About Condensed Matter and Nanoscience Institute
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Research in the IMCN institute focuses on condensed matter and nanoscience from the atomic and molecular levels to real materials.
This research concerns the synthesis, design, manipulation, implementation and modeling of (bio)molecules, (bio)surfaces and solid materials. The latter are characterized or simulated by means of advanced techniques, which are also sometimes developed as an inherent part of the research. The obtained compounds, materials or devices are then investigated for their functions, properties or reactivity, leading up to applications. Thematics in the frame of this general methodology, and resulting research projects conducted in the institute, lead to the study of molecules, materials, surfaces and interfaces, with a strong connotation of nanosciences, nanotechnologies and nanomaterials.
This research is conducted in four research divisions, which represent the major trends of the research groups included in the institute. These research divisions help to bring laboratories linked to different faculties around a research theme consistently developed in the institute.
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The institute also manages technological platforms whose missions are to provide technical support to research. Each platform has its management committee and its user committee.