RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
i) Design and synthesis of helically chiral molecular architectures : aromatic oligoamide foldamers, helicenes and hybrids
ii) Study of optical and chiroptical properties : circular dichroïsm (CD), circularly polarized luminescence (CPL), nonlinear chiroptics
BACKGROUND
- Since 2008 : Chargé de Recherche CNRS at Institut of Molecular Sciences, University of Bordeaux
- 2006 - 2008 : Postdoctoral position at EPFL in Prof. Kay Severin's group, Supramolecular Chemistry Lab.
- 2003 - 2006 : Ph. D. in Molecular Chemistry from Université de Rennes 1 under guidance of Profs. Stéphane Rigaut and Daniel Touchard
Publications
Borges-Anastácio, R., Merlet, E., Adamietz, F., Kauffmann, B., Ferrand, Y., Olivier, C., Rodriguez, V. (). Probing the Nonlinear Chiroptical Activity of Multiturn Aromatic Helices Using Linearly Polarized Light. In Angewandte Chemie International Edition (Vol. 64, Issue 29, p. e202503025). https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202503025
Pranee, P., Hess, R., Boudier, A., Anfar, Z., De Souza Lima Mendes, M., Merlet, E., Yospanya, W., Pouget, E., Nlate, S., Olivier, C., Buffeteau, T., Ferrand, Y., Oda, R. (). Chirality expression from hierarchical foldamer-mesoscopic helical silica frameworks. In Materials Chemistry Frontiers (Vol. 9, Issue 10, p. 1501-1510). https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qm01140f
Borges-Anastácio, R., Moreno, K., Merlet, E., Buffeteau, T., Kauffmann, B., McClenaghan, N., Ferrand, Y., Olivier, C. (). Solvent dependent hierarchical dual helicity in a fused [4]carbohelicene/quinoline oligoamide foldamer. In Organic Chemistry Frontiers (Vol. 11, Issue 9, p. 2632-2637). https://doi.org/10.1039/d4qo00320a
Laffilé, V., Moreno, K., Merlet, E., McClenaghan, N., Ferrand, Y., Olivier, C. (). CPL-active water-soluble aromatic oligoamide foldamers. In Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (Vol. 21, Issue 17, p. 3644-3649). https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ob00455d
Ismail, M., Olivier, C., Toupance, T. (). Hybrid WO3-nanorods/TiO2 photoanodes for improved dye-sensitized solar cells performances under back illumination. In Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics (Vol. 34, Issue 11, p. 936). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-023-10335-8
Olivier, C., Nagatomo, N., Mori, T., McClenaghan, N., Jonusauskas, G., Kauffmann, B., Kuwahara, Y., Takafuji, M., Ihara, H., Ferrand, Y. (). A π-extended phenanthrene-fused aza[7]helicenium as a novel chiroptically-active architecture in organic and aqueous media. In Organic Chemistry Frontiers (Vol. 10, Issue 3, p. 752-758). https://doi.org/10.1039/d2qo01942f
Keppetipola, N.M., Tada, K., Olivier, C., Hirsch, L., Bessho, T., Uchida, S., Segawa, H., Toupance, T., Cojocaru, L. (). Comparative performance analysis of photo-supercapacitor based on silicon, dye-sensitized and perovskite solar cells: Towards indoor applications. In Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (Vol. 247, p. 111966). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2022.111966
Bharwal, A.K., Manceriu, L., Olivier, C., Mahmoud, A., Iojoiu, C., Toupance, T., Ruiz, C.M., Pasquinelli, M., Duché, D., Simon, J.J., Henrist, C., Alloin, F. (). Remarkable 8.3% efficiency and extended electron lifetime towards highly stable semi-transparent iodine-free DSSCs by mitigating the in-situ triiodide generation. In Chemical Engineering Journal (Vol. 446, p. 136777). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.136777
Ismail, M., Chebaane, M.M., Bousselmi, L., Zahraa, O., Olivier, C., Toupance, T. (). Photoelectrochemical properties of WO3-modified anatase TiO2 photoanodes and application for dye-sensitized solar cells. In Surfaces and Interfaces (Vol. 27, p. 101543). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2021.101543
Keppetipola, N.M., Olivier, C., Toupance, T., Cojocaru, L. (). Biomass-derived carbon electrodes for supercapacitors and hybrid solar cells: Towards sustainable photo-supercapacitors. In Sustainable Energy and Fuels (Vol. 5, Issue 19, p. 4784-4806). https://doi.org/10.1039/d1se00954k
