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David Grosso is born in 1970 in the centre of France. He is married and spends most of his free time looking about his two little daughters Emma and Charlotte.
After his graduation in 1994, he moved to London (UK) where he spent 2 years working first as a "chef" in a restaurant, then as a technician in optical glasses confection, and finally as a demonstrator at the University of Kingston. His Ph.D. work was financed by Atomic Weapon EStablishment and he defended his thesis in 1999 at the University of Surrey. After 18 months spent as a Post-doctoral fellow for Philips, he became assistant professor at the University of Paris VI in 2001. In 2007, he obtained the position of full professor in the Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP).
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Evaporation Induced Self Assembly
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His research activities, mainly developped in close colaboration with Clément Sanchez, Cédric Boissière and L. Nicole, are mainly dedicated to the elaboration of nanostructured materials (coatings, particles and patterns) through Evaporation Induced Self-Assembly (Activity I). He likes to use in situ time–resolved synchrotron-SAXS investigations to assess the phenomena involved during their elaboration processes (Activity II). He has also developed innovative techniques for thin film characterization using Ellipsometry (Activity III). For the future, he would like to carry on the latter studies so as to propose and gather more and more “bottom-up” methods for the fabrications of nano materials and devices for various applications (Activity IV).
His is co-author of around 95 articles and reviews, and has been invited in 12 international conferences. He has 10 patents, and has been granted the Donald. Ulrich Award for outstanding contribution in basic and applied science by the International Sol-Gel Society (Los Angeles 2005).
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ACTIVITY I : Elaboration of nanostructured and mesoporous films, micro-spheres, and patterns by Evaporation-Induced-Self-Assembly.
CORRESPONDING REVUES
- Design, Synthesis and Properties of Inorganic and Hybrid Thin Films having Periodically Organized Nanoporosity. Sanchez C., Boissiere D., Grosso D., Laberty C., Nicole L., Special Issue of Chemistry of Materials, 2008, in press.
- Preparation, treatment and characterization of nanocrystalline mesoporous ordered layers. Grosso D., Boissière C., Nicole L., Sanchez C. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, Vol. 40, 2006, pp. 141-154.
- Designed construction of functional mesostructured porous materials. Sanchez C., Nicole L., Boissière C., Grosso D. Advances in Science and Technology, Vol. 45, 2006, pp. 803-813.
- Mesostructured hybrid organic-inorganicthin films. Nicole L., Boissière C., Grosso D., Quach A., Sanchez C., J. Mater. Chem., Vol. 15, 2005, pp. 3598-3627.
- Design of functionalnano-structured materials through the use of controlled hybrid organic-inorganicinterfaces. C. Sanchez, G. D. A. A. Soler-Illia, F. Ribot and D. Grosso C.R. Chimie, 6 (2003) 1131-1151.
- Block copolymer-templatedmesoporous oxides G. A. A. Soler-Illia, E. Crépaldi, D. Grosso and C. Sanchez, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 8 (2003) 109-126.
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A : Ultra low refractive index and dielectric constant coatings.
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| Nanocrystalline magnesium oxyfluoride films, bearing vesicle-like mesopores, have been prepared using an easy, surfactant free, CSD. The remarkable low refractive index (n=1.09 at 700nm) and dielectric constant (k = 1.6 at 100KHz) properties are attributed to the very high porosity created during decomposition of the perfluoroacetate ligands. |
- Ultralow-dielectric-constant optical thin films built from magnesium oxyfluoride vesicle-like ollow nanoparticles. Grosso D., Boissière C., Sanchez C. Nature Materials, Vol. 6, 2007, pp. 572-575.
- Thermally induced porosity in CSD MgF2-Based optical coatings: An easy method to tune the refractive index Bass JD, Boissiere C, Nicole L, et al. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2008) 20, 17,5550-5556.
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B : Inorganic/inorganic Nanostructured Patternings (INP).
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| Nanocrystalline Highly ordered Al2O3, TiO2 or ZrO2 nano-patternings have been deposited on Si, glass, ITO, or Au substrates using E.I.S.A. in presence of PS-PEO copolymers. Such novel nano-structured heterogeneous surfaces gather the properties of the pattern matrix and that of the substrate surface since the latter is accessible through the nano motifs. |
- Periodically ordered nanoscale islandsand mesoporous films composed of nanocrystalline multimetallic oxides. D. Grosso, C. Boissière, B. Smarsly, T. Brezesinski, N. Pinna, P. A.Albouy, H. Amenitsch, M. Antonietti and C. Sanchez nature Materials, 2004, Vol. 3, 787-792
- A chemical solution deposition route to nanopatterned inorganic material surfaces.
