Research activities

Our know how is mainly on

• the development of new plasma sources,
• the physico-chemical analysis of the plasma through state-of-the-art diagnostic techniques,
• the synthesis of (new) materials in the form of thin films (organic and inorganic) and on the surface functionalization of materials (including nanomaterials) and
• the treatment of gas through a coupled plasma-catalysis approach (valorization of CO2, activation of N2).

These activities are supported by thorough characterization of the chemistry, the morphology and the microstructure of the treated surfaces by advanced techniques such as XPS, ToF-SIMS, TEM, SEM, XRD or synchrotron-based techniques ….

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Our unit is also associated with the following UMONS research institutes :