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ESPCI Paris - PSL
ESPCI Paris - PSL is a major institution of higher education (a French "Grande École d’ingénieurs"), an internationally renowned research center, and a fertile ground of innovation for industry. Founded by the City of Paris in 1882, for over a century the School has attracted leading scientific innovators like Nobel Prize laureates Pierre and Marie Curie, Paul Langevin, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, and Georges Charpak, who continue to contribute to the institution’s international reputation. The School’s culture of excellence remains as vibrant as ever. Fully 60% of (…)
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Welcome to PSL University! By joining ESPCI paris- PSL, you also join PSL university and its 17 000 students. You get access to an exceptionnel education in sciences, arts, litterature and culture. From Bachelor to PhD, academic programs cover all the fields from sciences, human and social sciences, engineering and arts. PSL targets high-potential students, from every horizon, an accompagnies them towards excellence. Your education will be operated by ESPCI paris - PSL, and your degree delivered by PSL University. Discover the education programs of PSL University Ingénieur ESPCI Paris (…)
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ESPCI Paris - PSL is home to 10 research laboratories (all of them being endorsed and jointly sponsored by CNRS) operating at the frontiers of scientific knowledge and experimental know-how, extending from fundamental research to innovation, and covering areas ranging from polymers to telecommunications, from nanobiophysics to organic synthesis, from environmental science to biomedical imaging, from neurobiology to microfluidics, from soft matter to quantum physics, and from colloids to prototyping for industry. ESPCI researchers publish around 500 scientific articles in leading (…)
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ESPCI: generating innovation and jobs ESPCI is also known for its capacity to encourage major innovations. Did you know that as well as radium, polonium, actinium and lutecium, many other objects from our everyday lives were first discovered or created at ESPCI, like the neon tube, the black box, the quartz watch, sonar, wireless technology, self-healing rubber or even ultrafast ultrasound imaging? An entrepreneurial culture More and more graduates create their own companies after graduation or after their PhD. This capacity to innovation is highly valued today. ESPCI courses (…)
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ESPCI Paris is at the center of a large network of partnering agreements. These are three-way institutional partnerships - notably with the City of Paris, and ParisTech -, as well as academic, scientific and industrial partnerships enriched by the School’s energy, expertise and creativity. The commitment to transdisciplinarity extends beyond the School’s Paris campus. Today’s complex scientific and technological issues often demand a broader view and collaboration, with the deployment of complementary, hybrid approaches and the sharing of best practices in order to pool resources and (…)

Metasoft-Matter

The major Metasoft Matter research program aims to push the boundaries of soft materials science. By combining cutting-edge expertise in soft matter, metamaterials, flexible robotics, and design, the program explores innovative solutions to future technological and environmental challenges.

ESPCI Paris – PSL, recognized for its leadership in physics and materials science, plays a central role in Metasoft. Leveraging a unique interdisciplinary network, the program is structured around three main areas :

– Flexible robots of the future : by integrating advances in soft materials, metamaterials, and robotics, Metasoft is laying the groundwork for novel devices with applications in biomedicine, industry, and the environment.
– Complex fluids and amorphous solids : the goal is to deepen our understanding of these systems to address key industrial and scientific challenges.
– Environmental challenges : Metasoft explores disruptive strategies to complement existing efforts in recycling, water management, and CO₂ valorization.

With Metasoft Matter, ESPCI and PSL are strengthening their leadership in soft matter innovation, opening new paths toward major scientific and technological breakthroughs.

Project leaders

– Frédéric Lechenault - Researcher at Ecole Normale Supérieure - PSL and CNRS
– Elie Hachem - Research professor at Mines Paris - PSL
– Cécile Monteux - Researcher at ESPCI Paris - PSL and CNRS
– Tatiana Budtova - Research scientist at Mines Paris - PSL
– Matthieu Labousse - Coordinator and researcher at ESPCI Paris - PSL and CNRS

Laboratories involved

Chimie ParisTech - PSL

– Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris

Ecole des Arts Décoratifs - PSL

Ecole Normale Supérieure - PSL

– Laboratoire de Physique de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure
– Laboratoire PASTEUR

ESPCI Paris - PSL

– Chimie Moléculaire, Macromoléculaire et Matériaux (C3M)
– Gulliver
– Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle
– Institut Chimie Biologie Innovation
– Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes

Mines Paris - PSL

– Centre de mise en forme des matériaux
– Centre de Robotique

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