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We actuate with light & magnets, we fold & unfold DNA, we cell-free express proteins, we play with drops, marbles & interfaces, we organize particles, we harness coffee rings.

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08 June 2016. Our paper "Light-Driven Transport of a Liquid Marble with and against Surface Flows" has just been accepted for publication in...
27 April 2016. Damien has been awarded a prize from the Institut de France, located in the beautiful building (see picture) facing the famous "Pont...
15 March 2016. Damien has just been awarded the 2016 Soft Matter Lectureship award. The Soft Matter Lectureship, delivered by the Royal Society of...
17 Dec 2015. Our paper "Photodependent melting of unmodified DNA using a photosensitive intercalator: a new and generic tool for photoreversible...
02Dec 2015. Our paper "Light-directed particle patterning by evaporative optical Marangoni assembly" has just been accepted in Nano Letters! Abstract...
07 July 2015. Our paper "High-throughput photocontrol of water drop generation, fusion, and mixing in a dual flow-focusing microfluidic device" has...
29 June 2015. Our concept paper "Manipulating the Coffee-Ring Effect: Interactions at Work" has just been accepted for publication in ChemPhysChem...
23 March 2015. Our paper "Modulation of the coffee-ring effect in particle/surfactant mixtures: the importance of particle-interface interactions"...
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