Leaders: Guillaume Laurent, Vitor Brasiliense

Theme C: Functional and Activatable Surfaces

Smart Materials, Energy Transition

This theme aims to develop hybrid materials exhibiting novel properties (optical, charge transport, reactivity) emerging from the nanostructuring of elementary building blocks (plasmonic, carbon-based, molecular), whose control and analysis can be monitored *in situ* in real time. The projects within this theme leverage the expertise developed at PPSM in designing (meta)materials and in using nanometrology for better tracking of surface chemistry properties and reactivity. These projects seek to open new avenues in energy conversion and storage, the development of multifunctional materials for optics and multicatalysis, as well as *operando* monitoring and analysis for improved control of interfaces.

Sub-themes

C.1 Active Plasmonic Surfaces** (F. Miomandre, V. Brasiliense, J.F. Audibert, R. Métivier, G. Laurent)
C.2 Functional Hybrid Carbon Nanomaterials:** graphene, functionalized nanocarbons, carbon dots (F. Miomandre, V. Brasiliense, J.F. Audibert, E. Michel, R. Métivier, G. Laurent)
C.3 Reactivity in Confined Environments** (N. Bogliotti, V. Brasiliense, J.F. Audibert, F. Miomandre)
C.4 Nanostructuring and Nanometrology for Surface Chemistry** (V. Brasiliense, F. Miomandre, J.F. Audibert, G. Laurent)