite you to a technical day dedicated to advanced material characterization methods, on the Tuesday, April 28th at IRCELYON – DR7 Amphitheatre (Villeurbanne). This event will bring together...
Ircelyon welcomes young students every year in celebration of the International Womens Day and the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This event offers women from the institute, whether they hold scientific or...
On October 8, 2025, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for groundbreaking work on MOFs (Metal-Organic Frameworks) or porous coordination polymers. A field in which our laboratory, Ircelyon, has been a leader for many...
Léa Vilcocq (from the CARE team) has recently published an article titled \”Catalytic Valorization of Black Liquor for the Chemical Industry\”. This article appears in the January issue of Actualité Chimique, the journal of the...
The Year of Engineering runs from September 2025 to June 2026. The goal of this initiative is to bring together schools, research, businesses, and the general public. It highlights scientific and technological professions and knowledge...
The entire Ircelyon laboratory team wishes you a wonderful 2026! Thank you for your commitment alongside us. Together, let’s continue to innovate for a sustainable future. Discover our retrospective and relive the highlights of 2025:...
by charge.communication · Published 8 January 2026 · Last modified 23 January 2026
We are delighted to welcome Léa Vilcocq, a CNRS Research Scientist, who joined our team on October 1, 2025.Having joined the CNRS in 2016, Léa previously contributed to the work of the LGPC and then...
GDR Or-nano (Research Group)is organising its thematic school from 13 to 17 April 2026 in Cargèse, Corsica. This school is one of the highlights celebrating Or-nano’s 20th anniversary in 2026! Interdisciplinaire, l’école réunira environ 70...
As part of the CNRS internal mobility campaign (FSEP), the IRCELYON laboratory is recruiting a Research Engineer in electron microscopy. We are looking for a motivated individual to join our Ircatech characterisation platform, supporting our...
Ircelyon is pleased to present its brand new brochure. Find out about the latest highlights from the laboratory. And to find out more about our current projects, feel free to take a look at the...
by charge.communication · Published 27 November 2025 · Last modified 1 December 2025
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been in the spotlight since the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi. Several of our researchers have also been working on these...
Would you like to learn more about hydrogen and the energy transition? Ircelyon once again took part in the CNRS’s ‘Échappées inattendues’ event on 30 June 2025 at the Vaulx-en-Velin Planetarium as part of Hydrogen...
In 2025, Ircelyon committed to obtaining ‘Pro Vélo’ certification. This included participating in ‘Mai à Vélo’ (May by Bike) and maintenance workshops in June and September. What is the Pro-Vélo label? The Pro-Vélo Employer label...
The GECat 2026 conference will take place from May 18th to 21st, 2026, at the Azureva Centre in La-Londe-les-Maures (Côte d’Azur, France).The Catalysis Study Group, a committee of DivCat, brings together the entire French-speaking community in this...
Mathieu Prévot, Mickaele Bonneau, Aude Demessence and David Farrusseng contributed to the work that was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. During his postdoctoral research in Professor Omar Yaghi’s laboratory (UC Berkeley), Mathieu Prévot...
This year, we welcomed two new researchers: – Dr Ibrahim khalil, new CNRS recruit who joined in February and works within the CATREN team on the development of bifunctional catalysts for the bio-based and selective...
The GDR Thermobio is organising the VALOTHERBIO thematic school from 6 to 10 October 2025 at the Villa Clythia in Fréjus. For its second edition on the Thermochemical Valorisation of Biomass and Waste: Characterisation, Processes...
The Ircelyon Science Day took place on 1 July 2025. It was an opportunity to get together for oral presentations, coffee breaks and an outdoor buffet in the sunshine. For this event, 2 speakers have...
Thanks to the work of researchers who reproduce atmospheric chemistry in the laboratory, we are gradually learning more about cloud formation and climate. A joint study by scientists from Ircelyon (CARE team) and the University...
The IRCELYON laboratory is recognised as an institute of excellence in the field of heterogeneous catalysis, an essential area of expertise for the development of new energies. It is in this context that our colleagues...
Ircelyon has welcomed to its CARE team, Clara Inés Alcolado Olivares, a PhD student known in Spain for sharing science videos on social networks. Sharing science with society is one of our missions, and meeting...
The FCCAT 2025 Congress took place from May 19 to 23. This 4th edition was an opportunity for the French and international catalysis communities to share their most advanced research in a spirit of conviviality....
