Research Divisions

Research in the Institute IMCN focuses on condensed matter: from the atomic and molecular levels to real materials. This research concerns the synthesis, design, manipulation,  implementation and modelling of (bio)molecules, (bio)surfaces and solid materials. The latter are characterized or simulated by means of advanced techniques, which are also sometimes developed as an inherent part of the research. The obtained compounds, materials or devices are then investigated for their functions, properties or reactivity, leading up to applications. This general methodology is the link which brings together the different research groups of the Institute.

The topics being in line with this general methodology and leading to the research projects carried out in the Institute concern atoms, molecules, materials, surfaces and interfaces with a strong connotation on nanosciences, (nano)materials and nanotechnologies. 

The Institute is organized into three divisions:

Bio- and Soft Matter (BSMA)

• Surfaces and (bio)interfaces
• Nano-Materials & Nano-Devices
• Macromolecules & Polymer-Based Materials

 Molecules, Solids and Reactivity (MOST)

• Solid catalysis
• Chemistry of inorganic and organic materials
• Organic, bio-organic and medicinal chemistry
• Theoretical, physical and structural chemistry

 Nanoscopic Physics (NAPS)

• Atomic, molecular and optical physics
• Physico-chemistry and physics of materials and nanostructures