Renault, Christophe

Assistant Professor


Education

2008 M. S., Chemistry, University Paris 7, Denis Diderot (FR)

2011 PhD., Chemistry, University Paris 7, Denis Diderot (FR, Laboratory of Molecular Electrochmistry)

2012-2014 Postdoctoral Associate, University of Texas at Austin (Crooks Lab)

2014-2015 Postdoctoral Associate, University of Texas at Austin (Bard’s Lab)

2015-2016 Postdoctoral Associate, University of Twente (NL, Lemay’s Lab)

2016-2022 Researcher at CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique (France, LPMC)

2022-2023 Research Scholar at Purdue University (Dick’s Lab)

2023           Assistant Professor at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Chicago

Research Interests

The Renault group explores chemistry at interfaces. A wide variety of chemical events occurs at interfaces between solids and liquids. Molecules and particles in solution can interact with an interface leading to bond formation or breaking as well as transfer of particles like electrons and protons, for example. These interactions are ubiquitous in natural systems like cell membranes and play a critical role in human-made devices like batteries, sensors or catalyst. Understanding and analyzing surface interactions is bound to impact deeply humanity. The Renault Group acquired an exceptional expertise in electrochemistry, a field of science dedicated to the study of charge transfer through interfaces. We use this expertise to satisfy our scientific curiosity and push forward human knowledge.

The Renault Group is focusing on three research areas:

Publications/Research Listings

Pendergast A.; Deng Z.; Maroun F.; Dick J.E.; Renault C. “Revealing Dynamic Rotation of Single Graphene Nanoplatelets on Electrified Microinterface” ACS Nano, 15, 1, 2021, 15, 1, 1250–1258.

Deng Z.; Renault C. Unravelling the last milliseconds of an individual graphene nanoplatelet before impact with a Pt surface by bipolar electrochemist” Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 12494-12500.

Glasscott M.W.; Pendergast A. D.; Goines S.; Bishop A. R.; Hoang A.T.; Renault C; Dick J. E. “Electrosynthesis of high-entropy metallic glass nanoparticles for designer, multi-functional electrocatalysis” Nature Commun., 2019, 10, 1-8.

Deng Z.; Elattar R.; Maroun F.; Renault C. “In situ measurement of the size distribution and concentration of insulating particles by electrochemical collision on hemispherical ultramicroelectrodes” Anal Chem, 2018, 90, 12923-12929.

Kim, J.; Renault, C.; Nioradze, N.; Arroyo-Currás, N.; Leonard, K.; Bard, A. J. “Electrocatalytic Activity of Individual Pt Nanoparticles Studied by Nanoscale Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 8560–8568.

Dick, J. E.; Renault, C.; Kim, B.-K.; Bard, A. J. “Simultaneous Detection of Single Attoliter Droplet Collisions by Electrochemical and Electrogenerated Chemiluminescent Responses” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 11859-11862.

Renault, C.; Anderson, M. J.; Crooks, R. M. “Electrochemistry in Hollow-Channel Paper Analytical Devices” J. Am. Chem. Soc2014, 136, 4616-4623.

Renault, C.; Andrieux C. P.; Tucker, R. T.; Brett, M. J.; Balland, V.; Limoges, B. “Unraveling the Mechanism of Catalytic Reduction of O2 by Microperoxidase-11 Adsorbed within a Transparent 3D-Nanoporous ITO Film” J. Am. Chem. Soc2012, 134, 6834-6845.