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Institut de Chimie Physique - UMR8000

The Institut de Chimie Physique (Institute for Physical Chemistry) is a joined research unit of the CNRS and the Université Paris-Saclay, located on the Orsay campus. Its research activities are anchored in Chemistry, including interdisciplinary projects at the interface of Physics and Life Sciences. Its 140 members, including permanent staff, PhD students, post-doc researchers and interns lead a research activities encompassing several topics: method developments in analytical chemistry, modelling and time-resolved spectro-imaging, chemistry under ionizing radiation, spectroscopy and photo-induced processes, nano-objects : synthesis, characterization, applications, redox biology and biological analysis. Our research work finds applications in multiple fields such as the production and storage of green energy, sustainable growth through photocatalyzed waste treatment, as well as biomedical diagnostics, imaging and nano-medicine.

ICP News

PhD Defense of Emeline Boyer

Emeline BOYER from the ThéoSim group will defend her thesis on Tuesday, September 22nd. "Investigating the solvation of flexible molecules and the local organization of unconventional solvents by molecular simulation of...

NOXROS 2026

The next GDR NOXROS meeting (GDR CNRS-2039) will be held at the Centre Paul Langevin in Aussois, from Monday, November 30 to Wednesday, December 2, 2026. These meeting days will...

5th CPPS Summer School

The 5th edition of the summer school “Physical Chemistry and Contemporary Societal Challenges” organized by the Paris-Saclay Physical Chemistry Federation (CPPS) will take place from June 29 to July 3...

HDR Defense of Marine de Person

Marine de Person, from the CAPRI group, successfully defended last week, Tuesday, May 5th of 2026, her "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches" (HDR). Title of the presentation: “Analysis of Lipids...

FEF-AI4SD Conference at KNUST (Ghana)

A three-day mini-conference was held at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana, as part of the France–Ghana bilateral programme under the Fonds d’Expertise et de...