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What’s up ?New European Project Manager

questions : angela.maubert@ensicaen.fr

ngela Maubert is the new project manager of MEET project since December 2014. Don’t hesitate to contact her for any

post-doctoral interactions between the partners of Bath and Caen. Topics covered included metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and energy harvesting using ferroelectrics. Dr. Andrew Burrows provided a keynote overview on MOFs and this was followed by presentations by the MEET post-doctoral researchers.

he seminar meeting organized by the University of Bath on 15th September 2014 provided an overview of research activities under the MEET project with an emphasis on the TMEET scientific seminars

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Composites (ECPC). A breakfast meeting between industrial company and MEET participants was organized to present the MEET project. The companies present were the PSA group, ZODIAC AEROSPACE, Arkema, APM, RAVAGO, Faurecia and Plastic Omnium . Skills and MEET objectives were exposed. The development of bio- solutions relief and improved life cycle analysis of products was discussed throughout this day and is identified as a major focus of research and development for these potential industrial partners.

he LIMATB (Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des MATériaux de Bretagne) has organized a day event celebrating 10th year of existence of his Master Eco Design of Polymer and T

Talk on Exciplex Forming System for Efficient Organic

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Caen at CNRT Matériaux. 27 researchers and students attended this seminar.Pr. Jang-Joo Kim is actually teaching at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and is the director of the “Center for Organic Light Emitting Diodes” at Seoul National University since 2003. His research areas include electronic processes in organic semiconductors, electroluminescence from organic materials, organic photovoltaics, and organic electronics.

n the 3rd July 2014, Professor Jang-Joo Kim, from Seoul National University (South Korea), gave a talk entitled «Exciplex Forming System for Efficient Organic Light Emitting Diodes» in OFlash DSC Training

two-day training was organized by l’Institut Supérieur de Plasturgie d’Alençon at ISPA, (Pôle Universitaire de Montfoulon, Damigny) on 22nd and 23rd of October 2014 in the framework A

of the partnership with MEET. The training was focused on the new Flash DSC (Metler Toledo) acquired by ISPA and has concerned thermal Analysis and tests.The Flash DSC allows the analysis of thermal phenomena on polymers that cannot be achieved with conventional DSC. This new equipment

helps to better understand the behavior of materials under process conditions, characterize the chemical properties of materials and no longer need to worry the structural reorganization of materials. Meaningful exchanges took place between participants.

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n international scientific Meeting about Energy and Structure Lightening was organized by CNRT the 30th of June 2014 in Club Confair (Paris). Plenary lectures around the themes of A

energy and weight reduction, as well as presentations of the results achieved within the MEET project (composites, thermoelectricity, batteries, LED…) have been given to the audience.

The 1st July was an opportunity for leading companies in automotive and aeronautic sectors (RENAULT, VALEO…) to present technological roadmaps. Presentations of the European funding opportunities followed by business one-to-one meetings between researchers and industrials have attracted 60 participants. 23 appointments have taken place between companies and research labs and university departments.

he FEZA (Federation of European Zeolite Associations) has awarded the first Cronstedt Award for contributions to science and technology related to zeolites, ordered mesoporous mate-

Scientific Workshop and R&D Business Meeting 2014

Cronstedt Award to Valentin Valtchev and Svetlana Mintova

Trials, metal organic frameworks or other porous materials to Valen-tin Valtchev and Svetlana Mintova for their fundamental studies on zeolite nucleation in organic-free hydrogels, that brought the current state of the art to the level of rational design of zeolite crystals and synthesis of high quality nanosized zeolites.

Source : International Zeolite Association

MEET funded meeting in the LED-OLED theme was held recently in Southampton, U.K. After a brief welcome from Prof. Whitby, the MEET principal investigator at Southampton, the A

meeting kicked off with a talk from Prof. Alison Walker (Department of Physics, University of Bath) on linking materials to performance in organic devices. A full room was boosted by several of her collaborators from Merck chemicals who are also based at Chilworth. Dr. Owen Lozman who heads of the Organic Photovoltaic Devices group at Merck then described the industrial requirements of high performance active materials for OPV, and the properties of Mercks best systems. Dr. Pawel Gawyrs, (a MEET funded post-doctoral fellow) gave a talk on the synthetic work he has carried out at Southampton with Prof Whitby on novel extended carbazoles for OLEDs.

OLEDs, OPVs, LEDs and materials for organic electronics and photonics16th-17th September, 2014, Chilworth Manor, Southampton, UK

Dr. Ji-seon Kim from Imperial College, London then described how important the microstructure of organic semiconductors is to performance, and how it can be controlled and measured. Dr. Enrico da Como (Physics, University of Bath) then reported on donor-acceptor systems in organic electronics covering a range of materials from doped polymers to crystals.