Kuemmel M., Allouche J., Nicole L., Boissière C., Laberty C., Amenitsch H., Sanchez C., Grosso D. Chem. Mater., Vol. 19, 2007, pp. 3717-3725.
- Surface nanopatterning by organic/inorganic self-assembly and selective local functionalisation.Fisher A., Kuemmel M., Järn M., Linden M., Boissière C., Nicole L., Sanchez C., Grosso D. Small, Vol. 4, 2006, pp. 569-574.
- Sol-gel route to advanced nanoelectrode arrays (NEA) based on titania gold nanocomposites Laberty-Robert C, Kuemmel M, Allouche J, et al.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY, 18, 2008,11, 1216-1221. Published: 2008
- Wetting of heterogeneous nanopatterned inorganic surfaces Jarn M, Brieler FJ, Kuemmel M, et al. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2008) 20, 4, 1476-1483.
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C : Mesoporous (organically modified) silica optical coatings.
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| An EISA method leading to high quality mesoporous SiO2 thin films, exhibiting various structures (L, 2D-Hex, 3D-Hex, Cubic), porosities (20-60% vol and pore size 2-10 nm), thicknesses (20-1000nm), are reported. Ti, Zr, Al can be incorporated into the matrix, while the surface functionality can be adjusted by grafting o specific groups on the porosity surface. |
- Stability of mesoporous oxide and mixed metal oxide materials under biologically relevant conditions. Bass J.D., Grosso D., Boissière C., Belamie E., Coradin T., Sanchez C. Chem. Mater., Vol. 19, 2007, pp. 4349-4356.
- Molecular transport into mesostructured silica thin films : electrochemical monitoring and comparison between p6m, P63/mmc, and Pm3n structures. Etienne M., Quach A., Grosso D., Nicole L., Sanchez C., Walkarius A. Chem. Mater., Vol. 19, 2007, pp. 844-856.
- Advanced selective optical sensorsbased on periodically organized mesoporous hybrid silica thin films. L. Nicole, C. Boissière, D. Grosso, P. Hesemann, J. Moreau and C. Sanchez, Chem. Commun., 2004, 2312-2313
- Designed synthesis of large-pore mesoporoussilica-zircona thin films with high mixing degree and tunable cubic or 2D-hexagonalmeostructure. G. J. A. A. Soler-Illia, E. L. Crepaldi, D. Grosso and C. Sanchez, J. Mater. Chem., 2004, Vol. 14, 1879-1886.
- Metallic nanoparticles hosted in mesoporous oxide thin films for catalytic applications. Cortial G., Siutkowski M., Goettmann F., Moores A., Boissière C., Grosso D., Le Floch P., anchez C. Small, Vol. 2, 2006, pp. 1042-1045.
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D : Crystalline nanostructured oxide coatings
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50 – 1000 nm thick, highly ordered mesoporous, optical films are prepared by combining the sol-gel chemistry, the EISA approach and CSDs processes. Crystallisation of the inorganic network (i.e. TiO2, Al2O3, ZrO2, SrTiO3, MgTa2O6, NiTiO3, HfO2…) is achieved without mesostructure collapsing |
- Optimised photocatalytic activity ofgrid-like mesoporous TiO2 films : effect of crystallinity, pore size distribution,and pore accessibillity.
Sakatani Y., Grosso D., Nicole L., Boissière C., Soler-Illia Galo J.de A.A., Sanchez C. J. Mater. Chem., Vol. 16, 2006, pp. 77-82.
- Nanostructured hybrid solar cells based on self-assembled mesoporous titania thin films. Lancelle-Beltran E., Prené P., Boscher C., Belleville P., Buvat P., Lambert S., Guillet F., Boissière C., Grosso D., Sanchez C. Chem. Mater., Vol. 18, 2006, pp. 6152-6156.
- Periodically ordered nanoscale islandsand mesoporous films composed of naoocrystalline multimetallic oxides. D. Grosso, C. Boissière, B. Smarsly, T. Brezesinski, N. Pinna, P. A.Albouy, H. Amenitsch, M. Antonietti and C. Sanchez
Nature Materials, 2004, Vol. 3, 787-792.
- Synthesis, characterization and optical properties of Eu2O3 mesoporous thin films.
Castro Y., Julian-Lopez B., Boissière C., Viana B., Amenitsch H., Grosso D., Sanchez C. Nanotechnology, Vol. 18, 2007, pp. 1-7.
