The MOLTECH-Anjou laboratory (a joint CNRS-University of Angers research unit) brings together the expertise of 80 individuals, including nearly 50 CNRS researchers, academic researchers, engineers, and technical staff, as well as around 30 doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. The laboratory's scientific activity focuses on the development of molecular materials, whether organic or hybrid organic-inorganic, supporting high-visibility fields such as organic electronics, stimuli-responsive materials, nanostructuring, and energy-related materials.
For more information: www.moltech-anjou.univ-angers.fr
The Translational Micro- and Nanomedicines Unit (MINT) is a research team accredited by the University of Angers, INSERM, and CNRS. It is composed of approximately fifty members and is part of the Health research cluster of the University of Angers.
The team’s organization is based on the integration and interaction of various research fields (physicochemistry of colloids and interfaces, biology, pharmaceutics, imaging, etc.), all focused on the design of micro- or nanoscale vectors intended for the delivery of therapeutic active agents (proteins, xenobiotics, DNA, siRNA, etc.) or imaging molecules.
The LUMOMAT project is a Graduate School of Research (EUR) with a master’s in chemistry (master’s degree 1 in Nantes and Rennes and Master Degree 2 in Angers). This project led by the University of Angers and includes the University of Rennes 1, Nantes University, ENSCR and the CNRS. The local authorities (the Regional Council Pays de la Loire, Angers Loire Métropole + Région Bretagne et Rennes Métropole) are privileged financial partners. This project involves researchers from 4 laboratories in the West of France: MOLTECH Anjou (Angers), CEISAM (Nantes), IMN (Nantes), ISCR (Rennes) and is supported by 10 official international universities. In total, more than 270 researchers are involved. This project is focused on three main application areas:
materials for energy, including organic, dye-sensitized, or hybrid perovskite solar cells, artificial photosynthesis, and OLEDs.
materials for health and the environment, including new sensor probes for medical applications.
materials for information storage, nanostructured systems and imaging.
For more information: www.lumomat.fr LinkedIn: EUR LUMOMAT
Angers Loire Métropole aims to bring together the strengths and assets of its member municipalities in order to develop the territory and design a shared development project.
In practical terms, Angers Loire Métropole exercises responsibilities across five main areas of intervention:
Economic development (economic development, education–training–research, tourism)
Environment (water supply and sanitation, protection and enhancement of the environment and living environment, waste management, energy, air quality, noise)
Social cohesion and solidarity (urban policy, social housing balance, reception of travelling communities, financial contribution to emergency services and fire prevention)
Spatial planning (community-wide land-use planning, community-interest green spaces)
Mobility and transport (road infrastructure and major community-interest routes, urban public transport)
On a day-to-day basis, the intermunicipal authority is responsible for services such as selective waste collection, tramway development, drinking water production, and wastewater treatment.
The MATRIX Research Federation (SFR MATRIX) brings together research units around the shared scientific theme of the Materials Hub of the University of Angers. Its mission is to act as a key interlocutor for the University Presidency, coordinating laboratories’ resource requests and their responses to calls for research funding.
In collaboration with local, regional, and inter-regional partners, the federation defines a prioritization strategy aligned with the main research axes. It pools intellectual and material resources through four technical platforms, with the aim of optimizing research activities, supporting new initiatives, increasing the visibility of the hub, and promoting scientific exchange and training.
The federation also plays an advisory and mediating role, without interfering in the scientific policy of the individual research units.
The two main research units that make up SFR MATRIX are the LPHIA and MOLTECH-Anjou laboratories.
For more information: www.sfrmatrix.univ-angers.fr
