Dr. Khalid FERJI

Associate professor at Lorraine University

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Upcoming talk 

Nov 2025 – I will present an invited lecture at the GFP National Colloquium (Villeneuve d’Ascq/France), entitled “Polymer science in the age of AI”.
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Sep 2025 - PhD defense

Congratulations to Jihad Oumerri for the successful defense of his PhD: “In-situ preparation of nano-vectors derived from natural polysaccharides for nanomedicine”. His work contributes to the development of innovative, bio-based nanocarriers for applications in nanomedicine.
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July 2025 - Publication

After launching DetectNano, we're now sharing the full technical story behind the tool : " DetectNano: deep learning detection in TEM images for high-throughput nanostructure characterization"
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April 2025 - Publication

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March 2025 - Software & Tools

🆕 DetectNano (First Release )
DetectNano is an open-source AI platform designed to automate the detection and classification of polymer nanostructures in TEM images. This tool accelerates the analysis of self-assembled morphologies such as micelles, worms, and polymersomes, reducing human bias and time-consuming manual annotation.
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January 2025 - Publication

We're excited to announce our latest publication: 'Shedding Light on Surfactant-Free Emulsion Polymerization.' Discover how latex can stand alone without surfactants!
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🎉 First publication of 2025!

"Neural Network-Driven Exploration in Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly: From 2D to 3D Pseudo-Phase Diagram"

In this work, we demonstrate how artificial intelligence can be leveraged to predict phase diagrams for Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA), opening new perspectives for the rational design of polymeric nanostructures.

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