On Wednesday 9 April, we welcomed the CNRS representative in China, Fermin Cuevas, accompanied by Clarisse Munier, Head of the Africa – Middle East – India sector in the Europe and International Division (DEI). This...
Take a look at the new Operando component of the PEPR LUMA research programme (light-matter interactions) within our IRCATECH research facilities.Each month the PEPR LUMA unveils a new video presenting its research facilities. In April,...
The thesis work of Daria Ryaboshapka (CATREN team) for which she was awarded the thesis prize of the Catalysis Division of the Société Chimique de France (SCF DivCat), are also the subject of an article...
He arrived in France at the age of two with his parents, who were persecuted by the Franco regime. He lived in the Ain region before moving to Lyon in 1953. After studying at the...
The échappées inattendues are ‘events and get-togethers open to all to debate, experiment, explore and exchange ideas with scientists’. The Ircelyon laboratory took part in 2 of these events at the end of 2024: An...
IRL CINTRA of Singapore (International Research Laboratory between France and Singapore in nanoelectronics and nanophotonics) visited IRCELYON on 21 March. During this visit, Philippe Coquet (IRL CINTRA Director) introduced us to the IRL CINTRA, a...
We were fortunate to welcome back Professor Ioan-Cezar Marcu (Laboratory of Chemical Technology & Catalysis – Bucharest, Romania). He defended his thesis at the laboratory in 2002 under the supervision of Jean-Marc Millet (CATREN team)....
The next Rencontres de Chimie Physique (RCP2025) will take place from 15 to 17 September 2025 at the Centre CNRS Paul Langevin at Aussois in the Alps. These meetings will be structured around plenary sessions with...
The National PhotoEmission Spectroscopy Days (JNSPE) is the annual event of the Fédération de Recherche Spectroscopies de Photoémission FR SPE 2050 (fr-spe.cnrs.fr). Following the success of the first 3 editions of the JNSPE (Dijon 2022...
“The art of science: revealing the hidden beauty of knowledge” The first edition of Art in la Doua, a scientific and artistic exhibition, is currently being held at the Marie Curie Library at INSA Lyon,...
In the wake of the International Women’s Day on 8 March, the tenth International Day of Women and Girls in Science took place on 11 February.On these occasions, the CNRS and its laboratories have launched...
Congratulations to the distinguished members of the Société Chimique de France (SCF) 2024 edition and in particular to our colleagues Alessandra Quadrelli and David Farrusseng (from the ING team).This distinction is awarded to members who...
On 21 November, we welcomed Professor Fabio H. Ribeiro to IRCELYON, Ambassador for the Chemical Sciences in France, on his tour of France.We would like to thank him for his lecture, the discussions that followed...
The 5th Franco-Chinese Conference on Green Chemistry (FC2GChem 2024) took place in Wuhan and Shanghai in November. Nolwenn Daridon (CATREN team) was awarded the embassy prize for her thesis work. Congratulations to Nolwenn on her...
We will have the honour of welcoming to IRCELYON on November 21th, 2024, Fabio H. Ribeiro, distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. As the Ambassador in Chemical Sciences in France he will begin a...
Our former colleague Jean Massardier passed away on 20 July 2024 at the age of 88. Jean Massardier was born on 11 December 1936 in the Loire. After studying preparatory classes at the Lycée Claude...
The 4th FCCAT will take place in Ronce-les-Bains from May 19 to 23, 2025. The FCCAT is an international congress which covers all areas of catalysis, without predefined themes. You can already find the most...
Our colleague Akim (Abdel Hakim) Kaddouri sadly passed away on September 16, 2024 at the age of 65 after a short illness. Akim Kaddouri was full professor at the University Claude Bernard of Lyon since...
William de Rezende Locatel was awarded the “prix 2024 de la jeune recherche” of the Lyon metropolitan area, in the category “sciences exactes”. The aim of this prize is to highlight the integrity and social...
The DivCat office is pleased to announce that on 15 October at 9.30am, the first in a series of webinars will be held jointly by the catalysis laboratories of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation and the French...
C'DURABLE / CARE / Scientific event
by charge.communication · Published 24 September 2024 · Last modified 23 September 2024
This year’s Fête de la Science will take place from 4 to 14 October 2024 under the theme ‘Ocean of Knowledge’. There’s a packed programme of events in the Lyon and Rhône metropolitan areas. Our...
