Unité de catalyse et de chimie du solide de Lille (Laboratory of Catalysis and Solid State Chemistry - UCCS) is a French research laboratory (UMR
CNRS
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 ...
8181) focused on process engineering and chemical engineering.
It is located in
Lille
Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...
,
Lens
A lens is a transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements'') ...
and
Béthune
Béthune ( ; archaic and ''Bethwyn'' historically in English) is a town in northern France, Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department.
Geography
Béthune is located in the Provinces of Fran ...
and is a part of
COMUE Lille Nord de France. It is affiliated to the
Institut des molécules et de la matière condensée de Lille The Institut des molécules et de la matière condensée de Lille - IMMCL Chevreul ( Institute for molecules and condensed matter in Lille) is a physics and chemistry research institute. It is a member of the University of Lille.
Background histor ...
(IMMCL-Chevreul).
UCCS research teams support academic activities in the following sites of the
COMUE Lille Nord de France :
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École centrale de Lille
École or Ecole may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* Éco ...
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École nationale supérieure de chimie de Lille
The École nationale supérieure de chimie de Lille (ENSCL or Chimie Lille) was founded in 1894 as the Institut de chimie de Lille. It is part of the Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France.
It is located on the s ...
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University of Lille
The University of Lille (, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the merger of three universities ...
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Artois University
It supports doctoral researches and hosts PhD doctoral candidates in relationship with the
European Doctoral College Lille Nord de France.
Research area
Research area are focused on :
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Catalysis
Catalysis () is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed by the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recycles quick ...
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Solid-state chemistry
Solid-state chemistry, also sometimes referred as materials chemistry, is the study of the Chemical synthesis, synthesis, structure, and properties of solid phase materials. It therefore has a strong overlap with solid-state physics, mineralogy, cr ...
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Process engineering
Process engineering is a field of study focused on the development and optimization of industrial processes. It consists of the understanding and application of the fundamental principles and laws of nature to allow humans to transform raw mate ...
and are supported by large experimental installations in the research lab.
External links
Institut des Molécules et de la Matière Condensée de LilleLaboratoire de catalyse de LilleUnité de Catalyse et de Chimie du Solide
{{DEFAULTSORT:Unite De Catalyse Et De Chimie Du soliDe De Lille
Chemical industry in France
University of Lille Nord de France