Arnaud Chaix

Research scientists

Current

Research Interests

Inorganic nanomaterials, surface functionalization, supramolecular chemistry, Schiff-bases macrocycles, gels, hydrogels, 
nanomedicine, gas capture and separation, gas detection, pollutant capture, artificial water channels.

Selected Publications

  • Selective Water Pore Recognition and Transport through Self-assembled Alkyl- ureido-Trianglamine Artificial Water Channels, Iuliana. M. Andrei, Arnaud Chaix, Belkacem Tarek Benkhaled, Romain Dupuis, Chaimaa Gomri, Eddy Petit, Maurizio Polentarutti, Arie van der Lee, Mona Semsarilar and Mihail Barboiu, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 39, 21213–21221.

  • Novel Biocompatible Trianglamine Networks for Efficient Iodine Capture, Belkacem Tarek Benkhaled, Arnaud Chaix, Chaimaa Gomri, Sébastien Buys, Nabil Namar, Nadine Sehoulia, Rohitkumar Jadhav, Jason Richard, Laure Lichon, Christophe Nguyen, Magali Gary-Bobo, and Mona Semsarilar, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 36, 42942–42953.

  • Remote Detection of HCN, HF, and Nerve Agent Vapors Based on Self- Referencing, Dye Impregnated Porous Silicon Photonic Crystal, Yi-Sheng. Lu, Sanahan Vijayakumar, Arnaud Chaix, Brian Pimentel, Seth Cohen, Michael Sailor, ACS Sensors, 2021, 6, 2, 418-428.

  • Trianglamine-based supramolecular organic frameworks with permanent intrinsic porosity and tunable selectivity, Arnaud Chaix, Georges Mouchaham, Aleksander Shkurenko, Phuong Hoang, Basem Moosa, Prashant M. Bhatt, Karim Adil, Khaled N. Salama, Mohamed Eddaoudi and Niveen M. Khashab, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2018, 140, 14571- 14575.

  • Two-Photon Light Trigger siRNA Transfection of Cancer Cells Using Non-Toxic Porous Silicon Nanoparticles, Arnaud Chaix, Eduardo Cueto-Diaz, Sofia Dominguez-Gil, Chantelle Spiteri, Laure Lichon, Marie Maynadier, Xavier Dumail, Dina Aggad, Anthony Delalande, Aurélie Bessière, Chantal Pichon, Ciro Chiappini, Michael J. Sailor, Nadir Bettache, Magali Gary- Bobo, Jean-Olivier Durand, Christophe Nguyen, Frédérique Cunin, Adv. Healthcare Mater, 2023, 2301052.

  • Two- Photon Excitation of Porphyrin-Functionalized Porous Silicon Nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy, Emilie Secret, Marie Maynadier, Audrey Gallud, Arnaud Chaix, Elise Bouffard, Magali Gary-Bobo, Nathalie Marcotte, Olivier Mongin, Khaled El Cheikh, Vincent Hugues, Mélanie Auffan, Céline Frochot, Alain Morère, Philippe Maillard, Mireille Blanchard- Desce, Michael J. Sailor, Marcel Garcia, Jean- Olivier Durand and Frédérique Cunin, Advanced Materials, 2014, 26, 7643-7648.

  • Two-Photon-Triggered Drug Release via Multifunctional Nanovalve, Jonas Croissant, Arnaud Chaix, Olivier Mongin, Miao Wang, Sébastien Clément, Laurence Raehm, Jean-Olivier Durand, Vincent Hugues, Mireille Blanchard-Desce, Marie Maynadier, Audrey Gallud, Magali Gary-Bobo, Marcel Garcia, Jie Lu, Fuyuhiko Tamanoi, Daniel P. Ferris, Derrick Tarn and Jeffrey I. Zink, Small, 2014, 10, 1752.

Education

  • Ph.D in chemistry at École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie of Montpellier, France, 2015

Professional Profile

  • 2021-2022: Postdoctoral Scholar at European Institute of Membranes (Montpellier), France

  • 2020-2021: Postdoctoral Scholar at GREMAN/STMicroelectronics (Tours), France

  • 2018-2020: Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA

  • 2016-2018: Postdoctoral Scholar at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

  • 2012-2015: Ph.D in Chemistry at École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie of Montpellier

KAUST Affiliations

PSE - Physical and Engineering Division

Research Interests Keywords

Inorganic nanomaterials Surface functionalization Supramolecular Chemistry Schiff-bases macrocycles 3D hydrogels hydrogels Nanomedicine Gas capture and separation Gas detection Pollutant capture Artificial water channels