The ‘Echappées inattendues’ series of immersive lectures is back at the Vaulx-en-Velin Planetarium for season 2! On Thursday 10 October at 7.30pm, Thierry Epicier, CNRS research director at IRCELYON (MEME team) will be hosting a...
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of our colleague Jean-Marc Millet on 22 August in his 67th year.Jean Marc joined the laboratory in 1987 and retired last October. He was...
It was a great success for this 18th ICC (International Congress on Catalysis) in which our laboratory was heavily involved, whether as part of the organising team, with its many volunteers, for the ‘Roots and...
Thanks to the communications team at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon1 for its report on the EASVOLEE European research project.Matthieu Martin and Eric le Roux highlighted the work of the scientists involved in this project,...
The French catalysis community is honored to host the 18th International Congress on Catalysis, which will be held in Lyon on July 14-19, 2024. The 1st world congress on catalysis, with more than 2,000 participants...
Congratulations to all those elected to the various SCF bodies. Below are the results that will be ratified at the next Annual General Meeting, scheduled for Thursday 26 June 2024.Mathieu Prevot is elected to the...
Should researchers in chemistry, history, sociology, economics, etc. join forces to find solutions to the ecological and energy challenges?Scientists from the CNRS and a number of universities have come together in a novel, interdisciplinary approach....
The CNRS external competition recruitment campaign has started. A position of assistant engineer in BAP B Materials Sciences is open in our laboratory in the IRCATECH characterisation platform. This position will strengthen our DRX and...
The laboratory’s scientific day was held on Thursday 6 June 2024 in the amphitheatre at the University of Lyon.We would like to extend our warmest thanks to our guest speakers Damien LAAGE (CNRS Research Director...
Congratulations to our students for winning 4 prizes at the GECAT 2024 Congress, which took place from 14 to 17 May in Hendaye:
The next Rhône-Alpes Section Day will be held on 4 June 2024 at the Grenoble Alpes University at the “Maison de la Création et de l’Innovation“ (MaCI). The programme: The aim of this day is...
Air pollution and the impact of transport-related emissions remain major concerns for health and the environment.To gain a better understanding of the phenomena that occur in the atmosphere, the partners in the EASVOLEE project will...
The Plurielles exhibition “Les femmes font Villeurbanne” highlights the place of women in the city until 30 September 2024. Through various portraits of women by artist Céleste Gangolphe, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on...
Watch the first moments of the launch of the pollutant measurement campaigns in real traffic conditions (ISC*, and RDE** cycle) in the video below.These campaigns are part of the EASVOLEE European project, bringing together 8...
Once upon a time, there was the story of Pauline Bredy and her grandfather Gérard Bredy, both doctoral students at the laboratory, 57 years apart!Pauline tells us about this wonderful adventure in an interview: Your...
A special issue of Applied Catalysis A is dedicated to our colleague Jean-Marc Millet Jean-Marc joined the Institute in 1987 and has devoted over 35 years to the field of materials science and catalysis. He...
The Ircelyon and LMI laboratories are co-organising an open-access conference to bring together French and European researchers working on MOFS and other porous materials.The conference will take place on 10 and 11 June 2024 in...
The CNRS opens a “Chaire de Professeur Junior” on the subject “Materials and processes for the capture and transformation of small molecules” (M/F). Given climate change, the capture and valorization of small molecules and the...
The Molecular-Level Understanding of Atmospheric Aerosols (MUOAA 2024) workshop and school will gather scientists involved in studying atmospherically relevant aerosols at a fundamental level in the laboratory, in the field and via advanced modeling techniques...
À la une / Research facilities
by charge.communication · Published 5 February 2024 · Last modified 1 February 2024
IRCELYON and its characterisation platform IRCATECH are part of the project OPERANDO/PROTOTYPAGE of the LUMA exploratory PEPR launched in 2023. Our platform provides high-performance operando or, failing that, in-situ analysis tools. The project addresses three...
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,...
CATREN / Research facilities / Reward
by charge.communication · Published 8 January 2024 · Last modified 11 January 2024
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...
The whole laboratory wishes you all the best for 2024. The year 2023 was a rich one: recruitment, the launch of a number of projects, particularly at European level, remarkable and innovative results, scientific events,...
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...
The next GECat congress will take place in Hendaye (Pays Basque) from 14 to 17 May 2024. Please note that the deadline for submissions is Friday 22 December 2023. Find out more about the scientific programme for...
CNRS Chimie highlights a ground-breaking experiment carried out under operando conditions using an environmental transmission electron microscope. This study, published in the journal Nature Communications, enables the evolution of the microstructure of fuel cell components...
