This is the goal of several CNRS teams, notably Alexander Farutin’s team at LIPhy.

This is the focus of the ANR ITALLIX project, led by Marie Plazanet, a CNRS researcher at LIPhy, which aims to study the migration of metal ions between two liquid phases at the molecular level.

Liquids are supposed to flow, not fold. Yet microscopic oil droplets can reliably morph into lenticular hexagrams ( six-pointed stars) while staying liquid inside.

Bastien Lebreux, a doctoral student in the MODI team, is one of the 16 finalists!

Guillemin Raymond presented the Matosthèque during the third environmental transition in research day organized by the CNRS.

Electrostatic screening in ionic liquids -the ability of ions to neutralize a charge- is actually short-range, contrary to previous observations of abnormally extended interactions.

The laboratory was present at the technology and innovation festival, which took place on February 4 and 5, 2026, at Alpexpo Grenoble.

Large-format panels illustrate some of the research activities carried out at the laboratory.

The MATERIALS 2026 international conference will be held from November 16 to 20, 2026, in Grenoble (Isère). This event is organized by the French Materials Federation (FFM), which brings together 26 scientific and technical associations involved in materials. It is part of the MATERIALS series of conferences, which have been held every four years since 2002 and have established themselves as the must-attend French-language event for all academic and industrial players in the world of materials.

Sophie Monnery (Institut Jean le Rond d’Alembert, Paris)

Irina Mihalcescu (MC2)

Hamid Kellay (Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux)

Natale Scaramozzino (BIOP)