Projects and Collaborations

Flagship projects

• Development of innovative gas sensors
  Design of sensitive and selective sensors for detecting specific gases in industrial and urban environments.
• Process optimisation
  Making industrial processes more efficient in terms of raw materials and energy
• Study of gas–solid interactions
  Fundamental research into reaction mechanisms between gases and solids to develop new functional materials.

Academic Partnerships

• IRCELYON (Institute for Catalysis and Environment Research of Lyon)
• SIMaP (Science and Engineering of Materials and Processes)
• IRCER (Institute for Ceramic Research)
• Hiroshima University
• Compiègne University of Technology (UTC)
• CIRIMAT (Interuniversity Center for Research and Engineering of Materials)
• IJL (Jean Lamour Institute)
• PROMES (Processes, Materials and Solar Energy)
• CEMHTI (Extreme Conditions and Materials: High Temperature and Irradiation)
• Polytechnique Montréal
• University of Padua

Industrial Partnerships

• CEA
• Saint-Gobain
• Orano
• IRT M2P
• FIVES

Regional and International Impact

• AFCAT (French Association for Calorimetry and Thermal Analysis)
  This association aims to promote advances in thermal analysis and calorimetry methods, as well as related methods.​
• CMC2 (Micro Chemical Sensors Club)
  CMC2 is a club that brings together academic and industrial partners working in the research and development of miniaturisable chemical sensors, with a possible extension to the detection of biochemical species and associated microsystems.​
• CEFRACOR (French Centre for Anti-Corrosion)
  CEFRACOR is an association that brings together professionals from industry, research and education working in the field of corrosion and materials durability.​

Funding

• ANR (French National Research Agency)
  ANR is the French agency that funds project-based research.​
• PEPR (Priority Research Programmes and Equipment)
  PEPR are programmes designed to structure French research in priority scientific fields.​
• Direct contracts
  These are research contracts established directly between a higher education or research institution and one or more external partners, public or private.​
• Regional contracts
  French regions fund research contracts, such as doctoral grants, to support local research​
• GIS HEAD (Scientific Interest Group for High-Energy Additive Manufacturing)
  GIS HEAD is a consortium dedicated to additive manufacturing processes using high-energy sources.​

Competitiveness Clusters

• Axelera
  Axelera supports stakeholders in chemistry, process industries and the environment in France and internationally by fostering innovation and the development of sustainable solutions.