The European Ceramic Society

Laboratory sheet

France

Institut de recherche sur les céramiques

Understanding and control elaboration processes, and surface traitments, to produce ceramics components, layers… with specific, improved, reliable properties

Director : Dr Philippe THOMAS

Email : philippe.thomas@unilim.fr

Phone : +33 (0)5 87 50 23 10

Address : Centre Européen de la Céramique 12 rue Atlantis 87068 LIMOGES CEDEX

Website : http : //www.unilim.fr/spcts/

Research topics :

  • Group 1 :  Ceramic processes :  ceramic powders, shaping processes and numerical fabrication, consolidation mechanisms

Contact information :

Dr. Fabrice ROSSIGNOL

+ 33 (0)5 87 50 24 14

fabrice.rossignol@unilim.fr

  

  • Group 2 :  Plasma processes and lasers :  thin films and nanostructures, sources and plasma processes, engineering of ceramic / metal assembly and plasma spraying

Contact information :

Prof. Corinne CHAMPEAUX

+33 (0)5 87 50 23 31

corinne.champeaux@unilim.fr

    

  • Group 3 :  Multi-scale structural organization of materials :  structure / properties of complexes oxides, materials with controlled micro-nano structures

Contact information :

Dr. Philippe THOMAS

+33 (0)5 87 50 24 07

philippe.thomas@unilim.fr

    

  • Group 4 :  Ceramics under environmental conditions :  high temperature materials, bioceramics, mechanical and thermo-mechanical properties

Contact information :

Prof. Sylvie FOUCAUD

+33 (0)5 87 50 23 49

sylvie.foucaud@unilim.fr Thierry.chartier@unilim.fr

Exceptional facilities :

  • Equipments of deposition (CVD, PECVD, PVD, PLD, LECBD, powder/suspension plasma spraying)
  • Additive manufacturing :  inkjet printing, (micro) stereolithography, aerosol deposition method
  • Sintering :  Under controlled atmosphere up to 2200°C, Hot Pressing, Hot Isostatic Pressing, Spark Plasma Sintering
  • Many facilities of characterization of materials and plasma
  • X-Ray diffraction / scattering
  • 2 HRTEM (200 kV, EDS and STEM)

Financial support programmes :

  • Regional, National (ANR, FUI, DGA, ADEME, CNRS…), European fundings
  • Companies

Last news

May 16, 2024
New YCN Special Issue on Open Ceramics - Young Ceramists leading the Future

The special issue will accept hitherto unpublished original results submitted both in the form of full-length scientific papers and short communications, but also review papers on the topics in the list.

May 6, 2024
Results of the 1st Bioceramics Student Speech Contest

The ECerS Bioceramics Network is delighted to announce the winners of the 1st Bioceramics Student Speech Contest, which took place online from 17 to 18 April 2024!

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