Laboratory Experiments on Carbonaceous and Silicate Materials

The release of pollutants from roofing materials in laboratory experiments

Diffuse pollution sources have been recognised by the European Water Framework Directive to significantly contribute to pollution of stormwater receivers. Stormwater runoff is considered to represent diffuse pollution sources. The aim of this study was to clarify the contributions of specific sources in the urban environment to the content of organic and inorganic pollutants in stormwater. This...

Mesoporous Silicate Materials in Sensing

Mesoporous silicas, especially those exhibiting ordered pore systems and uniform pore diameters, have shown great potential for sensing applications in recent years. Morphological control grants them versatility in the method of deployment whether as bulk powders, monoliths, thin films, or embedded in coatings. High surface areas and pore sizes greater than 2 nm make them effective as adsorbent...

Physiological Studies on Rhizobium: IV. Utilization of Carbonaceous Materials.

Laboratory Experiments on Wave Turbulence

This review paper is devoted to a presentation of recent progress in wave turbulence. I first present the context and state of the art of this field of research both experimentally and theoretically. I then focus on the case of wave turbulence on the surface of a fluid, and I discuss the main results obtained by our group: caracterization of the gravity and capillary wave turbulence regimes, th...

Virtual Experiments on Complex Materials

We investigate complex materials by performing “Virtual Experiments” starting from three-dimensional images of grain packs obtained by X-ray CT imaging [1]. We apply this technique to granular materials by reconstructing a numerical samples of ideal spherical beads with desired (and tunable) properties. The resulting “virtual packing” has a structure that is almost identical to the experimental...