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Institut de chimie séparative de Marcoule

• Assistant Researcher

  • Jan 2016 - Mar 2017

  Objective: Investigate the adsorption properties of nanometric ion (POMs) on the soft interface Responsibilities: - Design and development of the lab experiments - Physico-chemical characterization of POM and POM/surfactants based solutions (size, shape, charge effects, etc) - Adaptation of the electroacoustic techniques for the nano-sized colloids Achievements: - Developed the protocol that allows to analyze the dynamic mobility of nano-sized colloids by electroacoustics (in collaboration with theoreticians) - I showed that POMs behave as colloidal particles and not as salts, from their self-diffusion and screening of their electrostatic repulsions



Institut de Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets

• PHD Researcher

  • Dec 2011 - May 2015

  Objective: Investigate the contributions of ion specific interactions to the balance of forces controlling aggregate structure. Responsibilities: - Synthesis of the series of cationic surfactants with given counterions and headgroup structures - Design and development of the lab experiments - Physico-chemical analysis of micellar solutions of synthesized amphiphiles - Data analysis (e.g. adaptation of the existing fitting model to fit the data) - Characterization of the interfacial properties of the aggregates in water in collaboration with other research teams - Crystallization and characterization of the amphiphiles by single-crystal X-ray diffraction - Examination of the impact of ion specific effects on the balance of forces that drives self-assembly process of amphiphile molecules Achievements: - Development of the protocol, which allows to obtain the single crystals from hardly crystalized compound. This was a challenge in our lab for many years before - I demonstrated that changing the counterions of the surfactants we can obtain different rheological properties - I demonstrated the influence of ion specific effects on the self-assembly of cationic gemini surfactants. Summarized in thesis and publications - Combination of experimental and computational approaches - Thesis conclusion: I demonstrated that hydration free energy is the parameter, which has major effect of the ion specific effects