Odile Merdrignac-Conanec

• 2008-current  Qualification to university professorship CNU 31-33
• 2000-current  Associate Professor, University of Rennes 1, UMR 6226 CNRS Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
• 2000                Accreditation to supervise research (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, HDR), Chemistry ; Chemical Physics, University of Rennes 1
• 1991-2000      Assistant Professor, University of Rennes 1
• 1990-1991      Post-Doctoral fellow, EC fellowship, Harwell Lab., AEA Technology, Electrical ceramics & Gas sensors (UK)
• 1989-1990      Temporary Assistant Professor (ATER), University of Rennes 1
• 1989                PhD in Chemistry, University of Rennes 1

• 2018   Semester for Innovation of Rennes 1 Foundation
• 2017   Year for business creation of Rennes 1 Foundation
• 2015   CNRS delegation (50%)
• 2013   Board Member of the French Ceramic Society (GFC)
• 1990   Chemistry PhD Thesis Prize (Pr P. Gineste Award) of University of Rennes 1

• Synthesis of oxides and non-oxides (nitrides and sulfides) (ceramic and soft chemistry methods)
• Gas-solid reaction mechanisms (electrical prop., TPD/MS, DRIFTS in situ). Application to gas sensing
• Passive optics: Sintering of infrared transparent ceramics by HP, HIP, SPS techniques
• Active optics: Doped (RE or TM ions) (oxy)sulfides for phosphors, energy conversion, laser ceramics, optical refrigeration
• Biomaterials: Elaboration and Porosity/Surface characterization
• Photocatalytic properties of (oxy)nitrides (degradation of organic compounds)

Direction

Marie KERLAU 2003 (100%)
Xavier CAILLEAUX 2008 (100%)
Christophe CHLIQUE 2011 (80%)
Noha HAKMEH 2014 (70%)
Guillaume DURAND 2017 (70%) - 1er Prix de thèse Fondation Rennes 1 - Sciences de la Matière
Renguang YE 2020 (50%)
Erwan LEYSOUR de ROHELLO 2020 (30%) – Prix de thèse GFC 2020
Alexandre LE COZ 2023 (70%)

Review

IPC (Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie), Univ.Tübingen (Allemagne), 2008
ENSM Saint-Etienne, Département MICC, 2011
Laboratoire SPCTS, UMR CNRS 7315-Université de Limoges, 2013
Institut franco-allemand Saint-Louis (ISL)/Laboratoire LMCPA, Valenciennes, 2018
IRCER, UMR CNRS 7315-Université de Limoges, 2019
ICMCB, Université de Bordeaux, 2021

• Masters1 & 2 levels
  Advanced courses in French (Chemistry Master) and English (ESIR-Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Rennes and MaMaSELF-Master in Materials Science)
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Sensor Materials
  • Materials for Energy and Environment

• Licence 3 level
  • Solid State Chemistry

• Combustion synthesis and up-conversion luminescence of La2O2S:Er3+,Yb3+ nanophosphors.
  N. Hakmeh, C. Chlique, O. Merdrignac-Conanec, B. Fan, F. Cheviré, X.H. Zhang, X. Fan, X. Qiao
  J. Solid State Chem. 2015, 226 255-261
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• Method of manufacturing a sulfide-based ceramic element, particularly for IR-optics applications.
  Noha Hakmeh, Odile Merdrignac-Conanec, Xiang-Hua Zhang
  European patent EP 14176610, 2014

• Transparent ZnS ceramics by sintering of high purity monodisperse nanopowders.
  C. Chlique, O. Merdrignac-Conanec, N. Hakmeh, X. H. Zhang, J. L. Adam
  J. Amer. Cer. Soc. 2013, 96(10) 3070-3074

• Study of the thermal nitridation of nanocrystalline Ti(OH)₄ by X-ray and in situ neutron powder diffraction.
  V. Legrand, O. Merdrignac-Conanec, W. Paulus, T. Hansen
  J. Phys. Chem. A 2012, 116 9561-9567

• Laser action in Nd3+-doped lanthanum oxysulfide powders.
  I. Iparraguirre, J. Azkargorta, O. Merdrignac-Conanec, M. Al-Saleh, C. Chlique, X.H Zhang, R. Balda, J. Fernandez
  Optics Express 2012, 20 23690-23699