The INPACT team focuses on a variety of current topics, including green energy conversion and storage, as well as environmental pollution remediation, through fundamental and applied studies of charge carrier dynamics, interfacial photophysical phenomena, photoelectrochemistry, and the plasmonic properties of nanoparticles. We synthesize metallic nanoparticles, inorganic semiconductors (TiO₂-based photocatalysts, perovskites, etc.), conjugated polymer nanostructures, and composite materials.

The team employs advanced synthesis and characterization techniques:

• • • • • • • • Radiolysis (⁶⁰Co panoramic gamma source and ELYSE electron beam)
              • Transient Absorption Spectroscopy (TAS)
              • Time-Resolved Microwave Conductivity (TRMC)
              • Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy (SFG) (Héméra)
              • Photocatalytic Action Spectroscopy (AS)
              • High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
              • Gas Chromatography (GC)
              • Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
              • Electrochemistry (voltammetry, EIS, etc.)
              • UV-Vis-IR Spectroscopy

The team’s projects fall into two main application areas: sustainable development and health. In the field of sustainable development, the projects focus on:

• • • • • • • • The development of new nanomaterials for solar energy conversion and hydrogen generation through photocatalysis
              • Plasmonic catalysis
              • Electrocatalysts and photoelectrocatalysts for CO2 reduction
              • Nanoparticles for conductive inks

In the health domain, the team is interested in:

• • • • • • • • Nanoparticles for nanomedicine
              • Quantum and plasmonic nanostructured optical sensors at interfaces