About Viktor
Viktor obtained his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Caen-Normandy in 2020, marking the beginning of his journey in the field of chemistry. He continued his studies successfully, completing his Master's degree, specializing in organic chemistry, also at the University of Caen-Normandy. During his academic journey, he completed two internships. The first focused on synthesizing novel monomers from imidazolium skeleton, under the supervision of Dr. Jérôme Baudoux. The second centered on the synthesis of conjugated polymers for the preparation of electricity-generating materials, supervised by Dr. Cyprien Lemouchi. These internships were conducted at the LCMT (Laboratory of Molecular and Thio-Organic Chemistry). In 2022, Viktor embarked on his doctoral research at LHCEP (Hydrazines and Poly-nitrogenous Energetic Compounds Laboratory) in collaboration with ICBMS, within the SCORE team. His research project is supervised by Dr. Emmanuel Lacôte and Prof. Abderrahmane Amgoune. Outside the lab, Viktor enjoys traveling and spending time with friends...
Research interests
High Energy Density Materials (HEDMs) have been identified as potential candidates for future propellants, particularly poly-nitrogenous or strictly nitrogenous compounds, offering theoretical energy performance compared to current technologies.
To access HEDMs, his research project aims to pave the way for a new approach in creating nitrogen-nitrogen (N-N) bonds with an application in the aerospace industry for developing a new type of propellant for ARIANE rockets. This will be achieved through a decarbonylative coupling catalyzed by nickel complexes for the synthesis of hydrazines from urea functionalities. This method could be applied to the synthesis of both linear and cyclic polyazanes. This research project is funded by CNES (French National Center for Space Studies) and CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research).