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'-ENCORE- aims at developing non-destructive, quantitative, fast and economical methods to address the unmet need for multiaxial residual stress (?R) measurements. The project focuses on measurements in flat plates and tubes produced by the steel industry and used in many industries. These multi-phy

Tools capable of exploring matter with ultimate spatial resolution have attracted a tremendous interest over the past decades. Among those, scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) have played a pre-eminent role allowing one to visualize, manipulate and address electronic, magnetic or optical properties wi

The development of complex scalar and vectorial diffractive optical devices, mainly related to the use of metasurfaces, requires technological innovations to characterize complex fields in simple and efficient manner. This proposal aims at developing an optical sensor to measure full vectorial field

The objective of the DynaMoBat project is the analysis and quantification of the evolution of the 3D morphology of all-solid Li-ion batteries during their manufacture and their use in electrochemical cycling. The dynamic study in 3D morphology will be based on the use of X-ray tomography imaging tec

SPACESENSE project deals with the development of a strain sensor directly printed on structures for space applications. In this project, we will print sensors directly on the part that needs to be monitored over time. This technique enables a direct contact between the object and the sensor, avoidin

The WASPE project aims to design and manufacture a new type of instrument suitable for plasma spectroscopy. New types of plasma treatments are indeed being considered in industry in order to reduce the emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the atmosphere, but to optimize them it is als

Sepsis, blood bacteremic infection, is one of the first mortality cause in hospitalized patients. Survival chance decline by 7% each hour, while diagnostic required 5 days. There is an urgent need for rapid diagnosis strategies. This project aims at developing a state-of-the-art portable platform fo

In Europe, local authorities allocate considerable resources (several tens of billions of euros per year) to monitor water distribution networks in order to provide good quality drinking water to customers. However, there is a growing concern over the scale of problems caused by the presence of Pb i

Organic-inorganic perovskites are remarkable materials, as they possess many appealing properties (softness, chemical tunability, easy fabrication in thin films). However, the state-of-the-art perovskite photovoltaic devices efficiencies remain far from the theoretical limits (20 %1 instead of ~

Despite their high price, super-resolved fluorescence microscopes, either scanning or structured illumination microscopes (SIM), used in biology imaging platforms, often show degraded performances due to sample induced optical aberrations. We have recently developed an easy to use techniquethat p

Mapping thermal and mechanical properties at the nanoscale and non-destructively represents a considerable challenge, that is not met by any existing technique. In this project, we propose a method of evaluating the mechanical and thermal properties of nanowires that is fast, non-destructive and can

The objective of the MAROT project is to build a miniature, ultra-sensitive, easily integrable and wide frequency band magnetometer (DC-10kHz) based on magnetic tunnel junctions. MAROT is primarily designed to target space exploration, thanks to its dimensions and mass 10 times smaller compared to s

Super-resolved fluorescence microscopy is the revolution in nanoscale imaging with the ultimate sensitivity of the individual molecule. The full-field approach relies on the temporal control of fluorescent emitters, activated sequentially to isolate their diffraction spots and localize them individu

Spintronics offers many advantages for magnetic detection: sensitivity, small size and CMOS integrability. It is therefore already industrialized for many applications, including automotive, cell phones... In the STORM project, the main objective will be to develop a new generation of smart spintron

Volumetric imaging is crucial to perform non-invasive inspection of biological samples or industrial components. Imaging methods must have optical sectioning capabilities and collect light only from one point or plane while rejecting light from other depths. Reconstruction of the whole volume is the

3D cell cultures have become the gold standard in cell biology. By recapitulating the functions and the cellular architecture of tissues in a miniature version, they represent a good alternative to animal models and have promising applications in regenerative medicine, cell therapy and toxicology. Y

The CATANAS project will bring a breakthrough in the field of aerodynamic flow control by exploring new technological paths for the development of innovative instrumentation systems with micro-actuators based on thermo-acoustic properties of nanomaterials and nanostructures associated with miniaturi

We propose in the MIGNON project to achieve chemical detection without using a sensitive layer. Our proposed strategy avoids having to choose or develop a new sensitive layer for each application, depending on the species to be detected and the possible interferents. The detection and discriminati

In France, approximately 3 million people suffer from chronic renal failure (CRF) that can lead to dialysis or renal transplant. Such treatments are exhausting and temporary while waiting for a kidney donation. Early detection of diseases is therefore a crucial issue for rapid management of patients

Among the low-dimensional systems, 2D materials and their van der Waals heterostructures are among the most promising candidates to supplant materials used in optoelectronics. However, their integration remains limited due to the lack of knowledge of the physical mechanisms involved in photo-transpo

Spin waves are the collective excitations of the magnetization in the GHz-THz range in magnetic systems. They can be used both as promising information carriers for future devices or as a versatile probe for static and dynamic properties of magnetic systems, making them very interesting objects. How

The confocal fluorescence microscope is an essential tool in biology. It generates volumetric images of living tissues with high spatial resolutions, by scanning the volume point by point with a laser beam. However, the technique is slow and the implied light dose is harmful for the imaged cells.

Nowadays, the design and synthesis of catalysts is a major challenge to address societal, environmental issues within the ecological transition. Hence, it is necessary to gain an understanding of the fundamental properties of catalysts at the atomic and electronic levels. Identification of the acti

One of the lessons taught by the Covid-19 pandemic is the need for rapid, portable and low-cost systems for the detection of pathogen to stop their spreading. Currently, the existing methods are not suitable for systematic use in transit areas having high risk of transmission. In such a context, the

Since its invention, the optical microscope has proven being an invaluable tool, allowing countless discoveries, while its limitations have simultaneously triggered tremendous work to improve image quality, contrast, specificity, and resolution. Fluorescence techniques have recently permitted to bre

Advancements around sample environments and new instrumentation over the last decades have enabled the feasibility of sophisticated in situ and operando structural probes. In the context of supercritical fluid flow conditions for the synthesis of new functional metal oxide materials, existing in sit

Nowadays, the use of NEMS technologies as sensors or clocks in embedded systems is limited by the long-term stability of these cells related to their sensitivity to different kinds of fluctuations. At the resonator scale, recent works focus on the improvement of the internal structure of these cells

Terahertz research has undergone breakthroughs over the past 20 years, both for fundamental science and industrial applications. Despite extremely promising applications, THz radiation is still a challenging spectral domain in need of technological and conceptual advances. The main aim of the HYPSTE

Optical frequency comb (OFC) are coherent light sources emitting a broad spectrum of discrete and evenly spaced narrow frequency lines. They are widely used as an optical reference and have led to a major revolution in various fields, such as high-resolution spectroscopy, optical referencing of atom

Spectroscopic techniques based on laser-matter interactions allow to probe the vibrational and magnetic degrees of freedom in solids by detecting the associated quantized quasi-particles namely phonons and magnons respectively. These methods rely on the inelastic interaction of light with the object

The development of increasingly sensitive and robust instruments and new methodologies are essential to improve our understanding of the Earth’s climate and air pollution. In this context, Dual-Comb spectroscopy (DCS) methodology has been successfully demonstrated as a remote laser-based instrument