Organizing Committee Member
Lavinia Balan
CNRS Senior Researcher
Institute of Materials Science of Mulhouse
FRANCE
Biography
Lavinia BALAN obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Henry Poincaré in Nancy, France, in 2005. Her Ph.D. was devoted to elaborating an original material for the anode of Li-ion batteries. After a post-doctorate in Orleans and then in Mulhouse, she joined the Department of Photochemistry of Mulhouse in 2006 as a CNRS Senior Researcher. She opened a new field of research in this laboratory, viz. the photo-assisted synthesis of metal nanoparticles and metal-polymer nanocomposite.
Research Area
Balan research is concerned with the photochemical synthesis of metal/polymer nanocomposites and photo-design of metal nanoparticles and nanocrystals (quantum dots) suited for advanced applications in optic and photonics, plasmonics, imaging, or biology.