MIcroplasmas for Localized NITriding – MINITL

The aim of the MINITL project is to propose a surface treatment process for texturing steel surfaces using an innovative process based on the use of microplasmas for localized nitriding treatments.
The aim is to demonstrate the feasibility of localized nitriding of metal surfaces using microplasmas in DC and pulse regimes in N2-H2 mixtures, and to optimize the process in terms of the lifetime of the microplasmas devices and the properties of the textured surfaces obtained.
The MINITL project brings together the Institut Jean Lamour, the Groupement de Recherche sur l'Energétique des Milieux Ionisés, the Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas and the Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux, whose complementary skills will make it possible to combine experimental aspects around the fabrication of micro-discharges devices, their characterization via advanced plasma diagnostic techniques, plasma surface treatments and surface characterization, and theoretical aspects around the modeling of this type of discharge.
The project, scheduled to last 48 months and organized into 7 tasks, has a budget of around 706k€.