Within the context of improved energy efficiency and 
sustainable development, reactive and non-reactive 
chemical phenomena occurring at solid-liquid interfaces 
(SLI) play a role in numerous industrial applications. 
Heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry (corrosion, 
energy storage), enhanced oil recovery, water treatment 
and waste management are just some of the fields that may 
benefit from improved control of complex and intricate 
chemical events: sorption, wetting, impregnation, 
diffusion and reactions occurring at solvated interfaces 
of oxides (supports, clays, etc.) or metals (electrodes, 
catalysts, steels, etc.).

This international event aims highlighting the most 
recent advances, presenting a variety of innovative 
experimental and theoretical methods that improve our 
molecular-scale understanding of SLI and offer 
significant promise for specific applications.
It will bring together experts in industrial 
applications, cutting-edge characterization techniques 
(in situ and operando spectroscopy, calorimetry, etc.) 
and computational chemistry from the molecular to the 
mesoscale level. The event will show how key scientific 
challenges, at the crossroads of general chemistry, 
analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, 
electrochemistry, catalysis and geochemistry can be 
addressed.

This Rencontre scientifique event organized by IFP 
Energies nouvelles will provide the scientific community 
with an ideal platform for constructive debate among 
experimental and theorical researchers from both academia 
and industry.