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The ETAE project suggests significant advancements about the emergence and control of hydrodynamic instabilities in closed recirculating flows with a free surface. This generic flow configuration is present in numerous industrial contexts. The present aim is, from well-designed excitations by electr

Our ambition is to create the foundations of spectral metrology by: - A robust and accurate measure of the distance between two reflectance or radiance spectra, - The characterisation of the spatial variations of reflectance spectra acquired from a coloured surface perceived as homogeneous but wh

Many industrial applications require materials with enhanced specific properties (performance per unit of mass), especially the transportation and biomedical sectors. Architectured Materials are an emerging class of advanced materials that bring new possibilities in terms of functional properties. T

Although a giant magnetoelectric effect has been observed in warwickite Fe2BO4, and a spontaneous polarization reaching up to 20 µC/m2 has been measured in mixed valence ludwigite Fe3BO5, the potential of oxyborates as multifunctional materials remain vastly unexplored. Playing with substitution on

Mechanical strength and toughness are generally mutually exclusive in structural materials. Resolving this contradiction is a major challenge for many applications, especially in the energy and aerospace industries where there is a high demand for strong, stiff, damage-resistant refractory materials

Real granular materials are very often partially mixed with a liquid (we will say that they are «wet« or unsaturated): unsaturated soils, wet snow avalanches, manufacturing steps (mixing, granulation, etc.) of pharmaceutical, agrifood products , construction materials ... Due to the surface tension

The principal objectives of the DESYNIB project are : (i) to develop an efficient plasma reactor for the deposition of high potential materials on large surfaces and (ii) to optimize the quality of the deposited layers by understanding the mechanisms involved in growth processes using reactive plasm

Renewable clean energy and environment are two of the most major concerns for the coming decades. Carbon-based nanostructured materials are leading materials due to their outstanding chemical and physical properties. Less investigated hexagonal boron nitride (BN)-based nanostructures such as nanotub

Nowadays, there is a growing demand for compact and elaborate 3D microsystems to fullfill the requirements in various fields such as nanomechanic, nanophotonic, nanofluidic, nanomedecine or biology. Whereas different strategies have been successfully implemented for mass production of 2D/2.5D micro

The research philosophy adopted in this research program is the design and development of a coating system that optimizes the surface properties (spectral selectivity, resistance to oxidation) of a high temperature metallic alloy chosen for its good thermal conductivity and creep resistance. There i

In the past recent years, tensions have appeared on the asphalt supply for road construction, since cracking of heavy petroleum distillation residues to produce gasoline has become economically competitive due to the high level of the crude oil market. Moreover, the processing conditions of some oxi

Fretting resulting from micro-displacement oscillatory motion is considered a serious problem for many industrial applications (bridge cables, turbojet engines, nuclear power plants, etc.). It leads to substantial expenses for the maintenance and replacement of equipment. On the other hand, before t

Polymer nanocomposites have been used commercially since Toyota introduced the first polymer/clay nanocomposite in auto parts in the 1980s. It is clearly established now that the addition of submicronic particles can improve structural and functional properties in a number of polymer based systems,

The purpose of this project is to explore the potential a new preparation process of magneto-optical materials for applications in guided optics. The project is based on unique knowhow to IPCMS: to the development of materials held by the Département de Chimie des Matériaux Inorganiques, functionali

The MUSCAD project falls under the SNR orientation “Sensors and Instrumentation” (orientation 15) and the “materials and processes axis” (Axis 3) attached to the challenge “Stimulate Industrial Renewal” (Challenge 3). This is a Collaborative Research Project - Enterprises (ESRP), which brings togeth

The proposed project offers opportunities to explore, discover and develop new classes of compositionally complex alloys called High-Entropy Alloys (HEAs) – whose name emphasizes their inherent high mixing entropy. HEAs are a promising way toward the development of new and innovative metallurgy. Bas

A concentrating solar system uses the sun's radiation by directing the flow of photons through mirrors. These rays come to focus on a target - the solar absorber - which heats up. Its role is to absorb the incident radiation and transmit the accumulated heat to the heat transfer fluid, which thus ex

The development of new high-performance piezoelectric devices (sensors, acoustic transducers, etc.) requires the design of a new generation of materials which combine high electromechanical coupling, flexibility and modulable acoustic impedance. In the case of ultrasonic transducers, the commonly us

Who is likely to benefit from the results of this project and why? According to the support letters received by the project coordinator (from composite manufacturers, normative institutions, dental education groups …): Everybody! Tooth decay is indeed the most widely spread pathology in the world. D

Exacerbated Magneto-Electric Couplings : Despite their immense interest in data storage, the scope and applications of multiferroic compounds are to date penalized by the low polarization generated by magneto-electric (ME) couplings. We propose an original approach for the design of performing inorg

The semi-crystalline thermoplastic polymers are at the very heart of the advanced composite material engineering which serves a number of key industries among which aero-space industry, automotive, sports etc. Both the classical industrial processing operations (e.g. injection molding, tape extrusio

