Patrice Rannou

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ABOUT PATRICE RANNOU

The Rannou Group @ CNRS/UMR5279-LEPMI Lab. is looking for -(Under)Graduate+PhD Students & Postdoctoral Fellows: Motivated Chemists/Physicists/Materials Scientists with Special Interests in Functional Soft-Matter are Invited to Join -(Inter)National Academic, SME or Industrial Partners for Joining Forces in Cutting-Edge (Inter)National Collaborative Research Projects Research Areas where Dr. Rannou is currently (or has been) Active -Functional Synthetic/Bioinspired (Multi-Block)(Macro/Supra)Molecules -Functional Thermotropic/Lyotropic Liquid Crystals -Hierarchically Self-Organized (Bioinspired & Biosourced) Pi-Conjugated (Semi)Conducting Materials -Hierarchically Self-organized (Bioinspired & Biosourced) Ionically Conducting Materials -Organic/Plastic & (Supra)Molecular (Opto)Electronics, Bioelectronics & Iontronics -Energy Conversion (PEMFC), Harvesting (Thermoelectric Generator/Cooler, Hydrovoltaics) & Storage (Battery & Supercap.)-Nanoionics/Nanofluidics Dr. Rannou\'s Research Overview In a nutshell, multi-scale/physics structures/property (electronic, ionic, protonic transfers) correlations within self-assembled and hierarchized synthetic & bioinspired functional (liquid crystalline) materials to address UN SDG N°7 Through the rational design, controlled synthesis, circular chemistry and advanced processing of functional (synthetic & bio-based/sourced (e.g. DNA, Peptide, Protein) smart materials (oligomers & homo/block co-polymers, dendrons/dendrimers, block molecules) aiming at encoding complex and efficient functions through hierarchical self-assembly processes across (nano->macro) length scales, Dr. Rannou’s research activities deal with boosting efficiencies of electronic, ionic, and protonic transfers @ work within active layers of (opto)electronic active devices (ICTs: Organic (Bio)electronics), proton exchange membranes of fuel cells (Energy conversion), of thermoelectric devices (Thermoelectric generators & coolers (TEGs vs. TECs)), and solid-state electrolytes of batteries & supercapacitors (Energy storage). Dr. Rannou combines these (bio)material science approaches with the developments of (lab & large scale facility-based) multimodal platforms (at the LEPMI Lab./MIEL Team & ESRF large scale facility)) allowing in depth (in situ and operando) studies to access (defect-free) intrinsic and ultimate electronic, ionic, and protonic transfer performances of functional soft materials towards next generation applications within the fields of ICTs (Nano/Bioelectronics) and Energy conversion, harvesting & storage (Nanoionics/Nanofluidics).