L’institut de Chimie de Lyon (ICL) is organising a science day on 9 November 2023. Find out more about the programme here. Registration is free but compulsory and must be completed by 25 October at...
The 18th International Congress on Catalysis (ICC) will be held in Lyon from 14 to 19 July 2024.It will be chaired by David Farrusseng (CNRS – IRCELYON) and Hélène Olivier-Bourbigou (IFPEN).Submit your presentations before 31...
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...
The SCF-Rhône youth network is organising a conference on research careers on 4 October 2023 from 4pm to 6pm at CPE Lyon (DOUA campus).Find all the information you need on the flyer below: Registration: https://cutt.ly/RJSCFRA
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...
by charge.communication · Published 11 September 2023 · Last modified 14 September 2023
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...
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...
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...
The kick-off meeting of the European research project UnLOHCked (2023-2026) took place on July 17 and 18, 2023 in Bilbao.This project aims to develop an innovative CO2-free technology to convert LOHC into hydrogen to generate...
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...
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...
by charge.communication · Published 26 June 2023 · Last modified 13 July 2023
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...
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...
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...
INL and IRCELYON organized on June 15, 2023 an exchange seminar between the 2 laboratories with a view to future collaborations. A friendly moment of presentations of our respective research activities and joint brainstorming. Thank...
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...
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/
Company, professional organization or entrepreneur looking for cutting-edge technology?On June 6, come and discover academic technological platforms that are members of the portal Means.fr operated by the Innovation Factory!Our Ircatech characterization platform is taking part...
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...
A team of scientists from Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l’environnement de Lyon (CNRS/Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University), in collaboration with the institut Weizmann, the University of California at Irvine and Guangzhou Technical...
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...
by charge.communication · Published 22 February 2023 · Last modified 23 February 2023
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,...
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...
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)....
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...
“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...
The laboratory is recruiting a Technician (M/F) in material characterization by X-ray Diffraction, within our characterization Ircatech characterization platform. Join our team of engineers and technicians, made up of 7 scientific departments, which offers laboratory...
We had the pleasure of welcoming Antoine Petit (Chairman and CEO of the CNRS) on Friday January 6, 2023, accompanied by Christophe Coudroy (DGDR), Jean-Luc Moullet (DGDI), Alain Schuhl (DGDS), Virginie Bonnaillie-Noël (DAPP), Bruno Figadère...
The Ircelyon laboratory wishes you an excellent year 2023 rich in innovative scientific projects in accordance with the objectives of sustainable development!
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...
As part of the CNRS internal mobility campaign (NOEMI), the IRCELYON laboratory and the “Centre de Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire à Très Hauts Champs” (CRMN) are recruiting a logistics technician. The technician will carry out his...
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 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”...
Do you know reuse?In this spirit of non-waste and respect for the environment, our mechanical workshop donated its old machine tools to make way for its machining center and CNC lathe. These machine tools therefore...
The Maison de la Chimie is organizing a symposium day in tribute to Bernard Bigot on October 18, 2022 titled “the facets of the life of a great man”. A professional life marked by excellence,...
On July 6, 2022 we had the pleasure of receiving doctoral students from the Biobased Chemistry & Technology (BCT) group from WUR University (Wageningen University & Research) from Netherlands. The opportunity for exchanges around scientific...
In 2021, thanks to the financial support of the institut Carnot MICA of Lyon and Ircelyon, the chemical and textural analysis department of the Ircatech platform renewed the optical plasma emission device (ICP-OES) and acquired...
Are you a company, a professional organization or an entrepreneur looking for cutting-edge technology?As part of the “Meet & Fabrik” week organized by the “Fabrique de l’innovation” of the University, come and meet our Ircatech...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by charge.communication · Published 31 March 2022 · Last modified 29 March 2022
The discovery of new catalysts in the field of energy and green chemistry is a major challenge for a more sustainable society.Scientists from the ING team (Catalyst and Process Engineering) at IRCELYON in collaboration with...
In the last decade, air quality, both indoor and outdoor, has become a cause of growing concern due the influx of air pollutants resulting from human and industrial activity. A such, it has become increasingly...
The videos of the CNRS 2021 medal winners arrive on the CNRS Youtube channel in the playlist Talents | CNRS! Find in particular the portrait of Noémie PERRET (C’DURABLE team), made on the occasion of...
