Materia Nova is a multidisciplinary research center active in the modeling, synthesis, and characterization of high-technology materials, from the fundamental aspects to their application in devices.
Materials design and innovation
Materia Nova's approach to collaborative innovation accelerates industrial developments in materials and processes, from the design phase through to industrialisation. Materia Nova's preferred technical areas are surface treatments (plasma, ion implantation, sol-gel, electrolysis), biotechnology, renewable energies, energy efficiency and composite materials, polymers and bio-polymers.
Upscaling and engineering
Materia Nova also boasts a network of collaborations that enables us to offer R&D support from the scale of laboratory samples through to small-scale production or the design and supply of production tools.
Analysis and characterisation of products and processes:
A materials characterisation platform that supports companies in their R&D activities and also provides solutions to problems of mechanical failure, corrosion, adhesion and many others....
Lifecycle assessment and analysis
, for scientific measurement of the environmental performance of industrial products and services.
Development and management of national
and international projects in partnership with industry and academia.
Social innovation
Materia Nova is also a centre for social innovation. Our code of ethics is at the heart of our relations with both our partners and our staff.
Skills
Materia Nova is associated with five other research centres in Hainaut active in the fields of the environment, materials and processes (CRIBC-CTP-INISMA-INS-Certech). These centres have come together under the umbrella of EMRA (Environment and Materials Research Association). The aim is to develop synergies, share experience and equipment, and jointly submit research programmes.
Standardised and other tests
The centre also offers one-off services: upscaling for companies, feasibility tests, environmental impact analyses, materials characterisation, market studies, state of the art, literature monitoring and targeted consultancy.
Equipment
