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The performance of aeronautical turbines (high thrust, low fuel consumption, low noxious emissions) is one of the main concerns of manufacturers and is a major differentiating factor compared to competitors. The use of new materials is essential to achieve these objectives, along two main lines: (i)

The production of high performance metallic materials is a strategic challenge for the European metallurgy with the aim of efficiently competing with emerging market economies. In this respect, inclusion cleanliness is a major challenge, since it strongly influences the mechanical performance of

Gradient copolymers, whose composition varies continuously as a function of chain length, are an intriguing class of materials with many potential applications, including as shock- and noise-absorbers and as interfacial stabilizers. However, the preparation of a polymer with a pre-defined gradient o

The very recent advances in metal additive manufacturing allow us to exploit new design freedoms and to consider the production of parts incorporating lattice structures. In this context, different problems arise: 1) One has obviously to guarantee mechanical integrity. This is a problem still lar

The aim of the MONARCHIES project is to design and manufacture architectural molds and cores, integrating new functionalities in the mold and on the part. A paradigm shift in the design of parts and molds has to take place in order to exploit all the possibilities of sand 3D printing. Topological op

Related to the metal parts manufacturing, the automotive, aeronautic, nuclear and energy markets require to design lighter parts together with seeking for more and more security and increased life cycles. This antagonist trend is solved by enhancing the overall quality and process fine tuning. As su

The MHYCONIA project aims at developing a new strategy, based on ionic liquids, for the synthesis of functional coordination networks to provide a new type of adaptable materials. The project specially focuses on the realization of multiferroic materials. Multiferroic compounds are drawing a great

This project is focused on the development of new methodologies to prepare aliphatic polyesters as precursors of new biodegradable nanoparticles and elastomers for cardiac applications. Cardiovascular diseases remain indeed the leading cause of death in the USA as an example, resulting in nearly US$

High-speed liquid jets and sprays are complex multiphase flow phenomena involved in many industrial applications such as energy production and transformation or aerosol science. Environmental constraints conjugated to energy scarcity now call for new monitoring instruments to optimize these industri

In this context, a significant R&D effort is needed to overcome these barriers and improve recycling rates, in line with the objectives of the European roadmap in the field of carbon-free energy. The REPUTER project has responded to this need by proposing innovative ways of recovering REE from a dep

The use of composite materials in aeronautical structures has significantly increased in the last decades comparing to metals traditionally used, involving an important reduction of the weight and a decrease of the fuel consumption. If fiber reinforced thermosetting composites have a wide scope in t

The SALSA project aims at developing a micro-sensor enabling wireless process control in industrial applications operating at elevated temperatures (up to 1000°C) where no conventional wireless sensor can survive. The sensor consists of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device based on AlN/Sapphire laye

Task1 and Task2 according to the submitted project. No special issue raised. (see the associated document for a full description) important results were obtained with already two publications in high impact journal (see the associated document). The development of high performance resins in the pr

This ASTUTE proposal is based on the development of chemical innovative routes that satisfy very strong industrial requirements for the synthesis of Gen IV nuclear fuel. Then, the resulting alternative syntheses should fulfill the following criteria: (i) compatibility with actinide stream coming fro

Context: Tissue engineering is an approach allowing the replacement or repair of tissues or organs. The principle of this method mainly relies upon the promotion of cells growth on a bio-inspired scaffold that mimics the extra-cellular matrix (ECM) of the tissue which has to be repaired. The struct

The project aims to establish a process for the manufacture of silicon carbide (SiC) membranes perfectly adapted to the treatment and recycling of different types of water. The main objective of the project is twofold: 1) Develop an SiC material suitable for the filtration process. 2) Integrate a

Hierarchical porous materials, combining multiple porosities, are widely used in industry (adsorption, separation, catalysis) to overcome slow diffusion in microporous solids ( < 2 nm) and increase access to their large surface area. The benefits of combining porosities by adding meso (2-50 nm) and

Electro-Active Polymers are new soft materials, which may undergo large reversible deformations (tens of percent strains) under an applied electric field, in contrast to piezo-electric ceramics whose maximum strain is limited to a fraction of percent. This field currently experiences a huge interest

Stimuli-responsive materials have emerged but their industrial applications remain limited. The whole composition of the system is usually specifically formulated to react to environmental conditions although many phenomena locally occur at the surface of the material. This strategy is thus economic

In the context of societal demands concerning the preservation of healthy environments, there is a need to develop advanced functional surfaces promoting interfacial bactericidal activity or oxidation of organic pollutants. Waterborne latex synthesized by industrially relevant and eco-friendly polym

This project deals with the selective laser sintering (SLS) process, in which plastic parts are manufactured layer by layer by melting thermoplastic polymer powder with a laser beam. Like the other additive manufacturing processes, SLS possesses unique flexibility and reactivity compared to conventi