Our researchers and doctoral students participated in the YGGDRASIL festival, on February 12 and 13, 2022, with the aim of sharing knowledge, one of the main missions of the CNRS. It is also an opportunity...
A combined approach by deep learning and computer vision has allowed to quantify automatically the evolution of a population of nanoparticles (NPs) during in situ treatments under gas and in temperature in an Environmental Transmission...
The next day of the Rhône-Alpes section of the SCF (Société Chimique de France) will be organized face-to-face on June 16, 2022, at the Savoie Mont Blanc University, at the Bourget du Lac campus. Programm:...
GECAT (Groupe d’Etude en Catalyse) and DivCat (Divisions Catalyse) are pleased to invite you to the third edition of FCCat, “French Conference on Catalysis”. Continuing the legacy of Sabatier and Chauvin, this event will be...
The 12th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis (ICEC2022) will be held during July 30 – August 2, 2022 in Osaka, Japan.the submission of abstract to ICEC2022 is already opened by March 31th. Please visit web...
Find below a video on the COVID-Air clinical study which evaluates a method to detect Covid-19 by characterizing the molecules present in exhaled air. This video was produced within the framework of European regional development...
Do you want to know more about fine particles?Find Christian George’s conference organized by the Fondation Rovaltain on January 26, 2022.
See you on February 12 and 13, 2022 at Eurexpo Lyon for a 200% immersive exhibition that is full of optimism!The CNRS will present inspiring research projects, at the heart of the new world entirely...
The Ircelyon laboratory is pleased to send you its best wishes for the year 2022 and to present its new logo!Site changes are underway and will be effective very quickly.Ircelyon wishes everyone a collaborative year...
by charge.communication · Published 10 January 2022 · Last modified 13 January 2022
As part of the CNRS internal mobility campaign (FSEP), the IRCELYON laboratory is recruiting a technician in mechanical production. We are looking for a motivated person to get involved in the instrumentation department, in support...
Congratulations to Matthieu RIVA (CARE team) for this award !The James J. Morgan Environmental Science & Technology Early Career Award, named after the first Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Science & Technology, recognizes those early career researchers...
IRCELYON’s Surface Analysis service is organizing an “online” workshop in English in collaboration with Neal Farley, designer of the CasaXPS software. This well-known and widely distributed software enables the processing of XPS data. This webinar...
Interview with Catherine Pinel, director of the IRCELYON laboratory, on our participation in the Pollutec 2021 event on the stand of our partner the CARNOT MICA institute.
On the occasion of the #OneOceanScience event (re) discover the Oceans dossier of Pop’Sciences mag to which Christian George (CARE team) contributed last year: The #OneOceanScience campaign is organized by IFREMER, under the supervision of...
Researchers from our laboratory, in collaboration with scientists from the “Institut de physique et chimie des matériaux de Strasbourg” (CNRS/University of Strasbourg), of the Hubert Curien Laboratory (CNRS/University Jean Monnet/Institut d’optique graduate school), from the...
On October 25, 2021, the international ocean science community connects around a unique digital event: the global #OneOceanScience campaign.The aim is to explain why ocean science is essential to better protect the ocean.More info on:...
by charge.communication · Published 21 September 2021 · Last modified 4 October 2021
The CNRS Talents ceremony 2021 in Rhône Auvergne will take place on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. You can follow it live on https://webcast.in2p3.fr/ The video portrait of Noémie PERRET,...
by charge.communication · Published 9 September 2021 · Last modified 13 September 2021
Les “Jeudis du Gecat” resume! To start this new academic year, come and listen to the presentations of Drs Sophie Carenco and Rogéria Bingre, both recipients of the DivCat 2021 awards.You will be able to...
Find us on the stand of the CARNOT MICA institut at the POLLUTEC 2021 fair from 12 to 15 October 2021 at Lyon Eurexpo.
On September 29, 2021 will be the launch of the book “Étonnante Chimie” published last April by CNRS Editions, in the presence of Antoine Petit, président-directeur général of CNRS, Jacques Maddaluno, directeur of Institut de...
The Avantium company is developing a new system for high throughput testing of the adsorption material used in the filters of respiratory masks for IRCELYON. The system is equipped with sensors for measuring volatile organic...
The Photoemission Spectroscopy Research Federation offers a series of webinars on scientific challenges within the federation. The first seminar entitled “Photoelectron spectroscopy: a powerful tool to probe the sample-environment interaction” will be focused on environmental...
