On-going projects
Towards tomorrow’s polymers and materials in key research areas
SPECIFIC POLYMERS’ research is geared towards performance, sustainability and health. The current research projects in which the company is positioning itself are selected respecting this vision of innovation. Bringing our expertise in polymer and material science and sharing it with multidisciplinary and highly skilled academic and industrial partners in various fields of research, allow us to push our ideas further and closer to real applications.
HIGH-PERFORMANCE
Dec. 2018 – Dec. 2022
In the MARCHE project, highly electrically conductive coatings are elaborated to substitute metallic meshes used as lightning strike protection in aircraft. Indeed, these installations drastically penalize the reduction of weight earned with the replacement of titanium pieces by composites. A thin ultra-conductive (…)
Jan. 2020 – Dec. 2022
The FOCEA project aims to replace structural components made from titanium and located in the hot zones of aircraft with composites. The objective is to answer the major problem of weight reduction in order to minimize environmental impact. While epoxy-carbon fibre composites are, henceforth, essential in (…)
ENERGY
Sep. 2020 – Aug. 2023
Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) currently dominate the battery field. They have proved to be suitable e.g. for electric vehicles, which are urgently needed to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions and pollution worldwide. In Europe, 27% of carbon emission comes from transport, with cars representing 44% of that. This makes transport (…)
ENVIRONMENT
Jan. 2018 – Sep. 2021
For a number of years, several industries have been seeking innovative solutions in order to limit their environmental impact. The European REACH regulation, which governs the use of chemical substances to strengthen the protection of human health and the environment, is a guideline for this area. This regulation contributes to (…)
May 2020 – Apr. 2024
Plastic end-of-life management is one of the major challenges in the preservation of our ecosystems. The use of thermoset composites is projected to increase by 40% by 2020. To find an answer to that issue, the BIZENTE project was launched in May 2020. This project supported by the BBI aims to develop innovative (…)
June 2021 – April 2025
The VIBES project aims to develop an innovative and cost-efficient green technology solution to resolve the end-of-life issues of thermoset composites, decreasing the amount of non-biodegradable polymers sent to disposal or discharged to the environment by at least 40%. The project will develop a recycling solution (…)
HEALTH
Nov. 2019 – Oct. 2022
SPECIFIC POLYMERS is involved in the PheoPhotoDyn Project which is co-financed by the EU and the Occitanie Region. The project involves two University laboratories from the Occitanie Region, the ICGM-IAM laboratory from Montpellier and the IMRCP team from Toulouse. The PheoPhotoDyn project focuses on an ‘innovative non-drug therapy’ (…)
Sep. 2020 – Aug. 2024
Heart failure (HF) and cerebral stroke associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) are some of the most dreadful and frequently occurring diseases in highly developed countries. HF (>20 million cases worldwide) and AF (>70 million cases worldwide) are both associated with impairment of cardiac mechanical function. In order to assist ventricular (…)
Mar. 2021 – Oct. 2024
Stroke is a leading cause of death worldwide for which clinicians lack therapeutic strategies. Oxidative stress is a well-known contributor to ischemic stroke damage. Besides neuronal loss, oxidative stress is also implicated in vessel damage, inducing cerebral haemorrhage, a major stroke complication. The current anti-oxidant (…)