Welcome to Denis Morineau website
I am senior scientist (Research Director) at the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) since 1997. I joined the Institute of Physics of Rennes in 2003, so as to set up a research activity on nanoconfined molecular phases. My research activities span over the fields of Chemical-Physics and Nanoscience.

Nanoconfined molecular phases
The aim of our projects is to achieve a better understanding of the peculiar behavior of molecular phases when they are manipulated (confined) in channels of nanometric dimension.
These systems show up exceptional features, which usually correspond to current challenging questions for basic research in Physics of condensed matter but also key issues for future developments with respect to nanomaterials and new openings towards nanofluidics.
Our activity relies on the use of complementary experimental techniques (in lab spectroscopies or neutron scattering) and computational molecular simulations.

Related documents
"What does the bottle matter?" A liquid crystal confined into a nanocapillary
Scientific Highlights of the ILL annual report 2006.
"Confinement de systèmes moléculaires et de fluides complexes."
How to use neutron scattering to study confined molecular phases and complex fluids?
Course given at the SFN (French Neutron Society) summer school (text in French). Collection SFN 8 (2007) 141-158

Pour le grand public et les établissements scolaires
Mon travail m'amène naturellement à sensibiliser les plus jeunes à l'importance des sciences dans notre quotidien et aussi échanger avec le grand public mes points de vue de chercheur et de citoyen sur des enjeux technologiques ou de société.
Projet 'passion-recherche' du CNRS en collaboration avec l'école élémentaire Paul Gauguin.
Médiation scientifique par la BD

Voyage en canaux, des liquides confinés vus par les neutrons