
Joint Research Unit 5223 on polymer materials under the supervision of the CNRS, INSA Lyon, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University and Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne University

A unique research unit in France
The IMP has a structure that highlights its dual know-how through 4 centers of expertise and its ability to coordinate its different scientific expertise within two interdisciplinary centers.
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Divisions
The IMP is organized into 4 disciplinary divisions and 2 interdisciplinary research divisions.
Disciplinaries
Polymer chemistry
Polymer structure and rheology - Processes and modelling
Physical-chemistry of polymers
Physics of polymers
Interdisciplinaries
Polymers for the development of materials with low environmental impact
Polymer materials at the interface with life sciences
Pôles
L’IMP est organisé en 4 pôles disciplinaires et 2 pôles de recherche interdisciplinaires.
Disciplinaires
Interdisciplinaires
Chimie des polymères
Structure et rhéologie des polymères, procédés et modélisation
Polymères pour le développement de matériaux à faible impact environnemental
Physico-chimie des polymères
Physique des polymères
Matériaux polymères à l’interface avec les sciences de la vie

Congress
Conférence IMP days 2026 : “Soft Polymer Networks and Gels”
07/04/2026
10/04/2026
The third edition of IMP Days will be dedicated to Soft Polymer Networks and Gels a major topic in Soft Matter involving chemistry physico chemistry and physics. From April 7th to April 10th, 2026.

Defenses
PhD Defense Carolina Helena FRANZON
Amphithéâtre Laura Bassi, INSA Lyon
17/07/2025
"Molecular mobility and interfacial polarisation in epoxy-amine networks with controlled crosslink density heterogeneity"

Defenses
PhD Defense N’Gandi N’GAZA
Aphithéâtre du CNRS Rhône Auvergne, Villeurbanne
17/07/2025
"Synthesis and study of aromatic and heterocyclic luminescent compounds and polymers"

Life of the IMP
Annual IMP lab summer seminar IMP’act 2025
Saint-Etienne
15/07/2025
16/07/2025
Our yearly laboratory seminar "IMP'act" will take place on 15th and 16th of july in Saint-Etienne, where our new facilities opened in 2024
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Doctoral students
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Article, Early Access
“Mix-and-Match”: Self-Sorting Assembly Governed Supramolecular Polymeric Nanomedicine for Boosting Combined Chemo/Phototherapy
Wu Yanggui, Li Ting, Li Zeke, Lortie Frederic, Bernard Julien, Binder Wolfgang H., Chen Senbin, Zhu Jintao
2025
ADVANCED MATERIALS
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Characterization of oxidative processes associated to low-severity tire tread wear
Chanal C., Galipaud J., Moreaux B., Loubet J. -l., Sotta P.
2025
WEAR, 566
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Chitin-binding protein behavior at chitosan interface studied by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D): Binding quantification, orientation and affinity constants
Basso Lisa, Vuillet Clemence, Rahbe Yvan, David Laurent, Charlot Aurelia, Sudre Guillaume
2025
COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, 252
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Chitosan surface interaction platform for protein binding quantification by fluorescence microscopy, application to the specificity of CBD proteins
Basso Lisa, Sudre Guillaume, Albertini David, Rahbe Yvan, David Laurent
2025
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, 354
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