PHENIX (Physical chemistry of Electrolytes and Interfacial Nanosystems) is a joint research unit of CNRS and Sorbonne University (UMR8234), gathering 50 permanent staff (CNRS researchers, professors and associated professors and technicians) and about 40 non-permanent people (PhD, Post-Doc, Invited professors).
The research activity of PHENIX is centered on the physical chemistry of electrolytes and multi-scale interfacial materials such as colloidal systems and porous materials. One of its main characteristics is the strong coupling between experiences, numerical simulations and modeling.
The structuring themes of the UMR are:
- Inorganic Colloids (CIN)
- Electrochemistry and Ionic Liquids (ELI)
- Modeling and multi-scale experiments (MEM)
- Study of multi-scale transport by low-field NMR (transverse axis)
- 3D X-ray imaging of environmental materials and colloidal systems (transverse axis)
Team
Pierre Levitz
Research director, Commission 5, Institut National de Physique du CNRS
Deputy Director of the CARMEN joint research laboratory (Period: 2019 to June 2021)
Physics and Physico-chemistry of porous media
Morphology, structure-transport relationship in confinement, 2D and 3D imagery, SAXS, X-ray microscopy
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Laurent Michot
Research director–CNRS, Commission 30, Institut National des sciences de l’univers
Deputy Director of the CARMEN joint research laboratory (Period: from June 2021)
Physical Chemistry of colloids (clays, silica), 2D and 3D imagery, SAXS, X-ray microscopy
Pierre Illien
Junior scientist-CNRS, Commission 5, Institute National de Physique du CNRS
Theoretician, Statictical physics of dynamics of confined liquids
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Nathalie Malikova
Senior scientist-CNRS, Commission 5, Institute National de Physique du CNRS
SAXS-SANS- Quasi elastic neutron scattering. Physical Chemistry of colloids and polyelectrolytes
Guillaume Meriguet
Full Professeur, Sorbonne University
RMN (MNR relxometrie and NMR field gradent), SAXS, Physical Chemistry of colloids
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Anne-Laure Rollet
Senior scientist-CNRS, Commission 13, Institut National de Chimie du CNRS
RMN (High and low field), Physical Chemistry of colloids
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Benjamin Rotenberg
Research director CNRS, commission 13, National de Chimie du CNRS
Theoretician, Statistical theory and numerical simulations of confined fluids. Coarse grain methods and numerical scaling techniques for the study of confined transport
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