Highlights

Mélanie Auffan soutiendra son Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches le jeudi 4 février 2016 dans l’amphithéâtre du CEREGE a 14h.

The use of nano-enabled materials in industry and consumer products is increasing rapidly and with it, the more imperative it becomes to understand the consequences of such materials entering the environment during production, use or disposal. The novel properties of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) that make them desirable for commercial applications also present the possibility of impacting aquatic and terrestrial environments in ways that may differ from materials in bulk format. Modeling techniques are needed to proactively predict the environmental fate and transport of nanomaterials.

In this study, we present a method for determining the relative affinity of nanoparticles (NPs) for an ensemble of other particles in a complex, heterogeneous suspension. We evaluated this method for NPs heteroaggregating with suspended solids present in activated sludge.

Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are used to enhance the properties of many manufactured products and technologies. Increased use of ENMs will inevitably lead to their release into the environment. An important route of exposure is through the waste stream, where ENMs will enter wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), undergo transformations, and be discharged with treated effluent or biosolids.

The Serenade internal workshop will be held on November 2 and 3, 2015 in Carry le Rouet.

Jérôme Rose, deputy director of the Labex Serenade, is named as one of the 5 experts for nanotechnologies issues at the european level. Congratulations !

Since February 2015, the SUEZ-ENVIRONNEMENT group has joined the SERENADE Labex. Suez-Environnement is a specialist of water treatment technologies, waste treatment (energy recovery) and in recycling technologies.

Dr. Elena Gómez Alvarez et al. have recently published a paper in Proceeding of the National Academy of Science .

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The LabEx Serenade congratulates Neeraj Shandilya for his "Jean Bricard" award on the 27th of January, 2015. Neeraj Shandilya was a PhD student at the INERIS, and contributed to the Serenade LabEx.