Finally Dr. Hassan Srour, a MEET funded post-doctoral fellow at Caen (ENISCAEN, LCMT), described his work with Prof. Bernhard Witulski on transition metal catalysed routes to acenes and heteroacenes for organic electronics.Tuesday started with Mr. A. Al-Muhammad, a PhD student with Prof Whitby, describing the synthesis of a wide range of novel aromatic and heteroaromatic systems which should be of interest organic electronics, OPVs and OLEDs. Dr. Mark James (Director of Research at Merck Chemicals Ltd) then described the use of polymeric and crystalline small molecule organic semiconductor materials in circuits & displays, and provided an industrial perspective on the current needs for new materials.

The final session moved away from organic materials to solid state systems.

Dr. Jacob Mackenzie (ORC, Southampton) who has recently joined the MEET project and is establishing collaborations with Caen described visible light upconversion lasers with crystal waveguides. Prof. Patrice Camy (CIMAP, Caen) then reported on fluoride crystals for laser applications. The final talk from Dr. Julien Cardin (ENSICAEN, Caen) described the modelling of gain materials and light management for photonics, photovoltaic and lighting applications.

Overall it was a very successful meeting which has allowed a number of new potential collaborations to develop, particularly between those studying the material and device properties, and those making novel materials.

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I obtained my doctoral degree in April 2013, working under the supervision of Prof. S. SARKAR at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur India. Broad subject area of my doc-toral research workwas supramolecular assembly, synthesis of water soluble carbon nano-particles through greener route and synthesis of nanocomposites of f-CNTs with transition metal dithiolene complexes. After completing my Ph. D, I worked as a Research Scientist (April 20 to December 31, 2013) under the supervision of Dr. Raju KUMAR GUPTA (Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur India) on synthesis of nano-carbons using simple and cost effective methods and their utilization as electrode materials for high energy/power density supercapacitors applications. I joined Prof. FELLER’s group, University of south Brittany Lorient France in February 2014.

Interview of Kumud TRIPATHI, post-doctorant about his experience on the Meet project

WHAT IS YOUR BACKGROUND BEFORE JOINING THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH-BRITTANY ?

Within MEET project I am working on the development of conductive polymer nano-composite quantum resistive strain sensors sQRS for the monito-ring of composites damage along with moisture, strain sensing and transport applications.

WHAT IS IS YOUR RESEARCH WORK WITHIN THE PROJECT ?

We have collaborations with Prof. Stephen Eichhorn, University of Exeter, Exeter UK. They will probe the interfacial properties of smart bio-composites by Raman spectroscopy during tension experiments. Electrical responses in combination with Raman spectroscopy for strain sensing in single fibre composite. We have another collaboration with ISPA of Alençon for processing of short flax fibres filled biopolymers at ISPA by extrusion. Monitoring of water diffusion, anticipate alteration, moisture snapshot during life cycle.

CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE COLLABORATION WITH THE PARTNERS ?

Yes we developed smart bio-composite materials with piezo-resistive capabilities, used to manufacture parts for the automotive, aerospace and shipbuilding. That is the an-swer of weight reduction for additional energy saving purpose. Bio-composites have compa-rable specific properties to glass fibre composites but with the advantage of much lower impact on energy consumption and environment. The implementation of QRS is also bring-ing the ability to detect eventual deformation and damage of the composites at real time and early stage.

CAN YOU DEVELOP THE POTENTIAL APPLICATION IN AUTOMOTIVE, AERONAUTICS AND SHIPBUILDING ?

Yes for me it’s a great opportunity to work with MEET team. I availed the opportunity to learn many new things, worked with expertise and to meet with many new scientists. MEET workshop and conferences will be very helpful for gaining new ideas and scientific discussions. I really indebted to Prof. Feller for the motivation, patience and the degree of freedom that he provided which made me to explore and learn a number of new things.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS INTERESTING BEING PART OF SUCH A PROJECT ?

After completing my post-doc here in France, I will shift in India and joined a tech-nical institute as an assistant professor. There I will continue my research work and also en-joy teaching.

DO YOU HAVE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AFTER THE POST-DOCTORAL POSITION ?

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT :Angela MAUBERT, Project Manager : +33.2.31.45.13.10, angela.maubert@ensicaen.fr

ADDRESS : CNRT Matériaux - ENSICAEN - 6 boulevard du Maréchal Juin - 14050 CAEN Cedex 4 - France

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What happens next ?

Save the date ! Closing event

The final event of Meet project will take place in

Exeter on 2nd and 3rd March 2015 to mark its closure.

A review of the project and future opportunities on

Interreg V will be discussed.

For further information, please contact :

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It happened recentlySeminar: Environmental-friendly Transportation at the Ecole de Management de Normandie – 20th January 2015. Emissions and fuel consumption in freight transportation planning

Among various environmental hazards of freight transportation, greenhouse gas emission is one of major concern. In this talk, Professor Tolga Bektas discussed ways in which emissions and fuel consumption can be accounted for in operational and tactical planning for freight transporta-tion. He described applications to road and rail, and presented results that shed-light on the tradeoffs between various parameters such as vehicle weight, load, speed and total cost, and offered insight on economies of environmental-friendly transportation.

Tolga Bektas is Professor of Logistics Management and Director of the School of Business Graduate School at University of Southampton.