Nicolas Durand

Works (11)

Updated: September 9th, 2025 05:04

2025 article

A Rhenium Bis- tetramethylphenanthroline Catalyst for CO2 Reduction to Formate

Alameh, R. T., Arteta, S., Fernández, S., Barakat, M., Asempa, E., Atallah, H., … Castellano, F. N. (2025, June 18). Energy & Fuels, Vol. 39, pp. 12667–12675.

By: R. Alameh n , S. Arteta n, S. Fernández *, M. Barakat n, E. Asempa n, H. Atallah n , N. Durand n , C. Gillis* ...

topics (OpenAlex): CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts; Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis; Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 17, 2025

2025 article

Immobilizing a Lehn-Type Catalyst with Nitrocyclocondensation Chemistries: CO2 Reduction on Silicon Hybrid Photoelectrodes

Orr, A. D., Zhu, Z., Durand, N., Bonfiglio, A., Teitsworth, T. S., Sampaio, R. N., … Lockett, M. R. (2025, June 3). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 6.

By: A. Orr *, Z. Zhu *, N. Durand n , A. Bonfiglio n, T. Teitsworth *, R. Sampaio *, F. Castellano n , J. Cahoon *, C. Donley *, M. Lockett *

author keywords: photoelectrode; cathode; silicon; semiconductor; solarfuel; catalysis; surface chemistry
topics (OpenAlex): CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts; Catalytic Processes in Materials Science; Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 3, 2025

2025 article

Mechanistic Insights into Visible-Light-Induced ATRA Reactions Powered by the Symbiotic Relationship between Cu(II)/Cu(I) Phenanthroline Complexes

Arteta, S., Deegbey, M., Durand, N., Kibbe, R., Floß, J., Barth, A. T., … Castellano, F. N. (2025, August 26). ACS Catalysis, Vol. 8.

By: S. Arteta n, M. Deegbey n, N. Durand n , R. Kibbe n, J. Floß*, A. Barth n, D. Muddiman n , E. Jakubikova n , O. Reiser *, F. Castellano n 

author keywords: photochemistry; photocatalysts; charge transfer; copper phenanthrolines; ATRA reactions
topics (OpenAlex): Radical Photochemical Reactions; Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions; Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 26, 2025

2025 article

Photophysical and Time‐resolved Infrared Properties of Long‐Lived Rhenium(I) 4,5‐Diazafluorene Tricarbonyl Chromophores

Alameh, R. T., Rosko, M. C., Danilov, E. O., Durand, N., & Castellano, F. N. (2025, February 11). ChemPhysChem, Vol. 2.

By: R. Alameh n , M. Rosko n , E. Danilov n , N. Durand n  & F. Castellano n 

author keywords: charge transfer; ligand effects; photophysics; time-resolved spectroscopy
topics (OpenAlex): CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts; Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures; Metal complexes synthesis and properties
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: February 25, 2025

2024 article

Enhanced Visible Light Absorption in Heteroleptic Cuprous Phenanthrolines

Rosko, M. C., Wheeler, J. P., Alameh, R., Faulkner, A. P., Durand, N., & Castellano, F. N. (2024, January 8). Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 63, pp. 1692–1701.

By: M. Rosko n , J. Wheeler n , R. Alameh n , A. Faulkner n, N. Durand n  & F. Castellano n 

topics (OpenAlex): Surface Chemistry and Catalysis; Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry; Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
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7. Affordable and Clean Energy (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 9, 2024

2024 article

Statistical analysis of HAADF-STEM images to determine the surface coverage and distribution of immobilized molecular complexes

Jeon, S., Nedzbala, H. S., Huffman, B. L., Pearce, A. J., Donley, C. L., Jia, X., … Stach, E. A. (2024, December 9). Matter, Vol. 8.

By: S. Jeon *, H. Nedzbala *, B. Huffman *, A. Pearce *, C. Donley *, X. Jia *, G. Bein *, J. Choi * ...

author keywords: Highlights
topics (OpenAlex): Machine Learning in Materials Science; Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques; Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques
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13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 3, 2025

2022 article

Micropatterning of electrochemiluminescent polymers based on multipolar Ru-complex two-photon initiators

Mhanna, R., Durand, N., Savel, P., Akdas-Kiliç, H., Abdallah, S., Versace, D.-L., … Malval, J.-P. (2022, January 1). Chemical Communications.

