ICP News
Inauguration Day of the MUSIICS Facility
Friday, December, 19th 2025 ICP, Bâtiment 349, Salle Magat Free but mandatory registration: https://musiics.sciencesconf.org Program: Welcome 9h30, coffee 10h Opening remarks (Bat 349 - Salle Magat) - Introduction (Alexandre Dazzi) -Head of ICP (Guillaume van de Rest) -Representative of Société Bruker (Peter de Wolf) -Representative of DIM PAMIR (Loic Bertrand) -Representative of PEPR Origins...
Nature-inspired clay nanotubes to produce hydrogen without precious metals
Communiqué "En direct des Labos" de CNRS CHIMIE sur les travaux du groupe TEMiC CNRS Chimie highlights recent work by Yassine Naciri, Jian Li, Wahid Ullah, Mohamed Nawfal Ghazzal and collaborators: "Nature-inspired clay nanotubes to produce hydrogen without precious metals" Scientists at the CNRS have recently developed geo-inspired iron-doped nanotubes capable of efficiently electrolysis water,...
PhD Defense of Théo Beguin
Théo BEGUIN from the CPSysBio group will defend his thesis on Thursday, November 27th. "Spectroscopic and molecular characterizations of photochemical reactions involved in the photobleaching of fluorescent proteins" This PhD was realized under the supervision of Marie ERARD and Hélène PASQUIER. The defense will take place at 2 p.m. in Salle Magat (Bât 349 Rue...
Work by the ThéoSim group featured on the front cover of ChemPhysChem
Raphaël Vangheluwe, Carine Clavaguéra, Minh-Tue Truong, Dominik Domin, Nguyen-Thi Van-Oanh and their collaborators recently published their work combining machine learning and theoretical chemistry. This was the subject of an article in ChemPhysChem and also the front cover image for the issue: "Accelerating the Structure Exploration of Diverse Bi–Pt Nanoclusters via Physics-Informed Machine Learning Potential and...
Thomas Boukéké-Lesplulier winner of the prize for best oral presentation at RCP2025 !
Several ICP members attended the Rencontres de Chimie Physique (RCP2025) of the SCF/SFP Physical Chemistry Division, which took place in Aussois from September 15 to 17, 2025. Congratulations to Thomas Boukéké-Lesplulier, who is currently doing his thesis in the ThéoSim group, for winning the prize for best oral presentation. "Exploring the mechanisms of damage of...
Internships for teenagers
L’Institut de Chimie Physique (ICP) peut vous accueillir pour vos stages de troisième sur deux sessions du 15 au 19 décembre 2025 ou du 16 au 20 février 2026. Chaque groupe sera constitué de 4 élèves maximum par session. Le stage a pour but la découverte des métiers de la recherche en lien avec la...
ELYSE Workshop
The Institut de Chimie Physique (ICP) is hosting the ELYSE Workshop dedicated to radiation chemistry, supported by the IRP/CNRS. The event will take place on October 3, 2025, starting at 8:40 am, in Building 300 on the Vallée Campus of the Faculty of Sciences at Université Paris-Saclay in Orsay. This conference will bring together national...
PhD Defense of Julia Attard
Julia ATTARD from the ThéoSim group will defend her thesis on Tuesday, September the 16th. "Molecular simulation study of the photophysical properties of chlorophylls in the gas phase" under the supervision of Aurélien DE LA LANDE (ICP) et the co-supervision of Philippe CARBONIERE (IPREM / UPPA de Pau). The defense will take place at 2...
PhD Defense of Nicolas Solem
Nicolas SOLEM from the CAPRI group will defend his thesis on Friday, July 11. "Ion-molecule reactions for astrochemistry: Isomeric effect on HCO+ and HOC+ cation reactivity and CN- and C3N- anion reactivity". under the supervision of Roland THISSEN et le co-supervision of Claire ROMANZIN. The defense will take place on July 11, 2025, at 2...