Bharwal, A.K., Salian, G.D., Manceriu, L., Mahmoud, A., Alloin, F., Iojoiu, C., Djenizian, T., Ruiz, C.M., Pasquinelli, M., Toupance, T., Olivier, C., Duché, D., Simon, J.J., Henrist, C. (). Plasticized I2-free polysiloxane ionic conductors as electrolytes for stable and flexible solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. In Applied Surface Science Advances (Vol. 5, p. 100120). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsadv.2021.100120
Moreno, K., Merlet, E., McClenaghan, N., Buffeteau, T., Ferrand, Y., Olivier, C. (). Influence of Positional Isomerism on the Chiroptical Properties of Functional Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers. In Chempluschem (Vol. 86, Issue 3, p. 496-503). https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202100051
Keppetipola, N.M., Dissanayake, M., Dissanayake, P., Karunarathne, B., Dourges, M.A., Talaga, D., Servant, L., Olivier, C., Toupance, T., Uchida, S., Tennakone, K., Kumara, G.R.A., Cojocaru, L. (). Graphite-type activated carbon from coconut shell: a natural source for eco-friendly non-volatile storage devices. In Rsc Advances (Vol. 11, Issue 5, p. 2854-2865). https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ra09182k
Hermans, Y., Olivier, C., Junge, H., Klein, A., Jaegermann, W., Toupance, T. (). Sunlight Selective Photodeposition of CoOx(OH)yand NiOx(OH)yon Truncated Bipyramidal BiVO4for Highly Efficient Photocatalysis. In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (Vol. 12, Issue 48, p. 53910-53920). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c14624
Verreault, D., Moreno, K., Merlet, É., Adamietz, F., Kauffmann, B., Ferrand, Y., Olivier, C., Rodriguez, V. (). Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering as a New Chiroptical Method: Uncovering the Nonlinear Optical Activity of Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers. In Journal of the American Chemical Society (Vol. 142, Issue 1, p. 257-263). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b09890
Geffroy, C., Grana, E., Mumtaz, M., Cojocaru, L., Cloutet, E., Olivier, C., Uchida, S., Toupance, T., Segawa, H., Hadziioannou, G. (). Post-functionalization of polyvinylcarbazoles: An open route towards hole transporting materials for perovskite solar cells. In Solar Energy (Vol. 193, p. 878-884). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.10.034
Kashiwaya, S., Olivier, C., Majimel, J., Klein, A., Jaegermann, W., Toupance, T. (). Nickel Oxide Selectively Deposited on the {101} Facet of Anatase TiO2 Nanocrystal Bipyramids for Enhanced Photocatalysis. In ACS Applied Nano Materials (Vol. 2, Issue 8, p. 4793-4803). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b00729
Lyu, S., Massin, J., Pavone, M., Muñoz-García, A.B., Labrugère, C., Toupance, T., Chavarot-Kerlidou, M., Artero, V., Olivier, C. (). H2-Evolving Dye-Sensitized Photocathode Based on a Ruthenium-Diacetylide/Cobaloxime Supramolecular Assembly. In ACS Applied Energy Materials (Vol. 2, Issue 7, p. 4971-4980). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b00652
Merlet, E., Moreno, K., Tron, A., McClenaghan, N., Kauffmann, B., Ferrand, Y., Olivier, C. (). Aromatic oligoamide foldamers as versatile scaffolds for induced circularly polarized luminescence at adjustable wavelengths. In Chemical Communications (Vol. 55, Issue 66, p. 9825-9828). https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cc04697f
Almosni, S., Delamarre, A., Jehl, Z., Suchet, D., Cojocaru, L., Giteau, M., Behaghel, B., Julian, A., Ibrahim, C., Tatry, L., Wang, H., Kubo, T., Uchida, S., Segawa, H., Miyashita, N., Tamaki, R., Shoji, Y., Yoshida, K., Ahsan, N., Watanabe, K., Inoue, T., Sugiyama, M., Nakano, Y., Hamamura, T., Toupance, T., Olivier, C., Chambon, S., Vignau, L., Geffroy, C., Cloutet, E., Hadziioannou, G., Cavassilas, N., Rale, P., Cattoni, A., Collin, S., Gibelli, F., Paire, M., Lombez, L., Aureau, D., Bouttemy, M., Etcheberry, A., Okada, Y., Guillemoles, J.F. (). Material challenges for solar cells in the twenty-first century: directions in emerging technologies. In Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (Vol. 19, Issue 1, p. 336-369). https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2018.1433439
