LINK
Laboratory for Innovative Key Materials and Structures
Date of creation: 2014
CNRS Institute: CNRS Chemistry
French director: Fabien GRASSET
Japanese partner: National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
NIMS CNRS Saint-Gobain International Collaboration Center director: Naoki OHASHI
Deputy director: Mari KONO (Saint-Gobain)
Staff: 2 CNRS permanent researchers, 1 Saint-Gobain researcher, 2 Saint-Gobain admin/technical staffs, 3 NIMS group leaders, 4 JSPS postdoc fellow, 1 NIMS postdoc fellow, 1 CNRS PhD students, 3 NIMS PhD students
Mirror sites: CRISMAT (Caen, France) and ISCR (Rennes, France)
Website: https://link.cnrs.fr/
LINK team
OVERVIEW
LINK (Laboratory for Innovative Key Materials and Structures IRL 3629) is an International Research Laboratory hosted at the NIMS CNRS Saint-Gobain International Collaboration Center at NIMS, Tsukuba Japan.
This international chemistry laboratory created in 2014 in Japan represents an innovative academic and industrial collaboration model between international researchers.
Research activities at LINK include the creation and synthesis of novel materials, innovative processes and the fine characterization of physical and chemical properties. The two main topics are nanocomposites (optics, energy…) and thermoelectric materials.
LINK will be renewed for a third term starting in 2024. Fabien Grasset was appointed as the new director in September 2023. Mari Kono from Saint-Gobain was also nominated as a new deputy director in 2023, in addition to current deputy director Naoki Ohashi from NIMS.
Through this strong connection between France and Japan in the field of materials science, many visitors have been able to visit LINK since its creation facilitating fruitful collaborations with NIMS and Saint-Gobain.
In addition to NIMS, CNRS and Saint-Gobain supports, LINK is currently supported by 4 ANR [French National Research Agency] projects:
- HIGHTHERM “Thermoelectric antimonides for high temperature applications” (Partners: Saint-Gobain Research Provence, ISCR Rennes, CRISMAT Caen)
- CLIMATE “CLuster-based Infrared selectivity MATerials for Energy saving applications” (Partners: Saint-Gobain Research Paris and ISCR Rennes)
- DUVNANO “Fabrication of functional thin films by combining deep UV nanolithography and solution colloidal nanocrystals processes” (Partners: IS2M Mulhouse)
- NanoLEtsGOs “NANO-buildiNg blOcks based on octahedraL molybdEnum clusTers for the design of Structured inorGanic phOtoelectrodes for Solar energy conversion”
RESEARCH TOPICS
- Thermoelectrics
- Nanocomposites
- Energy
- Optics
PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS AND LABORATORIES
IN FRANCE
- CNRS Chemistry
- Saint-Gobain Group
IN JAPAN
- National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)