DIM MaTerRE’s main objective is the development of tools and methods for the accelerated discovery of advanced materials for sustainable development and new energies. Modular, multifunctional, efficient, they will be manufactured using environmentally friendly processes and will thus fully contribute to tackling several essential societal challenges: transport, housing, energy, recycling, etc.

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Review: The Provins Forum

On Thursday 6 November, DIM MaTerRE attended the Centre Saint-Ayoul in Provins to raise awareness among primary and secondary school pupils about research into new eco-friendly materials, […]

Symposium MITI Eco-design

The CNRS Mission for Cross-disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Initiatives, in partnership with the Directorate for Relations with Businesses (DRE) and the CNRS Environmental Transition Division, is organising a […]

20 Jan 2026 at 09:00

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Breakthrough materials win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

On Wednesday 8 October, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Japanese researcher Susumu Kitagawa, American researcher Richard Robson and Jordanian-Saudi-American researcher Omar Yaghi ‘for the development of metal-organic frameworks’. Christian Serre, researcher and scientific director of DIM MaTerRE, answers questions from Brief.Science.