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Victor MOUGEL PhD Student INAC/SCIB/RICC C5-331 17 Rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble, France office: + 33 (0) 4 38 78 45 96      lab: + 33 (0) 4 38 78 94 54

Research activity

   The growing importance of nuclear industry necessitates an improved understanding of the speciation and redox properties of actinides both within spent nuclear fuel and in the environment. Aside from its high fundamental interest, the understanding of bonding, structure and reactivity of actinides is crucial for the development of more efficient types of nuclear fuel, new separation technologies in the retreatment of spent nuclear fuel and new remediation and decorporation strategies. In particular, the chemistry of pentavalent uranyl has important implications in nuclear industry and related environmental issues. However compounds containing the pentavalent uranyl UO₂⁺ species remain rare and very little is known about their electronic structure and reactivity. This paucity of information is not surprising when one consider the strong tendency of uranium(V) to disproportionate to U(IV) and U(VI) and the ease and rapidity of oxidation of U(V) to U(VI).

   The objectives of my thesis are the design of new stable uranyl(V) complexes, studying their physical properties (magnetism, electrochemistry) in order to improve the understanding of the bonding properties and the stability of uranyl(V), the design of polymetallic autoassemblies based on cation-cation interaction and the study of their magnetic properties and the synthesis and study of low oxidation state uranium complexes.

Education

• 2006-2009: Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, département de chimie, LYON.
  MSc diploma in chemistry, mention Très Bien (very good), rank 2nd/22.

• 2003-2006: mathématiques supérieures/spéciales PCSI/PC*, Lycée du parc, LYON

• 2003: baccalauréat scientifique mention Bien

Research experience

• September 2009-…: Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, Laboratoire de Reconnaissance Ionique et Chimie de Coordination, CEA-Grenoble. « Coordination chemistry of uranyl(V) » (Thesis supervisor : Dr M. Mazzanti)
• January-July 2009: Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, Laboratoire de Reconnaissance Ionique et Chimie de Coordination, CEA-Grenoble. Coordination chemistry of uranyl(V) » (Supervisor : Dr M. Mazzanti)
  Master 2 research internship: Synthesis and characterisation of new uranyl(V) complexes, study of their physical properties.
• April-July 2008: Chemistry Laboratory, Durham University, Durham, UK « Synthesis of new chromophores for Lanthanide excitation » (Supervisor Pr D. Parker)
  Master 1 research internship: Synthesis and characterisation of new dipyridoquinoxaline chomophores and functionalisation on cyclen type ligands. Analysis of the sensitisation properties of these chromophores on Lanthanides(III) complexes.
• May-July 2007: Laboratoire de chimie de l’Ens Lyon, UMR 5182, Groupe de chimie pour l’optique, Lyon « Synthèses de nouveaux motifs octupolaires » (Supervisor : Dr Y. Bretonnière)
  Reasearch internship : Synthesis and characterisation of ABAB substituted porphyrins. Synthesis and characterisation of a new family of organic C2v compounds and study of their non linear optical properties.

Publications

 

 

1. V. Mougel, P. Horeglad, G. Nocton, J. Pécaut, M. Mazzanti., Angew. Chem., 2009, 48, 8477, +inside cover.

2. V. Mougel, B. Biswas, J. Pécaut, M. Mazzanti, Chem. Comm., 2010, 46, 8648

3. V. Mougel, P. Horeglad, G. Nocton, J. Pécaut, M. Mazzanti, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 48, 14365.

4. C. Camp, V. Mougel, P. Horeglad, J. Pécaut, M. Mazzanti, Jacs, 2010, 49, 17374.

5. B. Biswas,  V. Mougel, J. Pécaut, M. Mazzanti , Angew. Chem. ,  2011, 50, 5745, +back cover .

6. R. Copping, V. Mougel, S. Petit, C. Den Auwer, P. Moisi, M. Mazzanti, Chem. Comm., 2011, 47, 5497.

7. V. Mougel, J. Pécaut, M. Mazzanti, Chem. Comm., 2012, 48, 868.

8. L.Chatelain, V. Mougel, J. Pécaut, M. Mazzanti, Chem. Sci., 2012, 3, 1075

 

 

Teaching

     Teaching assistant (chemistry, Université de Grenoble): Practical chemistry, Solution chemistry training.