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Rénal Backov is affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France and specializes in materials science, with a particular focus on materials chemistry. Their research encompasses several intersecting subfields including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, mechanical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The primary topics of Rénal Backov's work center around mesoporous materials and catalysis, catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, enzyme-mediated dye degradation, and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Frédéric Nallet, Isabelle Ly, Ahmed Bentaleb, Marie-Anne Dourges, and Thierry Toupance.

Key publication venues where Rénal Backov has contributed multiple works include Langmuir, SSRN Electronic Journal, Chemistry of Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Recent publications illustrate the scope and depth of their research:

  • "Design of Binary Nb2O5-SiO2 Self-Standing Monoliths Bearing Hierarchical Porosity and Their Efficient Friedel-Crafts Alkylation/Acylation Catalytic Properties" (2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • "Pickering emulsion as template for porous bioceramics in the perspective of bone regeneration" (2022, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects)
  • "Site directed confinement of laccases in a porous scaffold towards robustness and selectivity" (2021, Biotechnology Reports)
  • "Binary CoOx-SiO2 Porous Nanostructures for Catalytic CO Oxidation" (2022, ACS Applied Nano Materials)
  • "Hierarchical Porous WO3@SiO2 Self-Standing Monolithic Catalysts and Their Efficient Cycling "Cosolvent-Free" Friedel-Crafts Alkylation/Acylation Catalytic Properties" (2023, Chemistry of Materials)

Best Publications

  • Hybrid foams, colloids and beyond: From design to applications

    Nicolas Brun;Simona Ungureanu;Hervé Deleuze;Rénal Backov

  • Inorganic monoliths hierarchically textured via concentrated direct emulsion and micellar templates

    Florent Carn;Annie Colin;Marie-France Achard;Hervé Deleuze

  • Foam drainage in the presence of nanoparticle-surfactant mixtures.

    Florent Carn;Annie Colin;Olivier Pitois;Michèle Vignes-Adler

  • Hard Macrocellular Silica Si(HIPE) Foams Templating Micro/Macroporous Carbonaceous Monoliths: Applications as Lithium Ion Battery Negative Electrodes and Electrochemical Capacitors

    Nicolas Brun;Savari R. S. Prabaharan;Savari R. S. Prabaharan;Mathieu Morcrette;Clément Sanchez

  • Generation of Palladium Nanoparticles within Macrocellular Polymeric Supports: Application to Heterogeneous Catalysis of the Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reaction

    Alexandre Desforges;Alexandre Desforges;Rénal Backov;Hervé Deleuze;Olivier Mondain-Monval

  • Controlled production of emulsions and particles by milli-and microfluidic techniques

    Wilfried Engl;Rénal Backov;Pascal Panizza

  • Design of Hierarchical Porous Carbonaceous Foams from a Dual-Template Approach and Their Use as Electrochemical Capacitor and Li Ion Battery Negative Electrodes

    Nicolas Brun;Nicolas Brun;Savari R.S. Prabaharan;Surcin Christine;Mathieu Morcrette

  • Rational Design of Macrocellular Silica Scaffolds Obtained by a Tunable Sol–Gel Foaming Process

    Florent Carn;Annie Colin;Marie-France Achard;Hervé Deleuze

  • Preparation of LiBH4@carbon micro–macrocellular foams: tuning hydrogen release through varying microporosity

    Nicolas Brun;Raphaël Janot;Clément Sanchez;Hervé Deleuze

  • Colloidal particles as liquid dispersion stabilizer: Pickering emulsions and materials thereof

    Véronique Schmitt;Mathieu Destribats;Rénal Backov

  • Porous mediator-free enzyme carbonaceous electrodes obtained through Integrative Chemistry for biofuel cells

    Victoria Flexer;Nicolas Brun;Olivier Courjean;Rénal Backov

  • Mesoporous and Homothetic Silica Capsules in Reverse‐Emulsion Microreactors

    Giulia Fornasieri;Stéphane Badaire;Rénal Backov;Olivier Mondain-Monval

  • One-pot syntheses of the first series of emulsion based hierarchical hybrid organic-inorganic open-cell monoliths possessing tunable functionality (organo-Si(HIPE) series)

    Simona Ungureanu;Marc Birot;Guillaume Laurent;Hervé Deleuze

  • Novel monolith-type boron nitride hierarchical foams obtained through integrative chemistry

    Johan G. Alauzun;Simona Ungureanu;Nicolas Brun;Samuel Bernard

  • Anatase and Rutile TiO2 Macrocellular Foams: Air–Liquid Foaming Sol–Gel Process Towards Controlling Cell Sizes, Morphologies, and Topologies

    Florent Carn;Annie Colin;Marie-France Achard;Hervé Deleuze

  • Controlled production of hierarchically organized large emulsions and particles using assemblies on line of co-axial flow devices

    Pascal Panizza;Pascal Panizza;Wilfried Engl;Cindy Hany;Rénal Backov

  • Macroscopic Fibers of Oriented Vanadium Oxide Ribbons and Their Application as Highly Sensitive Alcohol Microsensors

    L. Biette;F. Carn;M. Maugey;M.-F. Achard

  • First Pd@Organo−Si(HIPE) Open-Cell Hybrid Monoliths Generation Offering Cycling Heck Catalysis Reactions

    Simona Ungureanu;Hervé Deleuze;Clément Sanchez;Marcel I. Popa

  • Bio-inspired synthetic pathways and beyond: integrative chemistry

    Eric Prouzet;Eric Prouzet;Serge Ravaine;Clément Sanchez;Rénal Backov

  • Designing highly efficient enzyme-based carbonaceous foams electrodes for biofuel cells

    Victoria Flexer;Nicolas Brun;Rénal Backov;Nicolas Mano

  • Enzyme-Based Hybrid Macroporous Foams as Highly Efficient Biocatalysts Obtained through Integrative Chemistry

    N. Brun;A. Babeau Garcia;H. Deleuze;M.-F. Achard

Frequent Co-Authors

Clément Sanchez
Clément Sanchez Collège de France
Mathieu Morcrette
Mathieu Morcrette University of Picardie Jules Verne
Nicolas Mano
Nicolas Mano Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Annie Colin
Annie Colin ESPCI Paris
Philippe Poulin
Philippe Poulin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jacques Livage
Jacques Livage Collège de France
Christel Gervais
Christel Gervais Sorbonne University
Serge Ravaine
Serge Ravaine Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Samuel Bernard
Samuel Bernard University of Limoges
Cédric Boissière
Cédric Boissière Sorbonne University

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