Marie-Paule Pileni Adjunct Professor Professor Dr. Marie-Paule Pileni Director of the Mesoscopic & Nanometric Materials Laboratory Chair of Institut Universitaire de France University P & M Curie, Paris VI Postal Address: Université Pierre et Marie Curie Case 52, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris cedex 05 Phone: 33 1 44 27 25 16 Fax: 33 1 44 27 25 15 Website: http://www.sri.jussieu.fr/ E-mail Marie-Paule Pileni

 

Blaise Pascal Medal, European Academy of Science - 2005; Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences - 2004; Descartes-Huygens Prize, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences - 2004; Research Award of the Alexender von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) - 2003; Member of European Academy of Science - 2003; Doctor Honoris Causa , Chalmers University, Göteberg, Sweden - 2002; Lecture award of Japanese Chemical Society, Division of Colloids and Surface Science - 2001; French citation laureate, Institute of Scientific Information. Award for most quoted French scientist between 1981 and 1998 - 2001; Langmuir award. American Chemical Society. Division of Colloids and Surface Science - 2000; Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur - 1999

Research Interests

Organization of nanomaterials in mesoscopic scale : collective properties
Nanomaterials : synthesis, characterisation and physical properties
Chemical modification of enzymes
Physical chemistry in condensed matter
Colloids sciences
Solar energy
Photophysic and photobiology
Photochemistry in gas phase

Recent Publications

"Mesoscopic structures maghemite nanocrystals: Fabrication, magnetic properties, and uses," Pileni MP, Ngo AT, Chem. Phys. Chem., 2005, 6 (6), 1027-1034.

"Size distribution of cobalt nanocrystals: A key parameter in formation of columns and labyrinths in mesoscopic structures," Germain V, Pileni MP, Adv. Mater., 2005, 17 (11): 1424+.

"Vibrational coherence of self-organized silver nanocrystals in f.c.c. supra-crystals," Courty A, Mermet A, Albouy PA, Duval E, Pileni MP, Nature Mater., 2005, 4 (5): 395-398.

"Silver nanodisks: Size selection via centrifugation and optical properties," Germain V, Brioude A, Ingert D, Pileni MP, J. Chem. Phys. , 2005, 122 (12): Art. No. 124707.

"Mesostructures of cobalt nanocrystals. 1. Experiment and theory," Germain V, Richardi J, Ingert A, Pileni MP, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109 (12): 5541-5547.

"Mesostructures of cobalt nanocrystals. 2. Mechanism," Germain V, Pileni MP, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2005, 109 (12): 5548-5553.

"Influence of short-range interactions on the mesoscopic organization of magnetic nanocrystals ," Lalatonne Y, Motte L, Richardi J, Pileni MP, Phys. Rev. E, 2005, 71 (1): Art. No. 011404 Part 1.

"Anisotropic copper nanocrystals synthesized in a supersaturated medium: Nanocrystal growth," Salzemann C, Lisiecki L, Urban J, Pileni MP, Langmuir, 2004, 20 (26): 11772-11777.


"'Supra' crystal: Control of the ordering of self-organization of cobalt nanocrystals at the mesoscopic scale," Lisiecki I, Albouy PA, Pileni MP, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2004, 108 (52): 20050-20055.

"Magnetic nanocrystals aligned on mesoscopic scale: Collective properties and their use ," Pileni MP, Ingert D, Lalatonne Y, Lisiecki I, Ngo AT, Motte L, Petit C, Russier V, Israel J. Chem., 2004, 44 (1-3): 243-252.