Lyu, S., Bertrand, C., Hamamura, T., Ducasse, L., Toupance, T., Olivier, C. (). Molecular engineering of ruthenium-diacetylide organometallic complexes towards efficient green dye for DSSC. In Dyes and Pigments (Vol. 158, p. 326-333). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2018.05.060
Kashiwaya, S., Aymonier, C., Majimel, J., Olivier, C., Klein, A., Jaegermann, W., Toupance, T. (). Supercritical CO2-assisted deposition of NiO on (101)-anatase-TiO2 for efficient facet engineered photocatalysts. In New Journal of Chemistry (Vol. 42, Issue 23, p. 18649-18658). https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nj04292f
Kusumawati, Y., Massin, J., Olivier, C., Toupance, T., Ivansyah, A.L., Martoprawiro, M.A., Prijamboedi, B., Radiman, C.L., Pauporté, T. (). Combined computational and experimental study of carbazole dyes for iodide- and cobalt-based ZnO DSSCs. In Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry (Vol. 341, p. 69-77). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2017.03.019
Soltan, W.B., Ammar, S., Olivier, C., Toupance, T. (). Influence of zinc doping on the photocatalytic activity of nanocrystalline SnO2 particles synthesized by the polyol method for enhanced degradation of organic dyes. In Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Vol. 729, p. 638-647). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.09.155
Uddin, M.T., Nicolas, Y., Olivier, C., Jaegermann, W., Rockstroh, N., Junge, H., Toupance, T. (). Band alignment investigations of heterostructure NiO/TiO2 nanomaterials used as efficient heterojunction earth-abundant metal oxide photocatalysts for hydrogen production. In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Vol. 19, Issue 29, p. 19279-19288). https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cp01300k
Lyu, S., Farré, Y., Ducasse, L., Pellegrin, Y., Toupance, T., Olivier, C., Odobel, F. (). Push-pull ruthenium diacetylide complexes: New dyes for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells. In Rsc Advances (Vol. 6, Issue 24, p. 19928-19936). https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ra25899e
Massin, J., Lyu, S., Pavone, M., Muñoz-García, A.B., Kauffmann, B., Toupance, T., Chavarot-Kerlidou, M., Artero, V., Olivier, C. (). Design and synthesis of novel organometallic dyes for NiO sensitization and photo-electrochemical applications. In Dalton Transactions (Vol. 45, Issue 31, p. 12539-12547). https://doi.org/10.1039/c6dt02177h
De Sousa, S., Lyu, S., Ducasse, L., Toupance, T., Olivier, C. (). Tuning visible-light absorption properties of Ru-diacetylide complexes: Simple access to colorful efficient dyes for DSSCs. In Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Vol. 3, Issue 35, p. 18256-18264). https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ta04498g
Uddin, M.T., Babot, O., Thomas, L., Olivier, C., Redaelli, M., D'Arienzo, M., Morazzoni, F., Jaegermann, W., Rockstroh, N., Junge, H., Toupance, T. (). New insights into the photocatalytic properties of RuO2/TiO2 mesoporous heterostructures for hydrogen production and organic pollutant photodecomposition. In Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Vol. 119, Issue 13, p. 7006-7015). https://doi.org/10.1021/jp512769u
Massin, J., Ducasse, L., Abbas, M., Hirsch, L., Toupance, T., Olivier, C. (). Molecular engineering of carbazole-fluorene sensitizers for high open-circuit voltage DSSCs: Synthesis and performance comparison with iodine and cobalt electrolytes. In Dyes and Pigments (Vol. 118, p. 76-87). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2015.02.020
Uddin, M.T., Nicolas, Y., Olivier, C., Servant, L., Toupance, T., Li, S., Klein, A., Jaegermann, W. (). Improved photocatalytic activity in RuO2-ZnO nanoparticulate heterostructures due to inhomogeneous space charge effects. In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Vol. 17, Issue 7, p. 5090-5102). https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cp04780j
