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The Institute of Mineralogy, Physics of Materials and Cosmo-chemistry is an essentially multidisciplinary laboratory with experimental and theoretical research activities centred on the physics of condensed matter (magnetism, matter under extreme conditions or with controlled dimensionality, electronic correlations, glass and glass-ceramics), in Earth Sciences (geophysics, environmental mineralogy, geobiology) or in Biology and Bio-physics.
In addition to their research activity, which is highlighted by numerous publications, the members concerned by the present application for membership have recognised expertise in the characterisation of materials at different scales. The methods of investigation employed concern scanning electron microscopy (SEM and FIB), transmission electron microscopy (TEM-STEM, EELS, XEDS) as well as X-ray diffraction (WAXS, PDF, in situ measurements - temperature, pressure, variable atmosphere).