- Preparation, structural and optical characterization of rare earth doped mesoporous Y2O3 thin films by EISA method. Castro Y., Julian-Lopez B., Boissière C., Viana B., Grosso D., Sanchez C.Microporous mesoporous materials, Vol. 103, 2007, pp. 273-279.
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- Electrochemical investigations into ferrocenylphosphonic acid functionalized mesostructured porous nanocrystalline titanium oxide films. Martinez-Ferrero E., Grosso D., Boissière C., Sanchez C., Oms O., Leclercq D., Vioux A., Miomandre F., Audebert P. Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 16, 2006, pp. 3762-3767.
- Generation of self-assembled 3D-Mesostructured SnO2 thin films with highly crystalline framework. Brezesinski T., Fischer A., Imura K. I., Sanchez C., Grosso D., Antonietti M., Smarsly B. Small, Vol. 16, 2006, pp. 1433-1440.
- Electrochemical evidences of morphological transformation in ordered mesoporous titanium oxide thin films. Etienne M., Grosso D., Boissière C., Sanchez C., Walcarius A.
Chemical Communications, Vol. 36, 2005, pp. 4566-4568.
- Thermally stable nanocrystalline y-alumina layers with highly ordered 3D mesoporosity. Kummel M., Grosso D., Boissière C., Smarsly B., Brezesinski T., Albouy P.A., Amenitsch H., Sanchez C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Vol.44, 2005, pp. 4589-4592.
- Self-assembly and crystallization behavior of mesoporous, crystalline HfO2thin films : amodel system for the generation of mesostructured transition-metaloxides.
Brezesinski T., Smarsly B., Iimura K. I., Grosso D., Boissière C., AmenitschH., Antonietti M., Sanchez C. Small, Vol. 1, 2005, pp. 889-898.
- Highly crystalline cubic mesoporousTiO2 with 10-nm pore diameter made with a new block copolymer template. B. Smarsly, D. Grosso, T. Brezesinski, N. Pinna, C. Boissière, M. Antoniettiand C. Sanchez, Chem. Mater., 2004, Vol. 16, 15, pp.2948-2952.
- Controlled formationof highly organized mesoporous titania thin films : from mesostructured hybrids to mesoporous nano-anatase TiO2. E. L. Crepaldi, G. J. d. A. A. Soler-Illia, D. Grosso, F. Cagnol, F. Ribot andC. Sanchez, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125 (2003) 9770-9786.
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E : Mesoporous nanocrystalline oxide spheres.
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Aerosol generated E.I.S.A. titania, zirconia or alumina mesostructured micro-spheres have been prepared in presence of PEO-based block copolymers by atomisation. Crystallisation was achieved without collapsing of the mesoporosity by a careful thermal treatment. The mesoorder was found to play an important role in the involved kinetics. |
- Nanocrystalline mesoporous gamma-alumina powders "UPMC1 Material" gathers thermal and chemical stabiity with high surface area. Boissière C., Nicole L., Gervais C., Babonneau B., Antonietti M., Amenitsch H., Sanchez C., Grosso D. Chem. Mater., Vol. 18, 2006, pp. 5238-5243.
- Nanocrystalline transition metal oxidespheres with controlled multi-scale porosity
D. Grosso, G. J. A. A. Soler-Illia, E. Crepaldi and C. Sanchez, Advanced Functional Materials, 13 (2003) 37.
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F : Multimodal mesoporous silica micro-spheres.
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| Aerosol generated E.I.S.A. silica mesostructured spheres are interesting materials for catalysis, drugg delivery, therapeutic vectoring, or in separation. Various structures (2DHex, cubic, hierarchical), porosities (from macro to micro) have been combined to design original multimodal objects. |
- Mesoporous maghemiste-organosilica microspheres : a promising route towards multifunctional platforms for smart diagnosis and therapy. Julian-Lopez B., Boissière C., Chanéac C., Grosso D., Vasseur S., Miraux S., Duguet E., Sanchez C. J. Mater. Chem., Vol. 17, 2007, pp. 1563-1569.
- One-pot aerosol synthesis of orderedhierarchical mesoporous core-shell silica nanoparticles. S. Areva, C. Boissière, D. Grosso, T. Asakawa, C. Sanchez and M. Linden Chem. Comm. 2004, Vol. 14, 1630-1631.
- New hybrid bidentate ligands as precursors for smart catalysts. Goettmann F., Boissière C., Grosso D., Mercier F., Le Floch P., Sanchez C. Chemistry A European Journal, Vol. 11, 2005, pp. 7416-7426.
