The platform specializes in the synthesis of biocompatible nanomaterials for applications ranging from air and water pollution control to ambient energy recovery, as well as the manufacture of antibacterial and anti-virus surfaces. It also brings Microfluidics/MEMS technology into contact with nanomaterials by integrating nanomaterials into devices of widely varying sizes, from the micrometric scale of microfluidic reactors, to surfaces of several square meters for a depolluting road capable of depolluting water and purifying air via the photocatalytic effect.

The platform has several complementary analysis methods, including optical spectroscopy (UV-Visible-IR, FTIR, Fluorescence, Photoluminescence), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with a mass spectrometer (MS) and electrochemistry. Another specific feature of the platform is the use of MEMS-FTIR optical microspectrometers, in close proximity to the environment of interest, to monitor changes in gas composition in real time. A final specificity concerns the study of microfluidic sensors for the analysis of various pollutants in drinking water, including heavy metals and microplastics.

The platform is organized into several specific rooms: a nanomaterials synthesis room, an optical characterization room and an analytical room with HPLC/MS.