The laboratory characterization platform is pleased to present its new name IRC@TECH and its logo!More info on the dedicated page here.
the next “GECat Thursdays” meeting will take place on July 8 from 2 p.m. and will be devoted to the GECat awards ceremony. It can be followed using the Zoom link: https://univ-littoral-fr.zoom.us/j/86505858407?pwd=TVFwS1d6V3FaU0JSL1JTb2JoN2V4QT09 On this occasion,...
The Catalysis Division of the Société Chimique de France (SCF) organize a webconference of the Catalysis session on June 29 and 30, 2021.The detailed program and the registration link are available on https://scf21-catalysis.sciencesconf.org/.Participation is free...
The CNRS 2020 medal ceremony in Rhône Auvergne, initially scheduled for November 2020, will take place on June 14, 2021 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. You can follow it live on https://webcast.in2p3.fr/live/talentscnrs video portrait...
Congratulations to Yorck Mohr, who completed his thesis in the Engineering group and will receive the DivCat-Total 2021 thesis prize during Gecat 2021. This prize rewards his work on the development of new molecular systems...
Or how this molecule playing a major role in global warming can become an ideal molecule for storing renewable energies.Find here the expert opinion of Alessandra Quadrelli (CNRS Research Director in the ING team and...
Due to the current health situation, the GECat’2021 congress will take place from Tuesday 01 June to Thursday 03 June exclusively as a web-conference.Free and without pre-registration. More info and the program on: http://gecat-2020.crihan.fr/gecat-2021/ Theme...
A Lyon consortium is working on the validation of a new method to detect COVID-19 through the characterization of molecules present in exhaled air. As simple and fast as a breathalyzer, this methodology is based...
Conference organized on Wednesday April 28 at 6.30 p.m. on the occasion of the release of the eponymous book.More informations From understanding the oceans to crafting perfumes, from designing new materials to exploring interstellar clouds,...
The chemical structure of the molecules giving rise to ultrafine particles finally unveiled by an Ircelyon team. Through the use of advanced mass spectrometry technique, Tomaz et al. have for the first time identified in...
The mechanism of operation of Platinum in Pt/CeO2 catalysts for the degradation of CO has been demonstrated for the first time. This catalyst also exhibits excellent performance at ambient temperature and in the presence of...
by charge.communication · Published 4 January 2021 · Last modified 7 January 2021
Testimony of a fruitful collaboration between Patrick Gélin and Laurence Massin (ATARI team) with the Swagelok company.
We are delighted to invite you to a series of scientific webinars around the technique “Near-ambient pressure photoelectron spectroscopy – NAP-PES” which will take place on December 11, 14 and 15, 2020.Find the program here.This...
Our colleague David Farrusseng, winner of the CNRS silver medal and member of the “Catalyst and process engineering” team, was the guest of the program “Dis Pourquoi?” from November 3, 2020 on RCF Radio. Find...
Despite the context, the “Fête de la Science” once again enabled the public to come and meet scientists.The various events offered by the CNRS were a resounding success on Saturday October 3, 2020, and in...
IFPEN and IRCELYON are pleased to invite you to follow the free web conference entitled Innovative materials : wich scale-up methodology? November 24 and 25, 2020. Catalysts are central to many industrial processes and have...
The next day of SCF Rhône-Alpes will take place in webinar mode on Wednesday January 27, 2021.Aude DEMESSENCE (Sustainable Chemistry team) will give a plenary conference on this occasion.Also on the program are 15-minute oral...
The 2020 edition, which was to mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of the GECat, unfortunately had to be canceled due to the deterioration of sanitary conditions.The members of the new board therefore invite...
The presentation of the Thesis Prize and the Young Researcher Prizes awarded in 2020 will take place on Tuesday 3 November 2020 from 2 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Usually organized during the GECAT / FCCAT...
A new office for the DivCat, a new logo and now a Twitter account @DivCatScf to follow the news.Join the SFC and benefit from its many advantages: https://www.societechimiquedefrance.fr/Adherer-a-la-SCF-les-avantages
Nicolas Grimaldos-Osorio, phD student in the CARE team of the laboratory, working on the electrolysis of polymers for the production of hydrogen. The Lyon Urban School, for which he won a thesis grant, asked him...
by charge.communication · Published 22 September 2020 · Last modified 2 November 2020
The laboratory is participating in the “Fête de la Science” 2020 with an animation on the theme “hydrogen: the fuel of the future”.The whole program is online and registrations are open on: https://www.rhone-auvergne.cnrs.fr/fr/evenement/inventons-le-futur
It is a great success for this project led by a team from Ircelyon, co-financed by the European Union within the framework of European regional development funds (FEDER).After being tested at the Croix Rousse hospital...
by charge.communication · Published 10 September 2020 · Last modified 14 September 2020
The Youth Network of the Société Chimique de France‐Rhône‐Alpes is pleased to invite you to its first popular science edition entitled: Cafés de la Chimie.For this premiere, we have chosen to tackle a very French...