By: R. Mhanna*, N. Durand* , P. Savel*, H. Akdas-Kiliç *, S. Abdallah *, D. Versace *, O. Soppera *, J. Fillaut *, N. Sojic *, J. Malval *

Contributors: N. Durand* 

topics (OpenAlex): Conducting polymers and applications; Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies; Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry; Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques
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4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: August 12, 2022

2022 article

Surface Immobilization of a Re(I) Tricarbonyl Phenanthroline Complex to Si(111) through Sonochemical Hydrosilylation

Huffman, B. L., Bein, G. P., Atallah, H., Donley, C. L., Alameh, R. T., Wheeler, J. P., … Dempsey, J. L. (2022, December 22). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 12.

By: B. Huffman *, G. Bein *, H. Atallah n , C. Donley *, R. Alameh n , J. Wheeler n , N. Durand n , A. Harvey * ...

author keywords: hybrid photoelectrode; silicon; catalyst immobilization; solar fuels; sonochemical hydrosilylation; redox active monolayer
topics (OpenAlex): Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures; Electrochemical Analysis and Applications; CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: January 17, 2023

2022 article

Two-Photon Absorption Cooperative Effects within Multi-Dipolar Ruthenium Complexes: The Decisive Influence of Charge Transfers

Durand, N., Amar, A., Mhanna, R., Akdas-Kiliç, H., Soppera, O., Malval, J.-P., … Fillaut, J.-L. (2022, February 23). Molecules, Vol. 27, p. 1493.

By: N. Durand* , A. Amar *, R. Mhanna*, H. Akdas-Kiliç *, O. Soppera *, J. Malval *, A. Boucekkine *, J. Fillaut *

author keywords: coordination chemistry; ruthenium polypyridyl complexes; two-photon absorption; DFT computations; charge transfer; cooperative effect
topics (OpenAlex): Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies; Nonlinear Optical Materials Research; Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
Source: ORCID
Added: March 10, 2022

2020 article

Unexpected disruption of the dimensionality-driven two-photon absorption enhancement within a multipolar polypyridyl ruthenium complex series

Durand, N., Mhanna, R., Savel, P., Akdas-Kiliç, H., Malval, J.-P., Soppera, O., & Fillaut, J.-L. (2020, January 1). Chemical Communications, Vol. 56, pp. 12801–12804.

By: N. Durand* , R. Mhanna*, P. Savel*, H. Akdas-Kiliç *, J. Malval *, O. Soppera *, J. Fillaut *

topics (OpenAlex): Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies; Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry; Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
TL;DR: The dimensionality-driven two-photon absorption (2PA) enhancement effect is investigated in a series of functionalized bipyridyl Ru-complexes, which leads to very high 2PA responses up to ∼1500 GM. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: January 6, 2022

2019 article

Polypyridyl Ruthenium Complexes: Versatile Tools for Linear and Non-Linear Optics

Durand, N., Savel, P., Akdas-Kilic, H., Boucekkine, A., Malval, J.-P., & Fillaut, J.-L. (2019, July 1). 2019 21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON).

By: N. Durand* , P. Savel*, H. Akdas-Kilic *, A. Boucekkine *, J. Malval * & J. Fillaut *

topics (OpenAlex): Nonlinear Optical Materials Studies; Nonlinear Optical Materials Research; Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
TL;DR: The influence of the nature of ligands, structural features and symmetry of these complexes on their two-photon absorption properties are studied to provide useful physical and chemical insights for similar ruthenium complexes. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: ORCID
Added: January 6, 2022

Employment

Updated: June 11th, 2025 05:44

2022 - 2023

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Postdoctoral Research Scholar Chemistry

Education

Updated: January 6th, 2022 23:14

2017 - 2021

University of Rennes 1 Rennes, FR
PhD Chemistry

2015 - 2017

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 Villeurbanne, FR
Master degree Inorganic chemistry

2015 - 2016

Université du Maine Le Mans, FR
Bachelor's degree Chemistry

2012 - 2015

Université du Maine Le Mans, FR
Two-year university degree in technology Chemistry

Funding History

Funding history based on the linked ORCID record. Updated: January 6th, 2022 23:07

grant October 1 - December 1, 2018
Two-Photon Absorbing Photosensitisers: Expanding the spectral window of Photodynamic Therapy Agents
Région Bretagne

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