Carnot MICA

A leader in innovative materials with a comprehensive and unique offer for manufacturers

Our comprehensive offer across the entire value chain

MICA assists companies throughout the R&D process through its unique, comprehensive offer:

• Materials, surfaces and interfaces and related processes
• Multidimensional analysis
• Durability and performance
• Technology transfer

For a wide range of materials: polymers, oxides, ceramics, carbons, biomasses, metals, molecules/cells, powders, thin films, foams, fibers and textiles, composites, porous materials and 3D and 4D objects.

Target markets

• Automotive, aerospace, aviation, water sports
• Fashion and luxury
• Energy
• Environment
• Sports and wellness
• Industry 4.0
• Economical and sustainable construction
• Health and cosmetics

Our job: to assist you with your R&D projects

MICA will assist you throughout your innovation and tranformation project by offering customised solutions:

• R&D partnership contracts
• Services
• Expertise and advice
• Higher and continuing education
• Technology transfer

Working with MICA means you have privileged access to:

• Cutting-edge scientific innovations and technology
• International experts who are specialised in materials
• State-of-the-art equipment
• ISO 9001-certified project management

Our unique skills:

• Surface functionalisation for the creation of functional materials
• Creation of 3D and 4D objects throughout the entire value chain
• Active and intelligent materials to react and adapt to the environment
• Lightweight, robust structures: composites, textiles and foams
• Multidimensional analysis and metrology
• Eco-innovation, materials and processes that are environmentally friendly

3 cutting edge technology platforms for you industrialists

• IGI-Tech: for the development of non-standardised tailor-made implantable medical devices.
• MICASOL: for the characterisation of materials by X-analysis from the molecular to macroscopic scales through access to the Soleil Synchrotron.
• ISI-Composites: Innovative surfaces and interfaces in composites.

Our technical resources, which are available to manufacturers:

• Technical platforms: development, analysis, performance testing, prototyping
• Testing platforms with real-world conditions
• State-of-the-art equipment in a unique set-up
• Highly skilled dedicated staff
• 11 platforms that already have ISO 9001 certification (51 facilities)

Long-term industrial partnerships, industrial expertise

• More than 900 partner companies per year
• More than 1,100 industrial contracts per year
• More than 40 patents per year
• 1 ISO 9001 certification