Once synthesized, the organic or hybrid systems must be characterized, structurally and functionally. The structural characterization is performed using a variety of thechniques such as : electron microscopies (TEM, SEM), near field microscopies (AFM, STM, MFM), x-ray scattering, neutron diffusion,….
The functional characterization is performed using the most relevant technique with regards to the properties of the material : optics, magnetometry, electron transport,…
Research Activities

Recent publications :
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A.A. Andelescu, S. Ilies (b Motoc), C. Cretu, E. Popa, S. Marinescu, B. Heinrich, F. Manea, S. Negrea, B. Donnio, E. Szerb I., Pentacoordinated Liquid Crystalline Zn(II) Complex Organized in Smectic Mesophase: Synthesis, Structural and Electrochemical Properties, Applied Sciences-Basel. 12 (2022) 8306. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12168306.
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C. Burel, O. Ibrahim, E. Marino, H. Bharti, C.B. Murray, B. Donnio, Z. Fakhraai, R. Dreyfus, Tunable Plasmonic Microcapsules with Embedded Noble Metal Nanoparticles for Optical Microsensing, ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5 (2022) 2828–2838. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c04542.
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W.-J. Deng, S. Liu, H. Lin, K.-X. Zhao, X.-Y. Bai, K.-Q. Zhao, P. Hu, B.-Q. Wang, H. Monobe, B. Donnio, Ditriphenylenothiophene butterfly-shape liquid crystals. The influence of polyarene core topology on self-organization, fluorescence and photoconductivity, New Journal of Chemistry. 46 (2022) 7936–7949. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2nj00655c.
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M. La Deda, G. Di Maio, A. Candreva, B. Heinrich, A.-A. Andelescu, E. Popa, E. Voirin, V. Badea, M. Amati, B. Donnio, E. Szerb I., Very intense polarized emission in self-assembled room temperature metallomesogens based on Zn(ii) coordination complexes: an experimental and computational study, Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10 (2022) 115–125. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tc05059a.
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O. Laghzali, G.S. Nayak, F. Mouillard, P. Masson, G. Pourroy, H. Palkowski, A. Carradò, Designing maxillofacial prostheses for bone reconstruction: an overview, Emerging Materials Research. 11 (2022) 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1680/jemmr.21.00138.
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H. Lin, Q.-B. Lv, H.-F. Wang, K.-Q. Zhao, P. Hu, B.-Q. Wang, B. Heinrich, B. Donnio, Organic dyads and triads based on the triphenylene-rylenediimide couple: Molecular design, self-organization, and photo-physical properties, Dyes and Pigments. 197 (2022) 109911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2021.109911.
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H. Lin, K.-X. Zhao, M. Jing, X.-H. Long, K.-Q. Zhao, P. Hu, B.-Q. Wang, P. Lei, Q.-D. Zeng, B. Donnio, Synthesis, self-assembly and optical properties of some rigid pi-bridged triphenylene dimers, Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Early access (2022). https://doi.org/10.1039/d2tc02441a.
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G.S. Nayak, A. Carradò, P. Masson, G. Pourroy, F. Mouillard, V. Migonney, C. Falentin-Daudre, C. Pereira, H. Palkowski, Trends in Metal-Based Composite Biomaterials for Hard Tissue Applications, JOM. 74 (2022) 102–125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-04992-5.
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S. Negrea, A.A. Andelescu, S. Ilies B Motoc, C. Cretu, L. Cseh, M. Rastei, B. Donnio, E.I. Szerb, F. Manea, Design of Nanostructured Hybrid Electrodes Based on a Liquid Crystalline Zn(II) Coordination Complex-Carbon Nanotubes Composition for the Specific Electrochemical Sensing of Uric Acid., Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland). 12 (2022) 4215. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12234215.
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J.-D. Peltier, B. Heinrich, B. Donnio, O.A. Ibraikulov, T. Heiser, N. Leclerc, J. Rault-Berthelot, C. Poriel, Dispiroacridine-indacenobisthiophene positional isomers: impact of the bridge on the physicochemical properties, Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 6 (2022) 225–236. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1qm01393a.
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C. Pereira, J.-S. Baumann, P. Masson, G. Pourroy, A. Carradò, V. Migonney, C. Falentin-Daudre, Double Functionalization for the Design of Innovative Craniofacial Prostheses, JOM. 74 (2022) 87–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-04997-0.
