Welcome to the OPTI²MAT official website
OPTI²MAT is a Program of Excellence of the Région wallonne (representing an overall subsidy of 12 million euros shared between the Région wallonne, UMONS and Materia Nova). This program, running from 2009 until 2014, involves collaborations with the Materials Institute's research centres: CIRMAP, CRIM and Materia Nova, for aspects of industrial development.
OPTI²MAT triggered the creation of the Materials Institute, of which the two research centres are the founding members. OPTI²MAT has been designed to optimise material properties through the chemical treatment of their surface and by
implementing new processes.
The two main themes developed in the Program of Excellence are:
• the protection of metal substrates by original deposition methods to confer self-healing properties by varying the
nature of the polymers and inhibitors and by improving the mechanical properties via the incorporation of nanoparticles.
These applications are intended for the automotive, the aircraft and the electrical goods industry,
• the development of punctual optical fibre sensors distributed by enhancing sensitive layers for the identification of ions in solutions, air pollutants, toxic gases, etc.
OPTI²MAT triggered the creation of the Materials Institute, of which the two research centres are the founding members. OPTI²MAT has been designed to optimise material properties through the chemical treatment of their surface and by
implementing new processes.
The two main themes developed in the Program of Excellence are:
• the protection of metal substrates by original deposition methods to confer self-healing properties by varying the
nature of the polymers and inhibitors and by improving the mechanical properties via the incorporation of nanoparticles.
These applications are intended for the automotive, the aircraft and the electrical goods industry,
• the development of punctual optical fibre sensors distributed by enhancing sensitive layers for the identification of ions in solutions, air pollutants, toxic gases, etc.
The members of the OPTI²MAT consortium
