CS2fE 2024

Word of introduction

CS2FE is back in Aussois!
We are very happy to host you in Aussois, a small village of the French Alps, at the CNRS resort.
The dates are June 9–14, 2024.
This year’s lecturers include: Prof. Bünzli, Dr. Bonnet, Prof. Cador, Prof. Giraud, Prof. Jaroschik, Dr. Le Guennic, Prof. Maron, Dr. Maury, Prof. Natrajan, Dr. Nocton, Prof. Norel, Prof. Sørensen, Dr. Riobé, and Dr. Sénèque.

Practical information

Plan your trip :
– A shuttle will depart from Chambery railway station at 4:30 pm on June 9. We will reach the resort at around 6:30 pm and enjoy our first dinner together after check-in.
– On June 14, the shuttle will reach Chambery at 2:30 pm.

Program of the week

The full program may also be downloaded here:

Monday, June 10

1 – Opening lecture – Rare earths : discovery, resources, and applications – Jean-Claude Bünzli
2 – Electronic Structure of f elements – Boris Le Guennic
3 – Coordination chemistry of f elements part 1 –Thomas J. Sørensen

4 – Magnetic properties of f complexes – Olivier Cador
5 – Basics of Lanthanide Complexes photophysics – Olivier Maury
6 – The chemistry of the actinides – Louise Natrajan

Tuesday, June 11

7 – Organometallic chemistry of f elements – Greg Nocton
8 – Catalysis and Reactivity (incl. theory) – Florian Jaroschik, Laurent Maron
9 – Single-Molecule-Magnets physics – Olivier Cador

10 – Basics of Lanthanide Complexes photophysics, part 2 – Olivier Maury
11 – Paramagnetic NMR – Nicolas Giraud
12 – Lanthanide complexes for Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Célia Bonnet

Wednesday, June 12

13 – Theranostic – Célia Bonnet and Olivier Maury
14 – Redox Chemistry – Greg Nocton
15 – SMM: chemistry and design – Lucie Norel

16 – Magnetic and optical properties of lanthanide complexes with ab initio calculations – Boris Le Guennic
17 – Catalysis and Reactivity (incl. theory) – Florian Jaroschik, Laurent Maron

Workshop 1

Multiconfigurational issue
G. Nocton

Solution structure determination using paramagnetic NMR
N. Giraud

Crystal field effect in advanced photophysics
O. Cador, O. Maury and B. Le Guennic

Thursday, June 13

18 – The nuclear fuel cycle and the role of coordination chemistry – Louise Natrajan
19 – Coordination Chemistry of f elements: speciation – Thomas J. Sørensen

Workshop 2

Solution structure determination using paramagnetic NMR
N. Giraud

Practical fluorescence measurements
F. Riobé

Perceptions of Nuclear Energy
L. Natrajan

20 – The advent of nanoparticles: selected examples – Jean-Claude Bünzli
21 – Catalysis and Reactivity (incl. theory) – Florian Jaroschik, Laurent Maron

Workshop 3

Design of responsive probes
O. Sénèque

Speciation studies based on optical properties
T. Sørensen

Photo-Switching luminescence and magnetic properties
L. Norel

Friday, June 14

22 – Luminescent Bioprobes – Olivier Sénèque
23 – Chiroptical properties – Francois Riobé

Workshop 4

Synthesis and reactivity, practical cases
F. Jaroschik and L. Maron

Enzyme, Supramolecular interaction with proteins
O. Sénèque and O. Maury

Practical fluorescence measurements
F. Riobé

Group pictures

This year’s group pictures benefit from an incredibly nice weather that reflects the warm atmosphere at CS2fE 2024!

Everyone looks amazing, but you can download all 5 pictures to chose which one you like best: