Nanomaterials and Advanced Manufacturing Processes

By developing new physical and chemical processes, faculty members are seeking to create nano-objects or nanostructures with unmatched properties that can be used in a wide variety of applications.

Another research objective is to characterize these new materials to understand the physical and chemical mechanisms that govern them.

Finally, the integration of these nanomaterials in new advanced devices will allow them to be deployed in innovative technologies.

Our research teams are developing several advanced materials with remarkable electronic, photonic, chemical, and electromechanical properties for the production of advanced devices.

In particular, they have studied and created ultra-high-performance materials, such as vanadium dioxide for aerospace applications, as well as a new nanohybrid material composed of carbon nanotubes coated with semiconductor nanoparticles for ultrafast photodetection applications.

Other advances include micromechanical devices for the storage and restitution of mechanical energy and a new multiferroic material that can be used in various microsystems, as well as in photovoltaic devices and integrated magnetoelectric microwave resonators.

• Designing and producing functional and multifunctional nanostructured materials for the development of new integrated electronic, photonic, optoelectronic, telecommunication, photovoltaic, and home automation devices.
• Developing two-dimensional (2D) and/or organic materials for quantum electronics and photonics.
• Optimizing nanomaterials for the catalysis, responsible generation, and storage and conversion of clean and renewable energies.
• Designing photoelectrocatalytic materials for environmental, agricultural, and nanobiotechnological applications.