Scientific activity

Scientific objectives

understanding of the chemical reaction

The main objective of DCPR research concerns the understanding of the chemical reaction aiming at its application to process engineering. This consists of establishing laws, especially kinetic ones, which explain the matter transformation, due to either a thermal activation or a photonic one.

from the fundamental knowledge to industrial applications

The research results, in addition to their intrinsic fundamental interest, lead to concrete applications : fabrication of new products and objects, design of new or improved processes for matter transformation, energy production, environment protection, biological applications... In addition to the experimental part of the studies, the research needs to know how to control complex physico-chemical systems thanks to the phenomena modelling. This dual approach allows the DCPR to carry out an activity which ranges from the fundamental knowledge to industrial applications.

Major points

• chemical kinetics in homogeneous gas phase, especially for reactions of pyrolysis, oxidation, combustion and chlorination of hydrocarbons
• clean processes (dioxin abatement, sustainable development, …)
• computer chemistry : computer based generation of detailed reaction mechanisms for gas phase oxidation
• modeling of geological evolution of hydrocarbons in oil fields
• stereolithography and microstereolithography with applications to microtechnologies and biomedical engineering
• photopolymerization processes with applications to optics and nanotechnologies
• photophysics with the fluorescence applications (photodynamictherapy, diagnosis)
• optical instrumentation and fluorescence microscopies
• photocatalysis for air and water depollution

Methods/Processes/Technics

• Pyrolyses, oxidations and chlorations in the gas phase
• Modelization and simulation of complex mechanisms
• Photocatalysis
• Stereolithography (macro/micro)
• Photofabrication
• Photonic excitation

Products/Research studies

• Hydrocarbons, Fuels
• Petrol, Natural gas
• Rapeseed oil derivatives
• Dioxines, Organic pollutants, COVs
• Polymeric and ceramic material
• Fluorescent tracers
• Porphyrins
• Nucleosides

Applications

• Petroleum exploration
• Reformulation of gasoline
• Fabrication of high added value chemical products
• Traitments of pollutants (air/water)
• Microtechnics Nanotechnologies
• Photodynamic therapy
• Visualization by fluorescence microscopy
• Diagnosis of lung cancers