Chemo-mechanical couplings at the microscale – CheMeCo

The goal of this project is to develop the experimental and theoretical knowledge necessary to build a modeling of chemo-mechanical couplings at the micrometer scale. Because of their extremely high surface/volume ratio, MEMS devices and thin film materials are particularly subjected to the consequences of such surface-based couplings. Using the results of recent feasibility studies, one will simultaneously focus on :
->cases where the involved couplings degrade the functions normally satisfied by a component (permeation barriers for gas tanks) ;
->cases where new and innovative functions originate from these surface couplings (chemo-mechanical sensors for allergies).