Aurélia Charlot

CHARLOT_Aurelia2Associate Professor
CHEM, PHYSICO
Membership: INSA de Lyon
Location: INSA Lyon

polysaccharides / non-covalent interactions / chemical modifications / gels / LbL films

Research themes/centers of interest

Multilayer polymer films constructed by LbL approach, – Functional coatings (superhydrophobic, with enhanced barrier properties), – Chemical functionalisations of polysaccharides (alginate, carboxymethyl cellulose, cellulose, guar, xyloglucane) through sustainable chemical routes, – Multi-component reactions in aqueous medium, – physico-chemistry of polysaccharides, – Chemical and physical hydrogels based on polysaccharides, – ionogels, – stimuli-sensitive materials (T°, pH), – Ionic liquids, – Deep eutectic solvants, – LTTM

Major publications

  • B. Caprin, G. Vinado-Buil, G. Sudre, X. Morelle, F. Boisson, A. Charlot, E. Fleury, k-carrageenan associated with Fructose/Glycerol/Water Low Thermal Transition Mixture: towards natural thermosensitive physical gels, ACS Sustainable Chemical and Engineering, 2022, 10, 45, 14817.
  • A. Bouchut, B. Cathala, C. Moreau, M. Lecourt, M. Petit-Conil, A. Pettignano, J. Bernard, A. Charlot, E. Fleury, Cellulose surfaces endowed with chemical reactivity by physical adsorption of functionalized polysaccharides, Cellulose, 2023. 0.1007/s10570-023-05283-9
  • A. Pettignano, J. Leguy, B. Jean, L. Heux, A. Charlot, E. Fleury, Multifunctionalization of cellulose microfibrils through a cascade pathway entailing the sustainable Passerini Multi-component reaction, Green Chemistry, 2020, 22, 7059-7069
  • J. Depoorter, A. Mourlevat, G. Sudre, I. Morfin, K. Prasad, A. Serghei, J. Bernard, E. Fleury, A. Charlot, Fully Biosourced materials from combination of choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents and guar gum, ACS Sustainable Chemical and Engineering, 2019, 7, 19, 16747-16756.
  • A. Pettignano, A. Daunay, C. Moreau, B. Cathala, A. Charlot, E. Fleury, Sustainable modification of carboxymethyl cellulose by Passerini three-component reaction and subsequent adsorption onto cellulosic substrates, ACS Sustainable Chemical and Engineering, 2019, 7, 17, 14685-14696.

Brief CV

2002 D.E.A.  Molecular and Structural Physical Chemistry, University of Grenoble
2005 PhD in polymer sciences, « Supramolecular assemblies based on chemically modified hyaluronic acid:  synthesis and physico-chemical caracterisation”,
Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules végétales (CERMAV), University of Grenoble.
2006-2007 Post-doctoral researcher, « Development of anti-bacterial multilayer LbL thin polymer films », Centre d’Etude et de Recherche sur les Macromolécules (CERM), University of Lige, Belgium.
2007 Assistant Professor, Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères IMP (UMR CNRS 5223), Teachings : Material department (MT), INSA Lyon.
2023 Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), specialty :  Polymer materials,  « Valorization of synthetic and natural polymers: towards the design of materials and functional derivatives through the develompent of sustainable chemical modification
routes and/or the control of interactions”
2023  Associate Professor