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Soft Matter Sciences and Engineering Laboratory - UMR7615

Soft Matter Sciences study objects whose macroscopic properties are strongly correlated to their mesoscopic structure. The current importance of this discipline relies heavily on the understanding and controlled elaboration of objects at submicrometer scales. The basic concepts have been maturing for about 30 years, in particular under the impulse of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. They are based on fields as diverse as statistical physics, mechanics, hydrodynamics, surface physics and chemistry. They have irrigated new fields such as biophysics and material sciences but also shed new light on a large number of industrial problems, in particular for polymeric materials, cements, glues, detergents, etc...



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Low carbon cements by chemical activation of by-products from the steel industry

Responsible for around 8 % of global CO2 emissions, the cement industry needs to drastically (...)


Using AFM to measure the mechanical properties of lipid nanoparticles used for COVID vaccination

A team from SIMM lab has, for the first time, measured the mechanical properties of lipid (...)


Kevlar fibers damage finally revealed

Aromatic polyamide fibers, known to the general public under the trade name Kevlar® fibers, (...)


Shape and stress relaxation in gelling droplets

Encapsulation is a process that enables to protect, transport and deliver active species in (...)


Large and non linear permeability increase in hydrogel membranes

Hydrogels which are hydrophilic and porous materials have recently emerged as promising (...)


Microalgae as Soft Permeable Particles

For non-motile microalgae, colloidal surface interactions are the only factor modulating their (...)


Internal field cobalt NMR unveils new pathways for green chemistry

Carbon hydrogasification is the slowest reaction among all carbon-involved small molecule (...)


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Paula ARAUJO-GOMES received the Young Talents France 2024 Award of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Fondation For women in science for her PhD work on microalgae harvesting


Fête de la Science 2023 : science amusante avec Victoria, Wei et Artem

Observer comment une pincée de poudre magique peut capter cent fois leur volume en eau en la (...)


Best poster award (ECIS2023) for Antoine Brezault

Antoine Brezault (first-year PhD student) won the award for the best poster by a young (...)


Anne Rousseau wins the award for best poster presentation

Anne Rousseau, a first year PhD student at SIMM working on the recycling of electronic wastes (...)


Poster award at the annual day of the GFP’s Ile de France section

The Ile de France section of the French Polymer Group has organized an annual day where PhD (...)


Les travaux de Cécile Monteux à l’honneur

Porteuse du projet « Chimie et recyclage en mousse », Cécile Monteux, directrice de recherche (...)


Cavitation’s victory

During PC Focus, taking place last February, a photo contest took place. Each person being a (...)


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Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle

Soft Matter Sciences and Enginering - UMR 7615

10 rue Vauquelin
75231 PARIS CEDEX 05
FRANCE

  • Chair : J.B. d’Espinose
  • Steering Committee : A. Chateauminois, Y. Tran, B.Bresson
  • Administration : F. Decuq, D. Kouevi Akoe and S. Diakite
  • Communication : A. Hakopian & M. Ciccotti
  • Information Technology : A. Hakopian
  • Safety, Health and Environment Assistant : F. Martin & M. Hanafi

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