1. Context

In the field of materials science, nanostructured materials have seen considerable growth in recent years. The world of nanomaterials covers both soft and solid matter, and the fields of application are extremely vast, ranging from optoelectronics to biomaterials. The ultimate goal is to transpose the specific properties of highly divided states of matter to the macroscopic scale. The objects in question are macromolecules, molecular assemblies, particles or grains (amorphous or crystalline) whose size is always in the "colloidal" or more generally mesoscopic...