{"id":5830,"date":"2026-04-14T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cnrs-imn.fr\/publication-advanced-functional-materials-wiley-vch\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:00:11","slug":"publication-advanced-functional-materials-wiley-vch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnrs-imn.fr\/en\/publication-advanced-functional-materials-wiley-vch\/","title":{"rendered":"Publication Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley-VCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thin films that &#8220;bloom&#8221; for better performance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Thin films deposited on substrates are at the heart of many technologies, from optical systems to biomedical devices, electronics and solar panels. By controlling the topography of the substrate, a research team including scientists from the Institut des Mat\u00e9riaux de Nantes Jean Rouxel (CNRS &#8211; Nantes Universit\u00e9), the Institut Jean Lamour, the University of Namur (Belgium), ICS-Innovative Coating Solutions (Belgium) and the Institut Femto-ST, have demonstrated that it is possible to transform thin films into true three-dimensional architectures. The accessible surface thus created offers new prospects for applications such as electrochemical energy conversion and storage. The results have been published in the journal Adv. Funct. Mater.     <\/p>\n<p>Read the full article on CNRS Chimie :  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.cnrs.fr\/fr\/cnrsinfo\/des-films-minces-qui-fleurissent-pour-de-meilleures-performances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.inc.cnrs.fr\/fr\/cnrsinfo\/des-films-minces-qui-fleurissent-pour-de-meilleures-performances<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thin films that &#8220;bloom&#8221; for better performance Thin films deposited  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-st2e"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Publication Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley-VCH - 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