ICL Scientific Day
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...
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ICC2024: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
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, 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...
Research careers conference
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
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...
Start of the European project UnLOHCked!
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...
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...
INL-IRCELYON seminar
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...
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/
MEANS network platforms open their doors to you
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...
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...
The surface of the aerosols modifies the composition of the air, even at night!
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...
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...
Recruitment for the DRX service of our Ircatech platform!
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...
Visit of Antoine Petit, Chairman and CEO of the CNRS
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...
Best Wishes 2023
The Ircelyon laboratory wishes you an excellent year 2023 rich in innovative scientific projects in accordance with the objectives of sustainable development!
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...
CNRS internal mobility position to be filled
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...
“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”...
A new life for our machine tools
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...
Tribute to Bernard Bigot
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,...
Visit of PhD students from Wageningen University
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...
New equipment for the Ircatech platform
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...
OPEN DAYS “Meeting academic technological platforms”
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...
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...
New catalysts to recover CO2 thanks to the sun
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...
Installation of a unique Respiratory Adsorption Unit developed by Avantium
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...
Portrait of Noémie PERRET, CNRS bronze medal 2021
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...
YGGDRASIL Festival: Tomorrow, but better!
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...
Deep learning detection of nanoparticles and multiple object tracking of their dynamic evolution during in situ ETEM studies
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...
Next SCF Rhône-Alpes day
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:...
FCCAT 2022 Conference
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...
ICEC2022 Conference
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...
Where is the COVID-AIR project?
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...
Fine particles in the air: From nanometric compounds to planetary impacts
Do you want to know more about fine particles?Find Christian George’s conference organized by the Fondation Rovaltain on January 26, 2022.
Tomorrow, but better!
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...
2022 greeting card and new logo
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...
CNRS internal mobility position to be filled
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...
2022 James J. Morgan Environmental Science & Technology Early Career Award
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...
Workshop XPS : Systematic and collaborative approach to problem solving using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
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...
Video interview at Pollutec 2021
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.
In the “skin” of the ocean
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...
Converting CO2 into “green” methanol
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...
#OneOceanScience
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:...
CNRS talent ceremony 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,...
“Jeudis du GECat” September 23, 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...
POLLUTEC 2021
Find us on the stand of the CARNOT MICA institut at the POLLUTEC 2021 fair from 12 to 15 October 2021 at Lyon Eurexpo.
Launch of the book “Étonnante chimie”
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...
Collaboration with Avantium
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...
Photoelectron spectroscopy webinar
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...
IRC@TECH characterization platform
The laboratory characterization platform is pleased to present its new name IRC@TECH and its logo!More info on the dedicated page here.
GECat Thursdays: awards ceremony
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,...
SCF21 catalysis Congress
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...
Congratulations to David who received the CNRS silver medal 2020.
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...
DivCat thesis prize 2021
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...
Expert opinion on CO2
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...
GECAT 2021 Virtual congress
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...
Catching the breath facing COVID-19
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 “L’étonnante chimie” at the confluence museum
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,...
Structures and reactivity of peroxy radicals and dimeric products revealed by online tandem mass spectrometry
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...
Ambient air pollution control: the Platinum track
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...
Collaboration with Swagelok for the production of equipment
Testimony of a fruitful collaboration between Patrick Gélin and Laurence Massin (ATARI team) with the Swagelok company.
IRCELYON Scientific Meetings: NAP-PES state of the art and future developments
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...
These new nano-porous materials
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...
Successful “Fête de la Science” 2020
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...
Scale4MAT web conference
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...
SCF Rhône-Alpes webinar
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...
GECat 2021
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...
DivCat Awards 2020 Webinar
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...
DivCat news
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
Green hydrogen, innovative work
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...
“Fête de la Science” 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
COVID-AIR project: it works!
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...
Café de la Chimie
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...
Degradation of gynecological implants
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...
Orbitool : software for Orbitrap data analysis
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...
Gold in a fibrous and vitreous state
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...
Detecting Covid-19 by the expired air?
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...
Candidature ICC 2024
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/
What is the impact of confinement on air quality?
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
Green Chemistry 2020 Emerging Investigators
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...
COVID-19 : chemistry lab actions
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...
Donation of masks by the University of Fudan in Shanghai
« 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...
A column in the newspaper Le Monde
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...
Projet “On s’adapte” de Canal+
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...
DivCat 2020 Thesis Award
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...
COVID-19 – IRCELYON and ILM in support of mask efficiency tests
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...
Nanocrystals to create UV from solar radiation
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...
Photosensitization worsens the formation of atmospheric ultrafine particles
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...
Partnership with the institut Carnot MICA
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...
Conference Or-Nano LYON 2020
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...
Article dans Les Echos – Un catalyseur qui transformera le CO2 en carburant
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...
Microporous Macroligands for Everlasting CO2 Conversion
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...
Congrès du GECat Hendaye du 25 au 28 Mai 2020
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 :...
Vibrational spectroscopies & Nanomaterials
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
BARCamp Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
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...
On the cover of Nanomaterials, luminescent gold
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...
Public Restitution Day organized by the Labex iMUST
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...
IRCELYON is partner in IMPRESS program in the frame of SPIRE call
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...
Scientific day of the RéCaMiA microscopy network 2019
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...
Matthieu Riva winner ERC Starting Grant
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...
When single atoms aggregate at the benefit of catalysis
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...
“Sciences. Bâtir de nouveaux mondes” A book for the 80th anniversary of the CNRS
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...
Direct observation of the isomerization of aliphatic peroxy radicals
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,...
Experimental and modeling studies locate the weak spots of γ-alumina in water
“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....
IRCELYON : 60 years
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...
