The LUMOMAT project, labeled as a Graduate School of Research (École Universitaire de Recherche) since 2020, is led by the University of Angers and brings together the University of Rennes, Nantes Université, the National School of Chemistry of Rennes, and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). In addition to financial support from the French National Research Agency (ANR), regional authorities are key financial partners.

The LUMOMAT Graduate School involves researchers from four CNRS affiliated laboratories in the west of France: MOLTECH-Anjou (Angers), CEISAM (Nantes), IMN (Nantes), and ISCR (Rennes). In total, more than 280 researchers are involved across the Greater Western region.

Three major application areas of organic materials are emphasized in this large-scale project, which also offers training through an Ingeneering Master Curriculum (CMI) and a Master’s degree in chemistry:

• Energy, notably organic and hybrid (perovskite) solar cells, artificial photosynthesis, and light-emitting diodes
• Health and environment, with specific molecular sensors and probes
• Information storage, nanostructured systems, and imaging