A partnership culture for innovation
Within the framework of the technological development of its products dedicated to imaging,i2S is constantly looking for innovation in both areas of lighting,optics,image processing and embedded electronics. In recent years,i2S has developed numerous research agreements with academic partners to provide products and the most innovative solutions to our customers.
Driven by this culture of partnership i2S and OPCL(Organic Polymer Chemistry Laboratory) won a call for the National Research Agency (ANR) project for the creation of a joint laboratory PLIIS: Polymers Laboratory for Innovative Imaging solutions that aims to develop innovative technologies based on organic electronics for the imagining field.
PLIIS: ambitious goals
This joint laboratory will work for a minimum of three years to bring out the new technologies,among others,to increase the image quality and the sensors resolution,exploring electro-optical properties of organic polymers. The identified axes of work of this LabCom will have direct market outlets for i2S markets and customers.
This joint laboratory will benefit the entire OPCL infrastructure including the ELORPrintTec platform,a complete single chain in Europe dedicated to the printing of organic electronic components,financed for the future investments,the Aquitaine and Arkema Region as part of EquipEx (Excellence Equipment). To be read: 13,3 million to hasten the transition to the industry.
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In recent years,we joined,as part of a Chair of Excellence the Arkema-Region Aquitaine-University of Bordeaux-Bordeaux INP and today as an Industrial Chair ANR/Arkema,a dynamic team within the OPCL with skills in chemistry,physical chemistry, and physics of polymer materials for organic electronics,optics,dielectric and piezoelectric/ferroelectric: of the organic polymer material to the devices through the implementation of bonding processes. Moreover,the « Eric Coutetde » material skills unction of the Chair materials are complemented by the support for Future Investments, namely LabEx AMADEus and EquipEx ELORPrintTec,the latter being a unique platform of its kind integrating tools and methods needed to raise the industrial challenges inherent to the flexible printed and organic electronics. In this context we shape the perimeter of our joint PLIIS laboratory,where the use of our expertise and dedicated tools can help the i2S company in developping innovative technological solutions. The establishment of the joint PLIIS Laboratory is in perfect harmony with the philosophy of our research team that allows us to extend its recovery strategy. « Georges Hadziioannou et Eric Cloutet. » Georges Hadziioannou et Eric Cloutet
A long-term partnership
The operation took place in the framework of the Labcom tender by ANR,a device that aims to combine a public research partner and a PME in order to work at the interface of their skills on the long-term. By this device, the ANR aid to the laboratory initiation with an amount of €300,000 for the first three years but the goal is to create a permanent structure with long-term projects. The contract that will officially announce the birth of PLIIS is being developed by the SATT Aquitaine Science transfer and will soon be signed by both partners. The joint laboratory project was unanimously approved by the Cluster « Route des Lasers ».
About OPCL
The Organic Polymer Chemistry Laboratory (OPCL),Led by Professor Sebastian Lecommandoux,is a joint research center attached to the CNRS,the University of Bordeaux and Bordeaux INP Aquitaine His research aims to develop polymers and copolymers functions for applications in various sectors such as sustainable development,health or energy.
The group involved in the PLIIS Labcom, »Polymer Electronic Materials and Devices » led by Professor Georges Hadziioannou was established in 2010 as a Chair of Excellence (Arkema/Aquitaine Regio)and was recently converted into Industrial Chair (ANR/Arkema). The team consists of 8 permanent,5 engineers/technicians,9 postdocs and 9 PhD students.
The main research topics are:
- The (co)polymers materials design functional for organic electronics,
- the block copolymers for the advanced lithography and the data storing,
- The organic conductive inks and electrophoretic inks,
- The organic semiconductors (co)polymers for the energy (thermoelectric, photovoltaic) and lighting,
- ferroelectric materials for energy and energy storing.
Over the past 3 years,the team has published nearly 30 articles in international journals with referees and notably gave about 60 lectures/seminars at conferences/workshops/ International Summer Schools. A national award was also obtained in 2013 in the Chemistry discipline awarded by the magazine « La Recherche ».