Alain PAILLERET
Associate Professor at Sorbonne University (ex UPMC)
LISE UMR CNRS/SU 8235,
Tower 13-14, 4, place Jussieu, 75252 Paris
Office : 13-14.212 (2nd floor)
Phone : +33 1 44 27 41 69
E-mail : alain.pailleret@sorbonne-universite.fr
Biography :
Education and carrier :
- 2009 : associate professor (HDR) at UPMC
- 2003- : Assistant professor at LISE (UPMC)
- 2002-2003 : post-doctoral fellow at LECA (ENSCP, Paris)
- 1999-2002 : Ph.D. in electrochemistry (Univ. of Salford, United Kingdom of Gr. B)
- 1998 : DEA in Electrochemistry (Univ. J. Fourier and Inst. Nat. Polytech. Grenoble)
Research domains:
- Development of couplings of techniques involving AFM
- Electrochemistry-AFM (EC-AFM) coupling
- AFM-QCM coupling
- Conductivity probe - AFM coupling (CS-AFM and pc-AFM, I/V curves)
- Composite and/or nanostructured electrode materials
- Amorphous carbon nitrides (a-CNx thin films)
- Conducting polymers
- Nanostructured transition metal oxides
- Conducting polymer / metal oxide composite materials
- Conducting polymer / a-CNx composite materials
- Energy conversion and storage
- Protection against corrosion
Tools and investigation methods :
- AFM (contact, AM-AFM, and PI-AFM working modes, force curves, friction loops)
- Classical electrochemical techniques (CV, EIS, pulsed techniques), photoassisted electrodeposition methods, surface treatment electrochemical methods
- Electrochemistry of semi-conductors and photo-electrolysis
Teaching activities :
- Chemistry of solutions (LU1Cl002) and electrochemistry (LU3Cl011 and Master MEEF)
- Formation permanente « AFM at electrochemical interfaces»
Divers :
• Member of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), of Société Chimique de France (SCF), and of French Centre for anticorrosion (CEFRACOR).