When knowledge of physico-chemistry helps medicine to identify the cause of sometimes serious side effects! A study combining the skills of our laboratory with those of the company Minapath, of laboratory LAMCOS (INSA LYON), of...
A team from Ircelyon and ISA associated with Chinese and Finnish teams have developed an open source software tool called Orbitool. Equipped with a graphical user interface (GUI), this software is specifically developed to facilitate...
Researchers from IRCELYON, ILM, LMI in the University of Lyon, from Institut Néel in Grenoble, from ILV in Versailles and from Japanese teams of the University of Kyoto and Konan managed to transform gold into...
This idea from the CARE team resulted in collaboration with CIRI, ISA and doctors from the infectious disease and resuscitation departments of the Croix-Rousse hospital.A simple diagnostic method for COVID-19 has therefore been tested since...
The full proposal of the French catalysis community to host the 18th International Congress on Catalysis at Lyon (France) from 14 to 19 July 2024 is now available on ICC-Lyon2024 website:http://www.icc-lyon2024.fr/
Response from our colleague Philippe Vernoux from the CARE team in the program “Dis pourquoi ?” from RCF Radio:https://rcf.fr/actualite/social/quel-est-l-impact-du-confinement-sur-la-qualite-de-l-air
Jérôme Canivet, of the ING team, was recently invited to contribute to the collection “2020 Green Chemistry Emerging Investigators” set up by Green Chem. journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry as an emerging researcher...
In a CNRS article, Jacques Maddaluno, Director of “Institut de chimie du CNRS”, takes stock of the actions of the CNRS chemistry laboratories and its partners, to help caregivers in the face of COVID-19 and...
« Spiritual communication needs no words, only two loving hearts», these words accompany the donation of masks made by the team of Prof. Jianmin Chen namely, Prof. Hongbo Fu, Prof. Xingfu Tang, Prof. Liwu Zhang...
Christian George (CARE team) publishes a column in the newspaper Le Monde on the theme of air pollution. The opportunity to show the complexity of air chemistry, the limits of the regulatory measures implemented and...
On s’adapte est un appel à projet de scenarios de court-métrages de fiction pour des futurs “souhaitables et envisageables”. Les court-métrages produits seront diffusés sur CANAL+ en 2021.Dans ce cadre un webinar avec un chercheur...
Congratulations to Clément MAHEU (ECI2D team) for the DivCat 2020 thesis prize awarded by the SCF (Société Chimique de France) for his thesis entitled « Study of titania supported transition metal sulfides for the photocatalytic...
The Institut lumière matière (ILM, CNRS/Univ. Lyon 1) and IRCELYON labs put their know-how and instrumentation at the service of the Institut Français du Textile et de l’Habillement (IFTH) in Ecully, with the support of...
C'DURABLE / Research highlight
by charge.communication · Published 31 March 2020 · Last modified 9 April 2020
This work was carried out by physicists and chemists from the Institut lumière matière (ILM, CNRS/Univ. Lyon 1), in collaboration with IRCELYON. By studying in detail the absorption, energy transfer and emission phenomena within some...
These key results to which scientists from the IRCELYON laboratory have contributed (CARE team), are the subject of a publication by the INC (CNRS Institute for Chemistry) in its letter “En direct des labos” intended...
This partnership was the subject of a press release and a brief in “bref ECO“ in early March. The integration of IRCELYON will allow MICA to expand its presence in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes district while strengthening...
From molecular complex to gold nanoparticles The 11th Or-Nano conference will take place in Lyon, from Wednesday June 17 (2 p.m.) to Friday June 19, 2020 (1 p.m.) on the ENS-Lyon site (Amphithéâtre Descartes, 15...
by charge.communication · Published 9 March 2020 · Last modified 17 March 2020
Une étude menée par J. Canivet et F. Wisser au sein de l’équipe Ingénierie de l’IRCELYON a démontré l’efficacité d’un catalyseur solide poreux pour la valorisation du CO2 en acide formique, ouvrant des perspectives pour...
by charge.communication · Published 4 March 2020 · Last modified 16 March 2020
The team of J. Canivet and F. Wisser at IRCELYON has started 2020 by publishing in Angewandte Chemie International Edition an unprecedented heterogeneous photosystem fully integrated into a single porous matrix able to convert atmospheric...
