Université Blaise Pascal – Institut Pascal

• Shaping, characterization and optimization of phthalocyanine thin films as sensitive layer for gas sensing structures
• Investigation on the potentialities of organic and inorganic semiconductors as sensitive material in chemical microsensors
• Interpretation and modelling of gas/materials interaction processes
• Investigations and characterizations of organic and inorganic materials for the development of integrated filtering layers on sensors
• Implementation of nanocarbonaceous materials as sensitive layer or efficient filter for selective gas monitoring
• Functionalization of nanocarbonaceous materials for the development of original sensing devices
• Development of high–performance gas sensor microsystems
• Coordinator of the national project on the elaboration of gas sensing devices based on semiconductors for the metrology of gaseous atmospheric pollution (POLL–CAP)
• Coordinator of the national project on sensing composite structure–based microsystem devoted to the selective measurement of benzene, toluene and xylenes (CAP–BTX)

• Elaboration of organic molecular semiconductors (metallophthalocyanines) and inorganic semiconductors (indium Phosphide, carbon nanomaterials) thin films as sensitive element of gas sensors
• Implementation and functionalization of nanocarbonaceous materials as sensitive films for gas sensors application
• Electrical characterizations of semiconductors–based gas sensors
• Implementation and functionalization of nanocarbonaceous materials as sensitive films for gas sensor application
• Investigation and characterization of nanocarbons as chemical filters for selective removal of pollutants
• Characterization of chemical and physical gas/material interaction processes
• Development and optimization of resistive structures, insulator–semiconductor and metal–semiconductor heterojunctions
• Investigations on new sensor systems based on a multi–transducer approach (conductometric, QCM, heterojunctions) for identification of gas/material involved and for original sensing devices
• Development of relevant working methodologies for sensor enhancement
• Calibration of sensors towards low gas concentrations
• Development of virtual instruments dedicated to measurement under well–controlled atmospheres
• Development of microsensors for air quality control

• Preparation and characterization of carbon nanomaterials (examples of CNTs) dispersion
• Covalent and non–covalent functionalisation of carbon nanomaterials
• Elaboration and characterization of Carbon nanomaterials–hybrids materials
• Elaboration of CNTs–based sensors dedicated to atmospheric pollutants (NO2, O3 and BTX)
• Preparation of sensing material based on III–V semiconductors (InP)
• Experiments under low gas concentration range in artificial and real atmophere
• Development and calibration of microsensor
• Investigations on nanocarbons as sensitive materials
• Characterization of chemical and physical gas/materials interaction processes
• Development and optimization of resistive structures and metal–semiconductor heterojunctions for gas sensor applications
• Design of new sensing devices combining different transduction modes for understanding the gas/material interactions
• Development of the dispersion methods for the elaboration of low cost sensors devices