France Unit

Unit Leader

Costantino Creton, Ph.D.

2.Creton

CNRS Research Director

ESPCI, PSL Research University, and CNRS

Research keywords:

Adhesion, Fracture, Gels, Elastomers,
Dynamic Bonds, Soft Materials



*The following members are listed in alphabetical order.

Dominique Hourdet, Ph.D.

5.Hourdet

Professor

ESPCI, PSL Research University, and Department of Chemistry, Sorbonne University

Research keywords:

Responsive Polymers, Macromolecular Assemblies, Hydrogels, Hybrid Networks



Xueyu Li, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Fellow

Global Station for Soft Matter, GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University

Research keywords:

Polymer Gels, Soft Matter, Fracture behavior, Polymer Self-assembly



Anke Lindner, Ph.D.

6.Lindner

Professor

ESPCI, PSL Research University, and Department of Physics, University Paris Diderot

Research keywords:

Complex Fluids, Active Matter, Microfluidics, Rheology, Fluid-structure Interactions



Alba Marcellan, Ph.D.

7.MARCELLAN

Associate Professor

ESPCI, PSL Research University, and Department of Chemistry, Sorbonne University

Research keywords:

Macromolecular Design, Fracture, Adhesion, Damage Mechanisms, Physical (reversible) Interactions, Polymer Fibers



Cécile Monteux, Ph.D.

CNRS Research Associate

ESPCI, PSL Research University and CNRS

Research keywords:

Emulsions, Foams, Encapsulation, Adsorption Dynamics, Interfacial Rheology, Polymers, Collloids



Tetsuharu Narita, Ph.D.

8.Narita

CNRS Research Associate

ESPCI, PSL Research University, and CNRS

Research keywords:

Hydrogel, Nonlinear Rheology, Microrheology, Light Scattering



Thomas Salez, Ph.D.

CNRS Research Associate

University of Bordeaux and CNRS

Research keywords:

Liquids at Interfaces, Glass Transition, Polymers



Dong Shi, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Global Station for Soft Matter, GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University

Research keywords:

Tough soft matter, Polymer gels



Yanan Ye, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Global Station for Soft Matter, GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University

Research keywords:

Tough Hydrogel Membrane, Block Copolymer, Self-Assembly, Rheology, Small X-ray Scattering