The main issue of this project is to design and manufacture, via LBM (Laser Beam Melting) process, periodic metallic architectures as models. They should be able to reversibly deform in order to offer damping and compliance properties to the constituted structural parts or that integrate them. While

The Solid-State Lighting (SSL) industry, currently estimated at about 26 billion $, is expected to grow to 72 billion $ by 2020 with LEDs progressing from 45% to 70% of this market. In this context, the discovery of new highly efficient phosphors with high color-rendering for LED is primordial but v

This project is focused on the development of new peroxides to prepare power cables for High Voltage with increased safety and reliability. These new cables could thus accelerate the development of smart grids that generally refers to a class of technology used to bring utility electricity delivery

First of all, the project is co-funded by ANR for the French partners (III-V Lab, CNRS) and by the Singaporean National Research Foundation (NRF) for Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The performances of high-power gallium nitride (GaN) transistors are currently limited by thermal effects. Th

In order to comply with present environmental rules, the steel industry develops advanced high strength steels with high elasticity limit rich in light alloying elements such as Al, Si and Mn. Theses latter are prone to segregation and oxidation at the surface of steel strips during recrystallisatio

The objective of the COPPRINT project is to design, realize and validate with an industrial partner a digital laser printing system for interconnexion in microelectronics. Such applications are currently achieved by inkjet technology by printing metallic nanoparticles inks. Improving the performance

The work therefore consisted in the development of a new approach for the metallization of substrates, in particular flexible such as textile materials, in order to obtain active surfaces. For this, we used the photonic activation and the control of various photonic and chemical parameters in order

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) has been a well-established and widely used tool for chemical characterization in various application areas for decades. However, its implementation in industry for real-time monitoring of production processes requires the development of high brightness

Environmental pollution of heavy metals by industrial factories is increasingly becoming a central problem. The authorized discharge standards decreased drastically up to level of 1-3 µg/L. Current finishing treatment processes have great difficulty to meet these new standards that is why new techno

The PRIDE project aims to design, synthesize and shape bistable photochromic fluorides and oxides whose optical properties (absorption or emission) can be reversibly controlled when exposed to selective photon irradiation. PRIDE is taking place against a backdrop of considerable interest as our soci

The subject of this project is the 3D printing (SLS) of PA12/glass beads composite for applications in aerospace industry. The SLS process uses laser sintering of composite powder with polymer matrix containing glass beads. One of the limiting points of polymers composites for their use in aerospace

For aircraft structures most popular composites materials are laminates, shaped, whose mechanical properties are characterized by good in plane-rigidity but low out-off plane properties. For applications with a large number of plies difficulties occur during the preforming stage, first step of the R

Regarding both economic and environmental concerns, there is an increasing demand in recent years for fresh food products with an extended shelf life, i.e. an extent of the DLC (limit date for consumption). In this context, the present project, BRICAPAC focuses on the construction of active packagin

The objective of GASP is the development of 100% biobased polylactide materials including cellulose nanostructures with designed barrier properties for oxygen, CO2, water or organic vapors. These materials are targeted on high added value applications in the packaging industry. GASP is deliberately

The follow-up of the propagation of internal fatigue cracks in metals remains a delicate question for which to date only 5 publications in the world report consolidated experimental results. The GIGADEF project aims to propose a new testing device allowing to produce experimental results which will

Most of the recent electronic devices communicate and much more in the near future. Their use and therefore their production will increase exponentially. However, a number of important scientific and technological drawbacks appear on the current hardware and method. The Photon'Ink project, based on

The rare event searches in astroparticle physics by means of heat-scintillation cryogenic bolometers (HSCBs), the core of which is made of bulk crystals, is a rapidly expanding field that encompasses the quests for the basic particles of the dark matter (DM) halo of our galaxy and for the nature of

RENOIR will develop intense broadband deep-red (650 – 800 nm) 1D sources based on a Mo6@PDMS nanocomposite made of original Mo6 photoluminescent clusters dispersed in PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) polymer matrix. The nanocomposite will be obtained by copolymerization of a homogeneous solution -with co

Organogels are gels that are obtained when a limited amount of a low molecular weight gelator (LMWG) is dispersed in a liquid where it self-assembles into elongated fibrillar structures, that form an entangled network. A key limitation for this technology is that finding a specific LMWG for a partic

The goal of this young researcher project is to study the origin at the atomic scale of interstitial solute effects on mechanical properties in metals and alloys. This requires a coupling between chemistry and microstructure to understand how the dislocations, which are linear defects of the crystal

SuperHYM project aims at developing novel generations of membranes for the treatment of pollution generated by oily wastes in the form of oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions. SuperHYM is a 4-year basic research project bringing together the expertise of two internationally renowned membrane cent

The objective of the project proposal “IMMUNE” is to develop new multifunctional materials with highly improved barrier properties compared with conventional materials by using an innovative co-extrusion process giving access to multinanolayered structures. Transport properties of films with control