PIIM - UMR 7345
Physics of the Interactions of Ions and Molecules
PIIM is a joint research laboratory of the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University located in Marseille, France. It brings together physicists and physical chemists who study dilute media - such as gases, plasmas and beams of ions, atoms and/or molecules - as well as their interactions with matter. Our researchers aim to understand the physical phenomena in these media in order to analyse and characterise matter.
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The Trump family invests in nuclear fusion: is the dream of unlimited, carbon-free energy coming true?
Against a backdrop of exploding energy needs, Trump Media & Technology is preparing to merge with the American company TAE, with the ambition of creating “one of the first publicly traded nuclear fusion companies.” TF1 Info interviewed Yannick Marandet, CNRS research director and director of the PIIM laboratory, who shed light on the advances being made in nuclear fusion.
EAST Tokamak experiments exceed plasma density limit, offering new approach to fusion ignition
In a new episode of the France Culture podcast Avec Sciences, Dominique Escande, emeritus research director at the CNRS in the PIIM laboratory, shares his expertise on a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion: a recent study on the EAST tokamak in China reveals a new ignition mode capable of exceeding the previously accepted density limit.
Middle school students immerse themselves in the laboratory
As part of their 9th grade classroom observation internship, five interns had the opportunity to discover the activities of the PIIM laboratory from December 12 to 19.
In search of our origins and the emergence of life
Grégoire Danger, Professor and Head of the ASTRO team, is one of the guests on France Inter's Big Bang program
Spotlight on metrology optics
An article published in the Journal of the Optical Society of America B and written by researchers from the PIIM laboratory in Marseille, in collaboration with the Temps Espace (LTE) laboratory in Paris and the Laser Physics Laboratory (LPL) in Villetaneuse, has been selected this month to feature in the “spotlights” section of the Optica group's journals.