Institut Charles Sadron News

Microbubbles with a shell of nanodiamonds for diagnostic and therapy
2020-10-02

Microbubbles with a shell of nanodiamonds that have a potential for bioimaging and cell therapy have been prepared and studied at the ICS in collaboration with the Institut de Chimie of Clermont Auver

Investigation of thermodynamic phases of lipids via Machine Learning algorithms
2020-09-23

We recently published a PCCP article showing that machine learning can be used to investigate the thermodynamic phase transition in membranes.

Antibacterial peptidic assembly
2020-09-15

A peptide-based coating was obtained thanks to the action of an enzyme, immobilized on the surface, inducing its localized self-assembly and giving it a bactericidal effect superior to the peptide in

Chirality impact on hydrogen-bonded semiconductors
2020-09-10

Hydrogen bonds can efficiently guide the self-assembly of organic materials, enabling to tune the properties of the aggregation processes...

Hyperbranched polymers on UCNPs
2020-06-18

The growth of hyperbranched polymers from the surface of upconversion nanoparticles was investigated.

Newsletter
2020-06-11

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Soft Matter Experimentalist
2020-05-29

We are looking to hire a junior permanent researcher (CR, CNRS) in experimental soft matter physics. Applications for first round before 20/08/2020.

Progressive re-opening of the ICS
2020-05-20

After two months of closure due to Covid-19, the ICS opened its doors again since 11th of May 2020.

Antibacterial Nanocoatings
2020-05-18

An antibacterial nanocoating, non-toxic for human cells, has been developed based on polyphenols and collagen.

#Covid-19 : ICS closed
2020-03-28

Following the sanitary crisis in France, ICS is closed.

IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast 2020
2020-02-07

Next 12th of February the worldwide IUPAC event to support women in science will be celebrated at Institute Charles Sadron

Guanidinium as trigger of UCST
2020-02-06

The UCST behavior of cationic comb polymers with pentaarginine side chains is attributed to the stacking of guanidinium groups.