Solvation: Advances in Theory and Experiments (SolvATE)
SolvATE is a French network, funded by the Chemistry Institute of the CNRS, joining about forty Laboratories who share an interest in understanding solvation at a molecular level. One of the strengths of this network resides in its multidisciplinarity: theoreticians and experimentalists, chemists, physicists and engineers all expressed a strong motivation in building a playground for new collaborations and exciting projects.
Director: Francesca Ingrosso (Francesca.Ingrosso (at) univ-lorraine.fr), Deputy Director: Nacer Idrissi (Nacer.Idrissi (at) univ-lille1.fr).
Administration and financial manager: Séverine Bonenberger (Severine.Bonenberger (at) univ-lorraine.fr).
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Research Themes
Theme 1. Solvents in chemistry; towards a sustainable future.
Developing fundamental research to clarify the effect of the solvent on chemical reactivity will open important perspectives for technological and industrial applications. The interaction of specialists in the field will bring out new strategies to respond to the societal needs for environmentally friendly processes.
Coordinators: Carine Clavaguéra and Thierry Tassaing.
Theme 2. Solvation and interfaces / surfaces, nanoconfined media.
The chemical processes taking place at interfaces / surfaces and in nanoconfined environments reveal specificities that can be used to design a new chemistry in solution. The presence in this network of researchers working in very diverse environments (from fundamental research in physics and chemistry to process development in the industrial context) is a key factor to promote interactions and the developement of new technologies. Indeed, many applications in the field of chemical engineering can be envisaged (distillation, extraction, development of new materials, electrochemistry).
Coordinators: Laurent Joly and Denis Morineau.
Theme 3. Solvation in systems of interest in the biological and pharmaceutical field and for food processing. From fundamental research to process design, the members of this group work to bring innovative insights into biological phenomena that are sensitive to the environment, to enable the development of biocompatible technologies and original analytical approaches.
Coordinators: Anne Milet and Frédéric Affouard.
Participating Laboratories and contacts
| Contact | Laboratory |
| Affouard | UMET Lille |
| André | LCPME Nancy |
| Bendeif | CRM2 Nancy |
| Billard | LEPMI Grenoble |
| Mezzetti | LRS Paris |
| Clavaguéra | ICP Orsay |
| Coudert | IRCP Paris |
| Cornaton | IC Strasbourg |
| Duboisset | IF Aix-Marseille |
| Duboué-Dijon | LBT Paris |
| Dumarcay-Charbonnier | L2CM Nancy |
| Filhol | ICGM Montpellier |
| Fleurat-Lessard | ICMUB Bourgogne |
| Fourmentin | UCEIV Côte d’Opale |
| Gaigeot | LAMBE Evry |
| Guillaumont | LILA CEA Marcoule |
| Idrissi | LASIR Lille |
| Ingrosso | LPCT Nancy |
| Jacquemin | CEISAM Nantes |
| Joly | ILM Lyon |
| Lagrost | ISC Rennes |
| Le Caër | NIMBE Saclay |
| Legrand | IG Paris-Sud |
| Lerbret | PAM Dijon |
| Laage | PASTEUR Paris |
| Malikova | PHENIX Paris |
| Medina-Gonzalez | LOF Bordeaux |
| Michel | LC ENS-Lyon |
| Milet | DCM Grenoble |
| Morineau | IP Rennes |
| Andanson | IC Clermont Ferrand |
| Paquin | ISC Rennes |
| Spezia | LCT Paris |
| Plazanet | LIPhy Grenoble |
| Réal | PHLAM Lille |
| Schurhammer | CMC Strasbourg |
| Sirjean | LRGP Nancy |
| Szymczyk | ISC Rennes |
| Tassaing | ISM Bordeaux |
| Vigier | IC2MP Poitiers |
| Zehnacker-Rentien | ISMO Paris Saclay |