Le prochain congrès du GECat aura lieu à Hendaye (Pays basque) du 25 au 28 Mai 2020. A cette occasion le GECat fêtera son 50ème anniversaire. Le programme scientifique sera centré sur 3 thèmes :...
January 29, 2020 Salle de conférence-BU Sciences20 Av. Gaston Berger69622 VILLEURBANNE CEDEX. Scientific day open to all. For practical reasons, please register by sending an email to Stéphane Loridant. More
Eugénie Blaser presents her thesis subject in 10 minutes. Eugénie Blaser, doctorante à l’Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l’environnement de Lyon, prépare une thèse sur le : « Craquage de CH3Cl dans le...
C'DURABLE / Research highlight
by charge.communication · Published 31 October 2019 · Last modified 3 April 2020
The development of new, more efficient and environmentally friendly luminescent materials is booming. A new coordination polymer based on Au (+ I) and thiolate ligands has been obtained and has an intense yellow emission. Its...
by charge.communication · Published 16 October 2019 · Last modified 27 January 2020
This half-day of Public Restitution of projects funded in 2016 and mobilities funded in 2018, will take place on Thursday October 24 at 2 p.m. (amphitheater of the Lederer building, Campus de la Doua). The...
We are glad to announce that IRCELYON got a H2020 grant for the development of new porous adsorbants for bio-refinery applications. The IMPRESS consortium recieved a total grant of €13 million for a 4 years...
Microscopy / Scientific event / Scientific service
by charge.communication · Published 15 October 2019 · Last modified 3 April 2020
The main purpose of this day will be to present the microscopes recently installed in the region, and their capabilities. It will take place on November 7, 2019 in the Emilie du Châtelet amphitheater, Marie...
MAARvEL project in atmospheric chemistry. Matthieu Riva is interested in the physico-chemical processes leading to the formation of new particles in the atmosphere. More specifically, MAARvEL aims to assess the role of the pressure inside...
ECI2D / ING / Research highlight
by charge.communication · Published 5 September 2019 · Last modified 3 February 2020
Single atoms hardly enjoy their isolated state, especially on weakly interacting supports. Operando experiments and DFT calculations reveal that, whereas single Pt atoms are stabilized on g-alumina under oxidizing atmosphere thanks to Pt-Oads-Alsupp bridges, they...
by charge.communication · Published 3 September 2019 · Last modified 27 January 2020
IRCELYON participation. An novel work presents, in 80 texts, how the CNRS and more generally public research have accompanied the great changes in society and contributed to building new worlds. Published by CNRS Editions under...
by charge.communication · Published 3 September 2019 · Last modified 27 January 2020
Article published in Angewandte Chemie (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201907981) Organic peroxy radicals are short-lived chemical intermediates formed by the oxidation of organic compounds (combustion, atmospheric chemistry, metabolisms …) very difficult to observe directly. A mass spectrometry technique,...
by charge.communication · Published 21 July 2019 · Last modified 27 January 2020
“Reactivity of shape-controlled crystals and metadynamics simulations locate the weak spots of alumina in water”, R. Réocreux, E. Girel, P. Clabaut, A. Tuel, M. Besson, A. Chaumonot, A. Cabiac, P. Sautet, C. Michel, Nat. Commun....
In 2019, IRCELYON celebrates its 60 years of existence and research in catalysis. For the occasion, a scientific day was organized on July 4, 2019 in Lyon:IRCELYON 2019 – Past, Present and Future. innovative Catalysis...
The 2nd FEZA Young Researcher Award was awarded to Ibrahim Khalil for his innovative research on zeolites, during the 10th FEZA Conference in Naples, Italy. Zeolites, microporous materials with diverse applications (catalysis, gas separation, etc.),...
At Ircelyon, we train the researchers of tomorrow, and today we take it further by giving our PhD students a voice through a brand-new program: the Ircelyon Ambassadors! This initiative aims to highlight their work,...
Our annual Ircelyon Day took place on June 18, 2026 at the amphitheater of the University of Lyon. An opportunity to get together outside the lab for a day, but also to discover what colleagues...