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M.D. Pichois, X. Henning, M.A. Hurier, M. Vomir, A. Barsella, L. Mager, B. Donnio, J.-L. Gallani, M.V. Rastei, Photovoltaic and photothermal effects induced by visible laser radiation in atomic force microscopy probes., Ultramicroscopy. 241 (2022) 113601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2022.113601.
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M. Rosati, A. Acocella, A. Pizzi, G. Turtu, G. Neri, N. Demitri, Nonappa, G. Raffaini, B. Donnio, F. Zerbetto, F.B. Bombelli, G. Cavallo, P. Metrangolo, Janus-Type Dendrimers Based on Highly Branched Fluorinated Chains with Tunable Self-Assembly and F-19 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Properties br, Macromolecules. 55 (2022) 2486–2496. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00129.
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P.K. Bhowmik, J.J. Koh, D. King, H. Han, B. Heinrich, B. Donnio, D. Zaton, A. Martinez-Felipe, Dicationic stilbazolium salts: Structural, thermal, optical, and ionic conduction properties, Journal of Molecular Liquids. 341 (2021) 117311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117311.
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T. Fix, G. Schmerber, J.-L. Rehspringer, M.V. Rastei, S. Roques, J. Bartringer, A. Slaoui, Insights on hexagonal TbMnO3 for optoelectronic applications: From powders to thin films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 883 (2021) 160922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.160922.
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J.-F. Hang, H. Lin, K.-Q. Zhao, P. Hu, B.-Q. Wang, H. Monobe, C. Zhu, B. Donnio, Butterfly Mesogens Based on Carbazole, Fluorene or Fluorenone: Mesomorphous, Gelling, Photophysical, and Photoconductive Properties, European Journal of Organic Chemistry. (2021) 1989–2002. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202100108.
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C. Iacovita, R. Dudric, M. Vomir, O. Ersen, B. Donnio, J.-L. Gallani, M. Rastei V., Imaging Large Iron-Oxide Nanoparticle Clusters by Field-Dependent Magnetic Force Microscopy, Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125 (2021) 24001–24010. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05426.
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A.A. Knyazev, M.E. Karyakin, B. Heinrich, B. Donnio, Y.G. Galyametdinov, A facile approach for the creation of heteroionic lanthanidomesogens-containing uniform films with enhanced luminescence efficiency, Dyes and Pigments. 187 (2021) 109050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.109050.
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F. Lucas, N. McIntosh, E. Jacques, C. Lebreton, B. Heinrich, B. Donnio, O. Jeannin, J. Rault-Berthelot, C. Quinton, J. Cornil, C. Poriel, [4]Cyclo-N-alkyl-2,7-carbazoles: Influence of the Alkyl Chain Length on the Structural, Electronic, and Charge Transport Properties, Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143 (2021) 8804–8820. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c03240.
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T. Ma, Y.-J. Zhong, H.-F. Wang, K.-Q. Zhao, B.-Q. Wang, P. Hu, H. Monobe, B. Donnio, Butterfly-like Shape Liquid Crystals Based Fused-Thiophene as Unidimensional Ambipolar Organic Semiconductors with High Mobility, Chemistry-an Asian Journal. 16 (2021) 1106–1117. https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202100173.
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G.S. Nayak, F. Mouillard, P. Masson, G. Pourroy, H. Palkowski, A. Carradò, Adhesion Behavior of Ti-PMMA-Ti Sandwiches for Biomedical Applications, JOM. 74 (2021) 96–101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-04995-2.
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M.D. Pichois, M.A. Hurier, M. Vomir, A. Barsella, B. Donnio, J.-L. Gallani, M.V. Rastei, Photothermal Plasmonic Actuation of Micromechanical Cantilever Beams, Physical Review Applied. 15 (2021) 034020. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.15.034020.
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A.F. Suleymanova, Y.A. Yakovleva, O.S. Eltsov, A.O. Lantushenko, M.P. Evstigneev, B. Donnio, B. Heinrich, V.N. Kozhevnikov, Comparative analysis of self-aggregation of liquid crystalline Pt(II) complexes in solution and in neat films, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 938 (2021) 121750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.121750.
