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PEOPLE IN HONOR

Jacques Livage  was born October 26 , 1938 at Neuilly sur Seine a suburban of Paris. After a PostDoc in 1969 at the University of Oxford (UK) he became a full professor at the University of Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI). In 1996 became a member of the "Institut Universitaire de France" and in 2001 professor at the "Collège de France". 
For his outstanding contributions in the chemistry of condensed matter and his pioneering work in sol-gel chemistry Jacques Livage was elected in November 2001 member of the prestigious French Academy of Science.

"The Paris Academy of Sciences has a long and prestigious history. Created in 1666 under the aegis of Colbert, the new institution provided a forum to pursue meetings already initiated by various scholars who, working informally with such figures as Mersenne, sought to free themselves from the uncertainties of private patronage while ensuring the material means to indulge in their research. The status of Royal institution was conferred upon the institution by Louis XIV, who granted his protection to the Academy in 1699. Its history is one of rich activity, not only in terms of history of science per se. The Academy has at one time or another included the greatest French and many foreign scientists among its members, many of whom have presented their best work there. It is also prominent in the more general area of the political, economic and social history of France."

Selected Bibliography

	TRANSITION METAL OXIDE GELS AND COLLOIDS. J. Livage, J. Lemerle. Ann. Rev. Mater. Sci. 12 (1982) 103.
	SEMICONDUCTING PROPERTIES OF V2O5 GELS. C. Sanchez, F. Babonneau, R. Morineau, J. Livage, J. Bullot Phil. Mag. B47 (1983) 279.
	SOL-GEL CHEMISTRY OF TRANSITION METAL OXIDES. J. Livage, M. Henry and C. Sanchez. Prog. Solid State Chem. 18 (1988) 259-341.
	VANADIUM PENTOXIDE GELS. J. Livage Chemistry of Materials, 3 (1991) 578-93.
	AQUEOUS CHEMISTRY OF METAL CATIONS. M. Henry, J.P. Jolivet, J. Livage. Structure and Bonding, 77 (1991) 153-206.
	SOL-GEL IONICS. J. Livage. Solid Sate Ionics, 50 (1992) 307.
	SOL-GEL CHEMISTRY FOR OPTICAL MATERIALS J. Livage, F. Babonneau, C. Sanchez. Sol-gel optics, Processing and Applications, Ed. L.C. Klein, Kluwer Pub. (1994) 39-58.
	BIOACTIVITY IN SOL-GEL GLASSES J. Livage C.R. Acad. Sci., Paris, IIb, 322 (1996) 323-334
	SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS OF HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS. J. Livage, Materials Design for Catalytic Applications, (1996) 1-18
	SOL-GEL PROCESSES J. Livage Current Opinion in Solid state & Materials Science, 2 (1997) 132-138
	MINERAL LIQUID CRYSTALINE POLYMERS P. Davidson, P. Batail, JCP Gabriel, J. Livage, C. Sanchez, C. Bourgaux, Progress in Polymer Science, 22 (1997) 913-36
	SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS OF HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS J. Livage Catalysis Today, 41 (1998) 3-19
	SYNTHESIS OF POLYOXOVANADATES VIA CHIMIE DOUCE J. Livage Coordination Chemistry Review, 178-180 (1998) 999-1018
	LIQUID CRYSTALLINE AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS OF V2O5 RIBBONS: FROM REPULSIVE SOLS TO ATTRACTIVE GELS O. Pelletier, P. Davidson, C. Bourgaux, J. Livage Prog. Colloid Polym. Sci. (1999) 2882
	ENCAPSULATION OF BACTERIA IN SILICA GELS S. Fennouh, S. Guyon, C. Jourdat, J. Livage C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Série IIc, (1999) 625-30
	OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF VANADIUM OXIDES SYNTHESIZED FROM ALKOXIDES J. Livage Coord. Chem. Rev. 192 (1999) 391-403
	SOL-GEL PROCESS J. Livage Enc. Inorg. Chem. 7 (2000) 3836-57
	BIO-ENCAPSULATION WITHIN SOL-GEL GLASSES L. Bergogne, S. Fennouh, S. Guyon, J. Livage, C. Roux Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 354 (2000) 79-89
	CHIMIE DOUCE: FROM SHAKE-AND-BAKE PROCESSING TO WET CHEMISTRY J. Livage New J. Chem. 25 (2001) 1
	LE MARIAGE DU VERRE ET DU VIVANT J. Livage La Recherche, 342 (2001) 44-7
	SOL-GEL ELECTROCHROMIC COATINGS AND DEVICES. J. Livage, D. Ganguli Solar Energy & Solar Cells, 68 (2001) 365-81
	EFFECT OF SOME AMINO ACIDS AND PEPTIDES ON SILISIC ACID POLYMERIZATION T. Coradin, J. Livage Colloids and Surface B: Biointerfaces, 21 (2001) 329-36
	ENCAPSULATION OF BIOMOLECULES IN SILICA GELS J. Livage, T. Coradin, C. Roux J. of Physcis, Solid State (2001)

Livage's web page: http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/lcmc/livage/