De Sousa, S., Ducasse, L., Kauffmann, B., Toupance, T., Olivier, C. (). Functionalization of a ruthenium-diacetylide organometallic complex as a next-generation push-pull chromophore. In Chemistry A European Journal (Vol. 20, Issue 23, p. 7017-7024). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201304611
Massin, J., Ducasse, L., Toupance, T., Olivier, C. (). Tetrazole as a new anchoring group for the functionalization of TiO 2 nanoparticles: A joint experimental and theoretical study. In Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Vol. 118, Issue 20, p. 10677-10685). https://doi.org/10.1021/jp502488g
Nicolas, Y., Allama, F., Lepeltier, M., Massin, J., Castet, F., Ducasse, L., Hirsch, L., Boubegtiten, Z., Jonusauskas, G., Olivier, C., Toupance, T. (). New synthetic routes towards soluble and dissymmetric triphenodioxazine dyes designed for dye-sensitized solar cells. In Chemistry A European Journal (Vol. 20, Issue 13, p. 3678-3688). https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201303775
Danine, A., Cojocaru, L., Faure, C., Olivier, C., Toupance, T., Campet, G., Rougier, A. (). Room Temperature UV treated WO3 thin films for electrochromic devices on paper substrate. In Electrochimica Acta (Vol. 129, p. 113-119). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2014.02.028
Leroy, C.M., Olivier, C., Toupance, T., Abbas, M., Hirsch, L., Ravaine, S., Backov, R. (). One-pot easily-processed TiO2 macroporous photoanodes (Ti-HIPE) for dye-sensitized solar cells. In Solid State Sciences (Vol. 28, p. 81-89). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2013.12.004
Uddin, M.T., Nicolas, Y., Olivier, C., Toupance, T., Müller, M.M., Kleebe, H.J., Rachut, K., Ziegler, J., Klein, A., Jaegermann, W. (). Preparation of RuO2/TiO2 mesoporous heterostructures and rationalization of their enhanced photocatalytic properties by band alignment investigations. In Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Vol. 117, Issue 42, p. 22098-22110). https://doi.org/10.1021/jp407539c
Toupance, T., Renard, L., Jousseaume, B., Olivier, C., Pinoie, V., Verbruggen, I., Willem, R. (). Silica-anchored organotin trichloride: A recyclable and clean organotin catalyst for transesterification reactions. In Dalton Transactions (Vol. 42, Issue 26, p. 9764-9770). https://doi.org/10.1039/c3dt50292a
De Sousa, S., Olivier, C., Ducasse, L., Le Bourdon, G., Hirsch, L., Toupance, T. (). Oligocarbazole-based chromophores for efficient thin-film dye-sensitized solar cells. In Chemsuschem (Vol. 6, Issue 6, p. 993-996). https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201200975
Ducasse, L., Castet, F., Méreau, R., Nénon, S., Idé, J., Toupance, T., Olivier, C. (). Structure and absorption properties of the C212 dye chemisorbed onto the TiO2 (1 0 1) anatase surface. In Chemical Physics Letters (Vol. 556, p. 151-157). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2012.11.024
Uddin, T., Nicolas, Y., Olivier, C., Toupance, T. (). Low temperature preparation routes of nanoporous semi-conducting films for flexible dye-sensitized solar cells. In ACS Symposium Series (Vol. 1140, p. 143-172). https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2013-1140.ch006
Cojocaru, L., Olivier, C., Toupance, T., Sellier, E., Hirsch, L. (). Size and shape fine-tuning of SnO2 nanoparticles for highly efficient and stable dye-sensitized solar cells. In Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Vol. 1, Issue 44, p. 13789-13799). https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ta12279d
Uddin, M.T., Nicolas, Y., Olivier, C., Toupance, T., Servant, L., Müller, M.M., Kleebe, H.J., Ziegler, J., Jaegermann, W. (). Nanostructured SnO 2-ZnO heterojunction photocatalysts showing enhanced photocatalytic activity for the degradation of organic dyes. In Inorganic Chemistry (Vol. 51, Issue 14, p. 7764-7773). https://doi.org/10.1021/ic300794j
Olivier, C., Sauvage, F., Ducasse, L., Castet, F., Grätzel, M., Toupance, T. (). Fine-tuning of triarylamine-based photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. In Chemsuschem (Vol. 4, Issue 6, p. 731-736). https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201100031