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V. Vergnat, B. Heinrich, M. Rawiso, R. Muller, G. Pourroy, P. Masson, Iron Oxide/Polymer Core-Shell Nanomaterials with Star-like Behavior, Nanomaterials. 11 (2021) 2453. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11092453.
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M. Vignolo, G. Bovone, M. Capra, F. Loria, C. Bernini, B. Vileno, L. Mager, B. Donnio, M. Rastei V., J.-L. Gallani, Magnetism: Another Idiosyncrasy of Boron?, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. (2021) 1224–1229. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202001075.
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S. Wendels, B. Heinrich, B. Donnio, L. Averous, Green and controlled synthesis of short diol oligomers from polyhydroxyalkanoate to develop fully biobased thermoplastics, European Polymer Journal. 153 (2021) 110531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110531.
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A.-A. Andelescu, B. Heinrich, M.A. Spirache, E. Voirin, M. La Deda, G. Di Maio, E.I. Szerb, B. Donnio, O. Costisor, Playing with Pt-II and Zn-II Coordination to Obtain Luminescent Metallomesogens, Chemistry-a European Journal. 26 (2020) 4850–4860. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202000124.
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A. Barsella, M.A. Hurier, M.D. Pichois, M. Vomir, H. Hasan, L. Mager, B. Donnio, J.-L. Gallani, M.V. Rastei, Photonic Excitation of a Micromechanical Cantilever in Electrostatic Fields, Physical Review Letters. 125 (2020) 254301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.254301.
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C. Burel, A. Teolis, A. Alsayed, C.B. Murray, B. Donnio, R. Dreyfus, Plasmonic Elastic Capsules as Colorimetric Reversible pH-Microsensors, Small. 16 (2020) 1903897. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201903897.
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A.D. Craciun, B. Donnio, J.-L. Gallani, M.V. Rastei, High-resolution manipulation of gold nanorods with an atomic force microscope, Nanotechnology. 31 (2020) 085302. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab5404.
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J. Dai, K.-Q. Zhao, B.-Q. Wang, P. Hu, B. Heinrich, B. Donnio, Liquid crystal ionic self-assembly and anion-selective photoluminescence in discotic azatriphenylenes, Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8 (2020) 4215–4225. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tc05829j.
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S.-P. Do, A. Missaoui, A. Coati, D. Coursault, H. Jeridi, A. Resta, N. Goubet, M.M. Wojcik, A. Choux, S. Royer, E. Briand, B. Donnio, J.L. Gallani, B. Pansu, E. Lhuillier, Y. Garreau, D. Babonneau, M. Goldmann, D. Constantin, B. Gallas, B. Croset, E. Lacaze, From Chains to Monolayers: Nanoparticle Assembly Driven by Smectic Topological Defects, Nano Letters. 20 (2020) 1598–1606. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04347.
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C. Iacovita, J. Hurst, G. Manfredi, P.-A. Hervieux, B. Donnio, J.-L. Gallani, M.V. Rastei, Magnetic force fields of isolated small nanoparticle clusters, Nanoscale. 12 (2020) 1842–1851. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9NR08634J.
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O. Kovalenko, M. Vomir, B. Donnio, J.-L. Gallani, M.V. Rastei, Chiromagnetoptics of Au and Ag Nanoparticulate Systems, Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124 (2020) 21722–21729. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06496.
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N.O. Pena, D. Ihiawakrim, V. Ball, S. Stanescu, M. Rastei, C. Sanchez, D. Portehault, O. Ersen, Correlative Microscopy Insight on Electrodeposited Ultrathin Graphite Oxide Films, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 11 (2020) 9117–9122. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02482.
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K.-K. Tremblay-Parrado, C. Bordin, S. Nicholls, B. Heinrich, B. Donnio, L. Averous, Renewable and Responsive Cross-Linked Systems Based on Polyurethane Backbones from Clickable Biobased Bismaleimide Architecture, Macromolecules. 53 (2020) 5869–5880. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01115.
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Y.-J. Zhong, K.-Q. Zhao, B.-Q. Wang, P. Hu, H. Monobe, B. Heinrich, B. Donnio, 2-Phenylbenzothiophene-based liquid crystalline semiconductors, Dyes and Pigments. 173 (2020) 107964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2019.107964.

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