- New P¨Oligand grafted on periodically organised mesoporous silicas for one-pot bifunctionnalcatalysis : coupling of base catalysed Knoevenagel condensation with in situRh cataysed hydrogenation.F. Goettmann, D. Grosso, F. Mercier, F. Mathey and C. Sanchez, Chem. Commun., 2004, 1240-1241.
- Aerosol generated mesoporoussilica particles N. Baccile, D. Grosso and C. Sanchez
J. Mater. Chem., 13 (2003) 3011-3016
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Atom transfer radical polymerization of styrene and methyl metacrylate from mesoporous ordered silica particle. Save M., Granvorka G., Bernard J., Charleux B., Boissière C., Grosso D., Sanchez C. Macromoolecular rapid communications, Vol. 27, 2006, pp. 393-398.
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Core-shell effects of functionalized oxide nanoparticles inside long-range meso-ordered spray-dried silica spheres Baccile N, Fischer A, Julian-Lopez B, et al. JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (2008) 47, 2, 119-123.
ACTIVITY II : In situ time-resolved SAXS analyses of Self-Assembly Induced by Evaporation and crystallisation associated to mesoporous materials.
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A : In situ simultaneous SAXS / Interferometry investigations of Evaporation-Induced-Self-Assembly during dip-coating.
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| The Austrian SAXS line (Elettra Synchrotron) was used to investigate self-assembly of sol-gel precursors (SiO2 and TiO2) with micelle templates during chemical solution deposition. Simultaneous interferometry analysis was conducted. This study revealed the complexity of the mechanism with the critical role of the atmosphere composition. |
- Fundamentals of mesostructuring through evaporation-induced self-assembly
D. Grosso, F. Cagnol, Galo J. de A.A. Soler-Illia, E.L. Crepaldi, H. Amenitsch,A. Brunet-Bruneau, A. Bourgeois and C. Sanchez, Adv. Funct. Mater., 14 (2004) 309-322.
- A first insight inthe mechanisms involved in the self-assembly of 2D-hexagonal templated SiO2and TiO2 mesostructured films during dip-coating. D. Grosso, F. Babonneau, C. Sanchez, G. J. d. A. A. Soler-Illia, E. L. Crepaldi,P. A. Albouy, H. Amenitsch, A. R. Balkenende and Brunet-Bruneau J. Sol-Gel Science & Technology, 26 (2003) 561-65.
- Evaporation controlledself-assembly of silica surfactant mesophases. A. Gibaud, D. Grosso, B. Smarsly, A. Baptiste, J. F. Bardeau, F. Babonneau,D. A. Doshi, Z. Chen, C. J. Brinker and C. Sanchez, J. Phys. Chem. B 107 (2003) 6114-18.
- Order-disorder transitionsand evolution of silica structure in self-assembled mesostructured silica filmsstudied by FTIR spectroscopy. P. Innocenzi, P. Falcaro, D. Grosso and F. Babonneau, J. Phys. Chem. B 107 (2003) 4711-4717.
- Humidity-controlledmesostructuration in CTAB-templated silica thin film processing. The existenceof a modulable steady state F. Cagnol, D. Grosso, G. J. d. A. A. Soler-Illia, E. L. Crepaldi, F. Babonneau,H. Amenitsch and C. Sanchez, J. Mater. Chem., 13 (2003) 61-66.
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B : In situ simultaneous SAXS / WAXS investigations of mesoporous oxyde coating crystallisation during thermal treatment.
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| The Austrian SAXS/WAXS line (Elettra Synchrotron) was used to follow the crystallisation of metal oxide (TiO2, Al2O3, CeO2, SrTiO3…) mesoporous thin films during high temperature treatment. It revealed that crystallisation can be accompanied by a transformation into the grid-like structure and can be controlled so as to prevent collapsing of the mesostruture. |
- Highly porous TiO2anatase optical thin films with cubic mesostructure stabilised at 700°C D. Grosso, G. J. A. A. Soler-Illia, E. Crépaldi, F. Cagnol, C. Sinturel,A. Bourgeois, A. Brunet-Bruneau, H. Amenitsch, P. A. Albouy and C. Sanchez, Chem. Mater., 24 (2003) 4562.
- Generation of self-assembled 3D-Mesostructured SnO2 thin films with highly crystalline framework. Brezesinski T., Fischer A., Imura K. I., Sanchez C., Grosso D., Antonietti M., Smarsly B. Small, Vol. 16, 2006, pp. 1433-1440.
