Biomimetic Self-assemblies
Franck Artzner
 

 

 

Contact :

UMR CNRS 6626
Institut de physique
Université Rennes 1
263, avenue du Général Leclerc
35042 Rennes cedex
FRANCE

phone: +33 (0)2 23 23 58 22
fax : +33 (0)2 23 23 67 17
Email : franck.artzner@univ-rennes1.fr

 

 

 

Research Laboratories :

1989-1993 ESPCI
1994-1997 PhD Thesis at Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Université Paris XI, FRANCE
1997-1998 Post doc at E22 in the group of J. Rädler ,TU München, GERMANY
1999-2003

Permanent in the UMR CNRS 8612 Université Paris XI, FRANCE

since 2003 Biomimetic self-assemblies Group leader, IPR, Université Rennes 1, FRANCE
 

Research Interests : structures and functions of

Biomimetic Nanomaterials with inorganic precursors  
Biomimetic Bundles of actin filaments  

Peptide Biomimetic Nanotubes

 
DNA/cationic lipids complexes  
Chiral Liquid Crystals  
DNA/cationic lipids complexes  
Anhydrous Lipids (WAXES, triglycerides,...)  
     

Experimental techniques

Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS)  
Optical Microscopies  
Calorimetry  
Spectroscopies (in collaboration)  
Electron microscopies (in collaboration)  
       

Selected Papers :

Hierarchical architectures by synergy between dynamical template self-assembly and biomineralization,
E. Pouget, E. Dujardin, A. Cavalier, A. Moreac, C. Valéry, V. Marchi-Artzner, T. Weiss, A. Renault, M. Paternostre, F. Artzner, Nature Materials, 2007, 6, 434-439.

Chemical control of peptide nanotube diameter: a strategy based on the structure of the nanotube,
C. Tarabout , S. Roux , F. Gobeaux , N. Fay, E. Pouget , C. Meriadec , M. Ligeti , D. Thomas , M. IJsselstijn , F. Besselievre , D. Buisson , J.-M. Verbavatz , M. Petitjean , C. Valéry , L. Perrin , B. Rousseau , F. Artzner, M. Paternostre, J.-C. Cintrat, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2011, 108(19), 7679-7684.

Biomimetic organization : octapeptide self assembly into nanotubes of viral capsid like dimension,
C. Valéry, M. Paternostre, B.Robert, T. Gulik-Krzywicki, T. Narayanan, J.-C. Dedieu, G. Keller, M.-L. Torres, R. Cherif-Cheikh, P. Calvo & F. Artzner, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2003,100(18), 10258-10262.

Elucidation of the self-assembly pathway of Lanreotide octapeptide into ß-sheet nanotubes: role of two stable intermediates, E. Pouget, N. Fay, E. Dujardin, N. Jamin, P. Berthault, L. Perrin, A. Pandit, T. Rose, C. Valéry, D. Thomas, M. Paternostre, F. Artzner, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132(12), 4230-4241.

Structure of self-assembled chiral nano-ribbons and nano-tubules revealed in the hydrated state,
R. Oda, F. Artzner, M. Laguerre, I. Huc, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130(44), 14705-14712.

Interaction between water-soluble peptidic CdSe/ZnS nanocrystals and vesicles: formation of hybrid vesicles and condensed lamellar phases, A. Dif, E. Henry, F. Artzner, M. Baudy-Floc’h, M. Schmutz, M. Dahan, V. Marchi-Artzner, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130(26), 8289-8296.