Patrice Mélinon

Patrice Mélinon, a CNRS research director, has developed pioneering experiments at the ILM regarding the properties of nanoparticles deposited on surfaces. He is also a specialist in the topological properties of matter. Together with Bruno Masenelli, he authored the book *Small Fullerenes and Superlattices* (Pan Stanford Publishing). A pioneer in the field of cluster physics, he works at the Institut Lumière Matière (ILM) in Lyon.