The electrification of means of transport involves the development of converters from battery DC voltage to AC voltage for motors. Increasing the performance of these power converters requires very high performance power electronic components, such as Gallium Arsenide (GaN) transistors. The consequence is a very high power density to be dissipated as heat (> 500 W/cm2).

With proven effects on the environment and health, synthetic polymer microparticles usually called microplastics (MPs) can accumulate in the food chain, release toxic substances or serve as vectors for other contaminants and pathogens. Urban areas are major sources and pathways for the transfer of MPs to water bodies. Their transfer to the natural environment involves complex transport processes through runoff and stormwater management systems.

With a worldwide production of nearly 380 million tons per year, polymer materials play a central role in our modern society. They are used in the manufacture of innumerable daily-life products, or as more sophisticated compounds in medicine, diagnostics, and fine chemistry. However, economical and new societal constraints require a more rational design and alternative synthesis, formulation and processing methods for polymer manufacturing to meet the need for greater sustainability, more virtuous end-of-life management, while maintaining optimal performances in application.

The HYperStock project aims at consolidating the French scientific leadership in the field of storage and distribution of hydrogen under high pressure. This is an essential element of the hydrogen value chain on which the research and innovation effort must focus, specifically with an aim at decarbonizing heavy transportation mobility, in order to build up the green and autonomous hydrogen economy of tomorrow.

The FASTCURE2 project deals with the development of innovative thermosets combined with carbon fibers as prepregs for high pressure (700 bars) hydrogen storage tanks. Such Type IV H₂ tanks are essential components for the development of hydrogen economy, i.e. for being combined with fuel cells and for stationary applications.

Nouveau procédé de fabrication additive de pièces industrielles complexes en silicone.

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Un des objectifs du projet ALGUEX est d’utiliser un liquide ionique comme agent de plastification. Cette approche, mise en œuvre par l’INSA, est innovante et a montré des résultats intéressants en termes de gain de propriétés mécaniques (contrainte à la rupture améliorée ).

Plusieurs formulations seront testées pour les résines visant l’aptitude au contact alimentaire : avec le liquide ionique autorisé par la CE et avec des additifs classiques, en solution de repli, si le liquide ionique ne montre pas de performances suffisantes.

Le projet PEFPACK II a pour objectifs le développement desolutions d’emballages rentables à base de PEF, un polymère 100% bio-sourcé.

Il s’agira dedévelopper des emballages à base de PEF présentant des propriétés thermiques,mécaniques, barrières, supérieures à celles du PET, mais également supérieures à celles d’un PEF « standard ». Le consortium de ce projet associe 2 partenaires académiques, un centre technique et 5 partenaires industriels (grand groupe, ETI, PME).