Tebby, Z., Uddin, T., Nicolas, Y., Olivier, C., Toupance, T., Labrugère, C., Hirsch, L. (). Low-temperature UV processing of nanoporous SnO 2 layers for dye-sensitized solar cells. In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (Vol. 3, Issue 5, p. 1485-1491). https://doi.org/10.1021/am200049g
Olivier, C., Costuas, K., Choua, S., Maurel, V., Turek, P., Saillard, J.Y., Touchard, D., Rigaut, S. (). "chain-like" trimetallic ruthenium complexes with C7 carbon-rich bridges: Experimental and theoretical investigations of electronic communication tuning in five distinct oxidation states. In Journal of the American Chemical Society (Vol. 132, Issue 16, p. 5638-5651). https://doi.org/10.1021/ja908948g
Olivier, C., Scopelliti, R., Severin, K. (). Expanding the size of organometallic nanostructures: A hexanuclear (cymene)Ru cylinder with a length of more than 3 nm. In European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (Issue 2, p. 207-210). https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.200801020
Olivier, C., Solari, E., Scopelliti, R., Severin, K. (). Breaking the symmetry: Assembly of cylindrical nanostructures with a C 3-symmetrical ligand. In Inorganic Chemistry (Vol. 47, Issue 11, p. 4454-4456). https://doi.org/10.1021/ic8005508
Pélerin, O., Olivier, C., Roisnel, T., Touchard, D., Rigaut, S. (). A ruthenium(II) allenylidene complex with a 4,5-diazafluorene functional group: A new building-block for organometallic molecular assemblies. In Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (Vol. 693, Issue 12, p. 2153-2158). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2008.03.014
Gauthier, N., Olivier, C., Rigaut, S., Touchard, D., Roisnel, T., Humphrey, M.G., Paul, F. (). Intramolecular optical electron transfer in mixed-valent dinuclear iron-ruthenium complexes featuring a 1,4-diethynylaryl spacer. In Organometallics (Vol. 27, Issue 6, p. 1063-1072). https://doi.org/10.1021/om700584m
Olivier, C., Kim, B.S., Touchard, D., Rigaut, S. (). Redox-active molecular wires incorporating ruthenium(II) σ-arylacetylide complexes for molecular electronics. In Organometallics (Vol. 27, Issue 4, p. 509-518). https://doi.org/10.1021/om700779x
Kim, B.S., Beebe, J.M., Olivier, C., Rigaut, S., Touchard, D., Kushmerick, J.G., Zhu, X.Y., Frisbie, C.D. (). Temperature and length dependence of charge transport in redox-active molecular wires incorporating ruthenium(II) bis(σ-arylacetylide) complexes. In Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Vol. 111, Issue 20, p. 7521-7526). https://doi.org/10.1021/jp068824b
Olivier, C., Choua, S., Turek, P., Touchard, D., Rigaut, S. (). Electronic communication in "chain-like" trimetallic ruthenium complexes with two C7 carbon-rich conjugated bridges. In Chemical Communications (Issue 29, p. 3100-3102). https://doi.org/10.1039/b704241h
Olivier, C., Grote, Z., Solari, E., Scopelliti, R., Severin, K. (). A self-assembled receptor for the recognition of phosphate and acetate anions in neutral aqueous solution. In Chemical Communications (Issue 39, p. 4000-4002). https://doi.org/10.1039/b711425g
Rigaut, S., Olivier, C., Costuas, K., Choua, S., Fadhel, O., Massue, J., Turek, P., Saillard, J.Y., Dixneuf, P.H., Touchard, D. (). C7 and C9 carbon-rich bridges in diruthenium systems: Synthesis, spectroscopic, and theoretical investigations of different oxidation states. In Journal of the American Chemical Society (Vol. 128, Issue 17, p. 5859-5876). https://doi.org/10.1021/ja0603453
Dyer, P.W., Fawcett, J., Griffith, G.A., Hanton, M.J., Olivier, C., Patterson, A.R., Suhard, S. (). Sterically-controlled regioselective para-substitutions of aniline. In Chemical Communications (Issue 30, p. 3835-3837). https://doi.org/10.1039/b506824j
Olivier, C., Toplak, R., Guerro, M., Carlier, R., Lorcy, D. (). Novel route to crown ether annelated dithiadiazafulvalenes. In Comptes Rendus Chimie (Vol. 8, Issue 2, p. 235-242). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crci.2004.11.003