France has Europe's largest hardwood forest but the wood construction market is supplied mainly softwood. The pressure on the resinous resource, increasing the market for timber construction in France and local hardwood resource available logically grow stakeholders in the timber industry to reflect

EPIC addresses the industrial scale development of an encapsulation process based on the generation of calibrated droplets of aqueous phase and their coating by crossing a liquid-liquid interface. The objective is to produce monodisperse capsules with controlled shell size, thickness and content. Th

This study deals with lifecycle of polymers synthetized by Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization, like polydicyclopentadiene which is easily polymerized even under ambient conditions, and sold by a medium company being member of the scientific consortium for offshore purpose for example. Polydicycl

Acoustic metamaterials constitute a new generation of very promising materials whose extraordinary properties, based on «exotic« values of their acoustic index (zero, infinite, imaginary or even negative), suggest advanced solutions for many applications such as spatial field control (high resolutio

The BIOPICK project proposes to develop new uses of particles from the wood to at the micro - and nanoscale to obtain particles with properties to stabilize the water/oil interfaces in water in oil, oil in water et multiple emulsions. The wood will provide a model. It is a challenge which will inc

The innovating strategy of this ARCADE project consists in functionalizing both the polymer matrix and the surface of the silica filler with different stickers, enabling several levels of (weak and strong) supramolecular interactions in the final material. At IMP, we have carried out two sets of stu

The PSEUDO project aims to improve lifetime in extreme environments (high temperature, oxidizing atmosphere, irradiation...) of metallic alloys used in energy generation systems (solar, thermal, nuclear power plants, HTSE, SOFC…). The innovative idea is to optimize the growth at high temperature o

The DIAMWAFEL project aims to develop a heteroepitaxial “electronic-grade” diamond wafer starting from a unique multilayer stack of Ir/SrTiO3/Si (001). Conductive diamond layers with a controlled doping (both p- and n-type) will be grown on heteroepitaxial templates using respectively boron and phos

Microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) appears like the next generation of biorefinery high value added product. During the last decade, the interest towards these new bio-based materials exponentially increased due to their outstanding properties and the announced industrialization in 2011. In this proje

The objectives of the project are: • Produce an actuator without incorporating an exogenous electrolyte. The electrolyte selected will already be grafted on the SPE resulting in a second-generation ionic actuator with no equivalent in the literature. • Determine and maximise the sensitivity of th

Flows controlled by moving contact lines are ubiquitous in nature and industry, with in particular many potential innovative applications in aeronautics (clean paint, windshields, icing, …). The objective of this project is to focus on wetting statics and dynamics in presence of vibrations or icing,

Optical Isolation (OI) is one of the corner stones in photonic circuits design. The need of this functionality will be even more striking for future complex applications where many laser diodes will be integrated on a single ship. In addition, future photonic integrated circuits will include many st

Nowadays, electric energy production issued from nuclear power plants is generating large amounts of radioactive wastes. These radioactive wastes are currently retreated in the industry of la Hague by AREVA in the called PUREX (Plutonium and Uranium Retreatment by EXtraction) process. This process

The medium term objective of this PCRE project is the development for the industry of low cost stationary RX scanners (without displacement of the source and sensor) for the on-line inspection of multimaterials to accurately control fabrication processes and to increase production quality (Défi 3 «S

The heterogeneities of plastic deformation of polycrystals is due to several factors. Of course, the attributes of a grain somewhat dictates its deformation (intrinsic effect), but neighbour interactions are also important (extrinsic effect). As a result, both the stress and strain fields are strong

Flexible and biocompatible strain sensors based on nanoparticle (NPs) assemblies show great potential for various future applications, such as electronic skin, flexible touch screens, and robotics. The high sensitivity of such strain sensing devices is due to the exponential dependence of the tunnel

The unique combination of properties places this family of alloys among the most advanced and promising structural materials to meet the growing demand of the aerospace industry, in particular. Thus, in order to develop alloys that are «up-scalable« in the medium term, we were interested in the Ti-C

The paper industry mainly produces and markets commodity products with production capacity underutilized, resulting low selling prices and margins. CTP and its partners have been working for several years to change this situation by adding new functions to conventional products to bring added value

Note: The length of the abstract is limited to 2250 characters in compliance with the Canadian NSERC proposal. Greater exploitation of space has fostered research towards the production of highly-performing cheaper satellites of small size and small weight ranging from micro- (10-100 kg) to picos

Aluminium alloys play an important role in the transportation industry. In the aircraft or the car industry, the demand for high strength alloy to design low weight structures is nowadays strongly driven by energy savings and low CO2 emissions. Thus developing, optimizing and producing new alloys wi

In our daily lives, all conventional man-made adhesives are petrochemical products, which are toxic for the body and show limited efficiency in wet conditions, major drawbacks for biomaterials. In this project, we aim at producing adhesives effective in air and/or in wet conditions inspired by natur