Jean-Baptiste D’ESPINOSE de LACAILLERIE

Deputy director of the laboratory Professor ESPCI Office D057 Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 79 46 20

Research interests:

– physics and chemistry of organo-mineral interactions at the nanoscale
– chemistry and properties of cements substitutes for low carbon emission
– non-conventional NMR methods for measuring and imaging physical and mechanical properties of solids
– cement chemistry, catalysis, surface chemistry of oxides in aqueous solutions, zero-field NMR and solid-state NMR

Selected publications:

– AUPOIL, J., CHAMPENOIS, J.-B., d’ESPINOSE de LACAILLERIE, J.-B., and POULESQUEN, A. « Interplay between Silicate and Hydroxide Ions during Geopolymerization ». Cement and Concrete Research 115, 426-432 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2018.09.012.
– ANDREEV, A. S., KRASNIKOV, D. V., ZAIKOVSKII, V. I., CHEREPANOVA, S. V., KAZAKOVA, M. A., LAPINA, O. B, KUZNETSOV, V. L.,et d’ESPINOSE de LACAILLERIE, J.-B. : « Internal field 59Co NMR study of cobalt-iron nanoparticles during the activation of CoFe2/CaO catalyst for carbon nanotube synthesis» Journal of Catalysis, 358, 62-70 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2017.11.025
– PUSTOVGAR, E., SANGODKAR, R. P., ANDREEV, A. S., PALACIOS, M., CHMELKA, B. F., FLATT, R. J., et d’ESPINOSE de LACAILLERIE, J.-B. : « Understanding silicate hydration from quantitative analyses of hydrating tricalcium silicates» Nature Communications, 7, 10952 (2016).
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10952
– GIRAUDEAU, C., d’ESPINOSE de LACAILLERIE, J.-B., SOUGUIR, Z., NONAT, A., et FLATT, R. J. : « Surface and intercalation chemistry of polycarboxylate copolymers in cementitious materials » Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 92(11), 2471-2488 (2009).
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03413.x
– d’ESPINOSE de LACAILLERIE, J.-B., FRETIGNY, C., et MASSIOT, D. « MAS NMR spectra of quadrupolar nuclei in disorded solids: the Czjzek model » Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 192(2), 244-251 (2008).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2008.03.001
– d’ESPINOSE de la CAILLERIE, J.-B., KERMAREC, M., BOBIN, C., et CLAUSE, O. : "Impregnation of γ-Alumina with Ni(II) and Co(II) ions at neutral pH: Hydrotalcite-type Coprecipitate Formation and Characterization" Journal of the American Chemical Society, 117(46), 11471-11481 (1995).
https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-1317(95)00015-V

Recently directed PhD thesis:

– E. Kagni-Foli, «Model cementiciuos materials for the study of low-pH concrete carbonatation», Doctoral thesis, PSL Research University, Physics and Chemistry of Materials, September 27, 2019.
– J. Aupoil, «Study of the dissolution/polycondensation mechanisms during geopolymerization : reactivity of the metakaolin and influence of the activating solution», Doctoral thesis, PSL Research University, Physics and Chemistry of Materials, May 13, 2019.
Doctoral thesis, PSL Research University, Physics and Chemistry of Materials, mai 13, 2018.
– R. Dubourget, «Piezospectroscopy NQR : strain gauge for composite materials», Doctoral thesis, PSL Research University, Physics and Chemistry of Materials, October 18, 2017.
Doctoral thesis, PSL Research University, Physics and Chemistry of Materials, mai 13, 2018.
– A. Andreev, « Internal field 59Co Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, application to catalysts and related structures
», Doctoral thesis, Sorbonne Université and Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Physics, October 2, 2015.

Short CV
Education
2002 : Habilitation in Chemistry
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
1992 : PhD in Physical chemistry
University of Wisconsin (USA)
1987: Master of Science and Engineering (Ingénieur géologue)
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géologie de Nancy

Previous positions
2012-2013 : Invited Professor at the Institut für Baustoffe
ETH Zürich
1994-2006 : Researcher at the Laboratory of Quantum Physics (URA CNRS 1428)
ESPCI Paris
1993 : Postdoct at the Kinetics and Catalysis Division
Institut Français du Pétrole