- Preparation of multinanocrystalline transition metal oxide (TiO2-NiTiO3)thin films porous cubic mesostructures. Ortis D., Boissière C., Grosso D., Albouy P. A., Amenitsch H., AmorosP., Sanchez C.N.J.C., Vol. 29, 2005, pp. 141.
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C : In situ SAXS investigations of Evaporation-Induced-Self-Assembly during aerosol generation.
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The Austrian SAXS line (Elettra Synchrotron) was used to investigate self-assembly of sol-gel precursors (SiO2 and TiO2) with micelle templates during aerosol generation of submicronic particles in air. It confirmed the critical role of the temperature of evaporation that allows adjusting the water composition during EISA. |
- First in situ SAXS studies of the mesostructuration of spericalsilica and titania particles during spray-drying process. C. Boissière, D. Grosso, H. Amenitsch, A. Gibaud, A. Coupé, N. Bacille, C. Sanchez, Chem. Comm., 22 (2003) 2798.
ACTIVITY III : specific ellipsometric EEP and TEA analyses of thin films.
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A : Environmental Ellipsometric Porosimetry (EEP)
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| In situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry analysis of thin porous layers is used to measure the variation of refractive index and thickness during water chemisorption and condensation into the porosity. The resulting isotherms are then modelled to extract porosity, pore size distribution, homogeneity and transversal mechanical compressibility.
Analysis can be perform for external laboratory : see ATF
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B : Thermal Ellipsometry Analysis (TEA)
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In situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry analysis of thin layers is used to measure the variation of refractive index and thickness during thermal treatment. The resulting evolutions are then used to assess phenomena such as densification, organic decomposition, crystallisation and sintering. Kinetic parameters can be extracted from the plots.
Analysis can be perform for external laboratory : see ATF
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- Pyrolysis, Crystallisation, and Sintering of Mesostructured Titania Thin Films Assessed by Thermal Ellipsometry, Bass J.D., Grosso D., Boissiere C. Sanchez C., JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (2008) 130, 25, 7882-7897.
- Thermally induced porosity in CSD MgF2-Based optical coatings: An easy method to tune the refractive index Bass JD, Boissiere C, Nicole L, et al. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (2008) 20, 17,5550-5556.
ACTIVITY IV : Applications as fuel and photovoltaic cells, sensors, catalysis...
TiO2-based Photovoltaic cells and photocatalytic devices
- Optimised photocatalytic activity ofgrid-like mesoporous TiO2 films : effect of crystallinity, pore size distribution,and pore accessibillity.
Sakatani Y., Grosso D., Nicole L., Boissière C., Soler-Illia Galo J.de A.A., Sanchez C. J. Mater. Chem., Vol. 16, 2006, pp. 77-82.
- Nanostructured hybrid solar cells based on self-assembled mesoporous titania thin films. Lancelle-Beltran E., Prené P., Boscher C., Belleville P., Buvat P., Lambert S., Guillet F., Boissière C., Grosso D., Sanchez C. Chem. Mater., Vol. 18, 2006, pp. 6152-6156.
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Mesoporous thin films as sensors
Mesoporous materials for catalysis
- New hybrid bidentate ligands as precursors for smart catalysts. Goettmann F., Boissière C., Grosso D., Mercier F., Le Floch P., Sanchez C. Chemistry A European Journal, Vol. 11, 2005, pp. 7416-7426.
- New P¨Oligand grafted on periodically organised mesoporous silicas for one-pot bifunctionnalcatalysis : coupling of base catalysed Knoevenagel condensation with in situRh cataysed hydrogenation.F. Goettmann, D. Grosso, F. Mercier, F. Mathey and C. Sanchez, Chem. Commun., 2004, 1240-1241.
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Metallic nanoparticles hosted in mesoporous oxide thin films for catalytic applications. Cortial G., Siutkowski M., Goettmann F., Moores A., Boissière C., Grosso D., Le Floch P., anchez C. Small, Vol. 2, 2006, pp. 1042-1045.
Biologically relevant applications
- Mesoporous maghemiste-organosilica microspheres : a promising route towards multifunctional platforms for smart diagnosis and therapy. Julian-Lopez B., Boissière C., Chanéac C., Grosso D., Vasseur S., Miraux S., Duguet E., Sanchez C. J. Mater. Chem., Vol. 17, 2007, pp. 1563-1569.
- Stability of mesoporous oxide and mixed metal oxide materials under biologically relevant conditions. Bass J.D., Grosso D., Boissière C., Belamie E., Coradin T., Sanchez C. Chem. Mater., Vol. 19, 2007, pp. 4349-4356.
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