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Elaboration of new materials 

Alain Couret, Gaëlle Delaizir, Mickael Dollé, Erwan Dumont-Botto, Lise Durand, Jean Galy, Houria Jabbar, Jean-Philippe Monchoux, Patrick Rozier

The aim of this group is to elaborate and/or densify materials essentially considered for aeronautic or energy storage applications.

The synthesis of powder materials leans on the established expertise in crystal-chemistry via different synthesis processes (hydrothermal synthesis, "chimie douce", solid state chemistry…).

In the case of bulk materials, the samples are obtained using the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) technique, a non conventional technique which has been coming to light these last years in Europe. The experiments are carried out at the SPS national platform (Plateforme Nationale de Frittage Flash CNRS (PNF2-CNRS)), the first French machine installed in 2004 on the initiative of CEMES researchers (P. Millet, P. Rozier, J. Galy).


The concerns regarding the materials for energy are the understanding of the atomic architecture/property relationships. In the case of dense alloys for aeronautic, the aim is to optimize the properties by getting a fine microstructure. Independently of the applications, the samples characterization is of paramount necessity and is carried out by a large panel of techniques like X-Rays or neutrons diffraction and electron microscopy.

Research topics:

Spark Plasma Sintering: process and development of new materials

Design and Elaboration of new materials for energy storage

 

Keywords:
Solid state chemistry, crystal-chemistry, SPS, alloys, structure, microstructure, materials for energy, materials for aeronautics

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