Dilute bismide semiconductor alloys are key materials for the development of third generation solar cells, thanks to their remarkable electronic properties.

CEMES has the unique expertise to prepare carbon nanocones by a Time-of-Flight CVD process. These cones exhibit amazing conducting properties which make them electron emitters for cold-field emission guns with unprecedented performances,...

Mastering the synthesis of isolated core-shell nanocrystals having a thermally stable designed morphology is one of the main challenges to be faced for opening the route to new applications of multi-functional NPs.The FUN project focuses on...

As well as pressure and chemical doping, a high magnetic field permits to tune the fundamental properties and induce quantum phase transitions from a magnetically-ordered to a paramagnetic state in strongly-correlated-electron systems.

The mass of a nanostructure, e.g. a silica nanosphere, is between 10-21–10-24 kg, thus comparable to about ten of hemoglobin molecules or about 10 viruses. The study of such nanostructures is interesting as they form a bridge between the...

Developing renewable energies is a current wide-ranging societal challenge. Photovoltaics and photocatalysis are two approaches that valorise solar light by producing charge separation in materials. The objective of the PhoCatSA project is to...