The Laboratoire Plasma et Conversion d'Energie
LAPLACE, Toulouse is a
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
The French National Centre for Scientific Research (, , CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe.
In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 eng ...
(CNRS) laboratory, operated jointly by the CNRS, the
University of Toulouse
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and the
Institut National Polytechnique of Toulouse.
This facility is located near other important higher education facilities in
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
, France: the Paul Sabatier University,
SUPAERO, the
ENAC
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, the
INSA
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, as well as other research centers (the
ONERA
The Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales ( English: National office for aerospace studies and research) or ONERA, dubbed ''The French Aerospace Lab'' in English, is the French national aerospace research center. Originally f ...
and the
CNES
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It operates from the Toulouse Spac ...
).
Research at LAPLACE is multidisplinary by nature. LAPLACE has active research programs in the following areas :
Technological plasmas and their applications.
Cold plasma Physical and electrical Engeeniring, High pressure plasmas and Low temperature plasmas. Plasmas for Gas circuit breaker development and Plasma medicine.
Transport phenomena.
Dielectric materials (polymers in particular) and their integration into systems.
Design of electrical systems.
Optimization of control systems and converters.
Application areas
Biology and health (as for instance plasmas for cancer therapy, gene transfection, decontamination and sterilisation)
Environment and energy.
Transport.
Aeronautics and space.
External links
LAPLACE
Research institutes in France
Plasma physics facilities
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