ICMCB : Institute for Solid State Chemistry Bordeaux

Focuses of research & scientific skills

• Energy
  • Storage and electrochemical conversion of energy,
  • Storage of hydrogen, Hydrogen production by electrolysis of water,
  • New thermoelectric and magnetocaloric materials
• Functional and multifunctional materials
  • Luminescent, photoreactive, magnetic, electronic and / or ionic conductors, ferroelectric, materials for nonlinear optics, photochromic, thermochromic, thermal conductors.
  • Materials for drug vectorization and pure medical imaging
  • Composite materials and powder metallurgy
• Nanomaterials
  • Chemistry in a supercritical environment
  • Organic-inorganic hybrids o Nano-objects, functionalized nanoparticles
  • Magnetic, ferroelectric, luminescent nanomaterials
• The environment and sustainable development
  • Electrochromic systems
  • Automotive pollution remediation catalysts
  • CO2 sequestration
  • Waste management and hydrothermal oxidation of waste

Specific equipment, resources and techniques

• Sintering: SPS, microwave, microwave under load
• Crystalline growth at high temperatures and high pressures
• Sputtering chamber
• Resonance spectroscopy: EPR, NMR, Mössbauer
• Thermal, chemical analysis, granulometry
• Systems under specific atmospheres: fluorine, hydrogen, CO2
• X-ray diffraction: powders, thin layers, single crystals

Technology transfer center

FLUOM @ T: inorganic fluoride