CPJ – Ceramic materials and processes for sustainable development
You have until August 31, 2025 to apply! A Tenure-Track Junior Professor Chair (CPJ) – for 5 years (+ 1 year renewable) in the field of sustainable development and [...]
Recycling, Urban Mines and Eco-design
Raw materials and recycling are key issues in the ecological transition. The development of the circular economy to counter the excessive use of materials at all levels is essential.
The objective of the DIM is to contribute to the emergence of technologies necessary for life cycles of materials that respect the environment and health. This includes strategies to find alternative raw materials and achieving significant gains in recycling critical resources. It is also a matter of thinking about reducing the environmental footprint of manufacturing processes (solvents, acids, energy), with equal performance, in order to meet societal demands. Finally, this line of work encompasses the work needed to meet, from the design stage, to the pressure exerted on the environment by the poor management of end-of-life materials. The aim here is to propose strong research actions in favour of a global development of the circular economy, with a view to optimised management of the territories’ resources, reducing their environmental impact and fostering the emergence of virtuous economic and social models.
These are therefore three sub-themes that structure this axis:
- Techniques for recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). WEEE are often made up partly of rare materials and the two current recycling methods are not eco-compatible: pyrometallurgy is very energy-intensive and releases huge quantities of toxic gases, and hydrometallurgy requires large quantities of corrosive and toxic effluents which must then be treated and purified. Thus, reducing the toxicity of effluents and developing more water-efficient processes are avenues of interest.
- Recycling and energy recovery, particularly in the case of incineration of household waste. For example, it is a question of developing processes for extracting machefers, which are very rich in metal oxides and sources of reusable raw materials (iron, copper, zinc, aluminium, etc.). It may also be possible to optimize the mechanical recycling of thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers through original recovery strategies by mixing with other polymers before processing. This recycling method, which consists in crushing the polymer and then reshaping it, generally causes a degradation of its mechanical performance.
• Eco-design, including value for money, biomass exploitation, biofuel production or polymer development.
Axis managers
Articles et publications
Workshop “What guidance tools are needed for a more sustainable materials research?”
Registration is open until 25 June! The aim of this workshop is to bring together in a single discussion all the R&D players who have or need [...]
03 July 2025
Paris region PhD 2025
The Region supports scientific employment linked to the needs of businesses by co-funding PhD grants involving an academic laboratory and a socio-economic partner. For what type of [...]
Closed
14 April 2025
Relive the TGF ‘Do we still have to invent materials? – Trailer
On 19 November last year, the Tribunal for Future Generations ‘Do we still need to invent materials?’ took place with and thanks to you. This project lives [...]
PG ISAI PSL 2025 Scientific Workshop: Recycling
The Engineering, Applied Sciences and Innovation Graduate Programme (ISAI) of PSL University is organising its Scientific Workshop on 30 January 2025 in the Friedel amphitheatre at Chimie [...]
30 January 2025
Allowances 2025
IMPORTANT: the link to submit your projects is: https://materre-2025-1.sciencescall.org Please note: If your project involves a structure from the socio-economic world and includes a digital dimension on [...]
Closed
10 Feb 2025 at 23:59
Annual GFP Day – IDF
DIM maTerRE supports the 52nd National Colloquium of the Groupe Français des Polymères, to be held from November 19 to 22, 2024 on Sorbonne University’s Cordeliers campus. [...]
November 19 to 22, 2024
Science Festival 2024: Come Join Us!
DIM MaTerRE will be present at the Science Festival 2024, taking place from October 4 to 13 with a booth at Versailles Saint Quentin University on October [...]
From October 11 to 13, 2024
Post-doctoral position
The ITODYS laboratory, a member of MaTerRE, is looking for a postdoctoral fellow in catalysis and physico-chemistry to work on the CATHY project, funded by the DIM [...]
Court for future generations: do we still need to invent new materials?
The MaTerRE DIM is supporting the “ Should new materials still be invented?” tribunal for future generations, an event organized by Lola Lilensten and Mathilde Laurent-Brocq and [...]
Le 19 novembre 2024 de 16h à 17h30
Research Platforms – SESAME FEDER
The Île de France Region launches the call for proposals “Research Platforms – SESAME FEDER”! This call aims to support, develop and create structuring equipment, such as [...]
Closed
Thursday September 30th 2024 at 5 pm
Postdoctorate – ICMPE
The ICMPE is looking for a post-doc in polymer chemistry and/or MOFs to work on the PuriPFAS project, funded by the DIM MaTerRE!
Paris Region PhD
The PrPhD 2024 call for projects is open until 12 March 2024! An informational webinar is organised on 13 february. ELIGIBILITY Launched by the Île-De-France Region, the [...]
Closed
12 March 2024 at 5 pm
Research Engineer – IFPEN
The IFP Énergies Nouvelles is looking for an research engineer in thermodynamics and molecular modelling for energy transition. The thematic areas of intervention will focus on the [...]
Postdoctoral offer – SIMM – BioCoCo project
The SIMM laboratory, a member of MaTerRE, is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to work on the BioCoCo project, funded by MaTerRE. The position will focus on [...]
Post-doctoral offer – ICMPE
The Institute of Chemistry and Materials Paris East (ICMPE), research laboratory of CNRS in the field of materials science for energy and sustainable processing, is looking for [...]
Technology Transfer
Submit your technology transfert project all year round! The call for proposals Technology Transfer on the run of the DIM MaTerRE is intended for any project with [...]
Applications open
On the run
Projets
CATHY
metal CATalysts for HYdrogenative depolymerisation: comparison of molecular complexes and nanoparticles
ECOPOLYM
new sustainable source of rubbers and plastics from bacterial fermentation or microalgae-based photosynthetic bioproduction.
FlowNMR
Flow NMR as a new in situ tool for studying interface processes in solution involving inorganic or hybrid materials
Horizon Permeability
Advanced cross-flow analysis to measure multi-component
permeation through thin-films and membranes
HRMS4MAT
Combining chromatographic and high-resolution mass spectrometry methods to characterize new materials and resources or recover waste materials
Recycling 2.0
Solid-state recycling of aluminum alloys, an innovative process for enhanced sustainability
SEC NMR
Molecular structure of polymers revealed by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) coupled to benchtop nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for the valorisation of biobased polymers and polymers in wastes
