Design and synthetic engineering of OMSs

 

This topic focuses on the design and the synthesis of organized molecular systems, based on functional organic molecules which are genuine building blocks that self-assemble on the mesoscopic scale.

All these systems constitute a library in which to pick up, to give tunable systems suitable for the chosen area of application. Having a strong emphasis on sustainable chemistry, the synthetic challenge will be to follow as many green chemistry principles as possible, e.g. molecular economy, the use of natural renewable resources, bio-based and bio-inspired molecules…

Examples of biosourced or bioinspired architectures, DNA, lipopeptide, and amphiphilic dendrimer derived from sugars

In order to control them, a better understanding of the driving forces of self-assembly is one of our main targets. The final aim is to establish structure / aggregation correlations, and therefore conceive tunable systems, which can be used in various applications.

 

In parallel to the standard physico-chemical studies that are usually run in aqueous medium, the self-assembly of our systems is also studied in non-conventional structured media. The objective is to understand and rationalize the formulation of these OMSs in these media.