The European Ceramic Society
Laboratory sheet
France
Institut de recherche sur les céramiques (IRCER)
Understanding and control ceramic and surface treatment processes to produce inorganic components, layers… with specific, improved, reliable properties
Director : Dr Philippe THOMAS (CNRS Researcher)
Email : philippe.thomas@unilim.fr
Phone : +33 (0)5 87 50 24 07
Address : Centre Européen de la Céramique 12 rue Atlantis 87068 LIMOGES CEDEX
Website : https://www.ircer.fr/
Director : Deputy Director : Dr. Samuel BERNARD (CNRS Researcher)
Email : samuel.bernard@unilim.fr
Phone : +33 (0)5 87 50 24 44
Address : Centre Européen de la Céramique 12 rue Atlantis 87068 LIMOGES CEDEX
Website : https://www.ircer.fr/
Research topics :
The scientific organization is developed into four teams:
- Team 1: Innovative Ceramic processes: ceramic powders, shaping processes and numerical fabrication, consolidation mechanisms
Contact information:
Prof. Arnaud Videcoq (Univ. Limoges)
+ 33 (0)5 87 50 2366
- Team 2: Plasma and laser processes: thin films and nanostructures, sources and plasma processes, engineering of ceramic / metal assembly and plasma spraying
Contact information:
Dr. Vincent Rat (CNRS Researcher)
+33 (0)5 87 50 23 19
- Team 3: Multiscale structural organization of materials: structure / properties of complexes oxides, materials with controlled micro-nano structures
Contact information:
Dr. Jenny Jouin (CNRS Researcher)
+33 (0)5 87 50 23 88
- Team 4: Ceramics under environmental conditions: high temperature materials, bioceramics, mechanical and thermo-mechanical properties
Contact information:
Prof. Romain Lucas (Univ. Limoges)
+33 (0)5 87 50 23 50
The scientific organization is complemented by two cross-cutting topics:
- Artificial intelligence for materials science and ceramic processes
Contact information:
Dr. Assil Bouzid (CNRS Researcher)
+33 (0)5 87 50 24 02
- Sustainable development and recyclability
Contact information:
Prof. Youssef El Hafiane (Univ. Limoges)
+33 (0)5 87 50 25 67
Applications:
Energy, information and communication technologies, health, mechanical engineering, transport, sustainability
Exceptional facilities :
From precursor synthesis to characterization of materials at different length-scale:
- Several stations for precursor syntheses (including various approach by mechanochemistry, in autoclave, …)
- Deposition techniques (CVD, PECVD, PVD, PLD, LECBD, powder/suspension plasma spraying)
- Additive manufacturing technologies: inkjet printing, (micro-)stereolithography, extrusion technologies (FDM, robocasting), aerosol deposition method
- Shaping processes: tape-casting, dip-/spin-/spray-coating, spinning line, injection process, …
- Sintering: Under controlled atmosphere up to 2200°C, Hot Pressing, Hot Isostatic Pressing, Spark Plasma Sintering, Gas Pressure Sintering
- A complete set of characterization tools via the CARMALIM plateform.
Financial support programmes :
- From regional to European fundings
- A large part of the financial support occurs via direct collaboration with industrial partners
Latest news
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 4th call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 11th International Congress on Ceramics – ICC 11 – that will take place from 6th to 11th September 2026 at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo, Japan.
New Impact factors released for the 2 ECerS Journals!
We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Impact Factors were released for the two official Journals of the European Ceramic Society:
- Journal of ECerS: 6.3
- Open Ceramics: 3.4
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