ABOUT US
The PHOTON DROP project brings together academic partners having complementary skills and expertise in the use and synthesis of NHCs, photopolymerization, ROMP, ROP and polymerization in dispersed media. It involves 3 french academic laboratories:
- Institut Charles Gerhardt de Montpellier (ICGM)
- Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M)
- Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO)
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- Photolatent NHC synthesis and characterization
- PhotoROP (solution, bulk and miniemulsion)
- Photochemistry of photolatent NHC
- PhotoROMP (solution, bulk)
- Other photopolymerization systems
- PhotoROMP mechanism study
- PhotoROMP (solution, miniemulsion)
Permanent researchers
Julien PINAUD
Coordinator of the project
Assistant-Professor at University of Montpellier
Abraham CHEMTOB
Expert in Photopolymerization
Assistant-Professor at University of Haute-Alsace
PhD Students and Postdocs
Emeline PLACET
Develop Photolatent NHC and PhotoROP
PhD Student at University of Montpellier (2015-2018)
Thi-Kim Hoang TRINH
Photochemistry of Photolatent NHCs and photoROMP
PhD Student at University of Haute Alsace (2017-2020)
Valérie HEROGUEZ
Expert in ROMP and Miniemulsion
Director of Research at University of Bordeaux
Patrick LACROIX-DESMAZES
Expert in Miniemulsion
Director of Research at ENSCM
Loïc PICHAVANT
PhotoROMP in Miniemulsion
Postdoctoral fellow at University of Bordeaux
(2017-2018)
Shashikala INDUDHARA SWAMY
PhotoROP in Miniemulsion
Postdoctoral fellow at ENSCM
(2018-2020)
Master and Bachelor Students
Floriane CRESTEY
Synthesis of multifunctionnal cyclic esters for the preparation of biodegradable cross-linked materials by photoROP
Master (ENSCBP) internship at ICGM-IAM (2017)
Andrea Tatiana ACERO MOLANO
Development of cross-linked films based on polyesters and polycarbonates by PhotoROP
Master (ENSCM) internship at ICGM-IAM (2018)
Bao Tram VU NGOC
Application of Photolatent N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs) in Step-growth Polymerization
Master 2 (University of Toulouse) internship at IS2M (2017)