Abstract: A method for forming a compact film of particles on a surface of a carrier liquid, including: positioning at least one particle support in the carrier liquid, the support including at least one solidified portion in which the particles are trapped and that is made from at least one cooled liquid, melting of the support in the carrier liquid resulting in release of the particles on the surface of the carrier liquid; and organizing the released particles to obtain the compact film of particles on the surface of the carrier liquid.

Abstract: A device for tensioning a preform made from interlaced fibers is applied to tension the preform used in a process for fabricating a part made from a ceramic matrix composite material. During this process, the preform is tensioned before and during its densification using the tensioning device (100), which comprises a main body (2), a first assembly element (3) and a second assembly element (4) and a control rod, rotation of the control rod causing translation of the second assembly element, separation of the first and second assembly elements from each other and tensioning of the preform along the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: Enhancement of the reliability of an imaging device comprising several pixels is provided, each of the pixels comprising several first blocks of electronic components organized as a matrix and joined by links to row buses and column buses of the matrix allowing the powering and control of each of the first blocks for its nominal operation. Each of the pixels moreover comprises, associated with the first block, programmable means for disconnection of the first block from the at least one of the buses. Locating of a fault in a device is also provided, the fault occurring in one of the first blocks and leading to a generalized fault in several first blocks.

Abstract: A nanocomposite material comprising nano-objects made of at least one first electron conducting material, such as carbon, and nano-objects or submicron objects made of at least one second material, such as silicon, different from the first material; said nanocomposite material comprising nanostructures each consisting of a three-dimensional network consisting of the nano-objects made of at least one first electron conducting material bound and maintained by a polysaccharide, the nano-objects or the submicron objects made of at least one second material different from the first material being self-assembled around said network and being attached to the nano-objects made of at least one first electron conducting material by said polysaccharide and said nanostructures being homogenously distributed in the material. A method for preparing said nanocomposite material. An ink comprising said composite material. An electrode comprising as an electrochemically active material said composite material.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of specific compounds of formula (I) and their pharmaceutically-acceptable salts: (Formula 1) (I) as a new family of protein kinase CK2 inhibitors; the invention also relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention and/or treatment of disorders and/or diseases chosen amongst cancers; autoimmune and inflammatory diseases; infectious diseases; diabetes angiogenesis related disorders; retinopathies and cardiac hypertrophy.

Abstract: This gas diffusion layer for a PEMFC includes at least one hydrophilic electronically-conductive thread, advantageously formed of a carbon thread, of an electronically conductive hydrophilic material thread, or of a polymer thread loaded with electronically-conductive particles.

Abstract: A method for forming by CVD a lithium-based layer, according to which the lithium precursor is in liquid form in a mixture containing a solvent and a Lewis base.

Abstract: A three-layer magnetic element comprises, on a substrate, a first oxide, hydride or nitride layer O having a metal magnetic layer M mounted thereon, the latter having either a second oxide, hydride or nitride layer O?, or a non-ferromagnetic metal layer M? mounted thereon. Layer M is continuous, has a thickness of 1 to 5 nm and the magnetization thereof is parallel to the layer plane in the absence of layers O and O?. There is, for a range of temperature equal to or greater than ambient temperature, interfacial magnetic anisotropy perpendicular to the layer plane on interfaces O/M and M/O? that is capable of decreasing the effective demagnetizing field of layer M or orienting the magnetization of layer M in a manner substantially perpendicular to the layer plane.

Abstract: For locating a touch on a tactile surface belonging to an object, mechanical waves are made to propagate in the object and these mechanical waves are picked up. Certain characteristics of the signal picked up are compared to a library of reference characteristics, and the position of the touch is deduced from this comparison.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for encoding contactless communication data from a transponder to a reader via charge modulation, in the form of a set of modulation patterns, each modulation pattern being a series of charge levels of a predefined length used for physical encoding, having a duration of n carrier periods (TC), including a series of at least two charge levels, having a minimum pulse width (w) corresponding to the shortest duration of a single charge level in the pattern, and having a retromodulation rate (t) corresponding to the ratio between the retromodulation time and the duration of a pattern, characterized in that the number (k) of patterns is greater than four, the minimum pulse widths (w) of at least two patterns are different, and the retromodulation rates (t) of at least two patterns are different. The invention also relates to a device for implementing the method.

Abstract: An organic redox active compound with reversible storage of charge is disclosed. The material characterized by a formula R-M-Y-T. According to some aspects, R represents a deconjugating group, M represents an organic redox active fragment, not comprising any metal ion or metal, capable of reversibly storing at least one charge, T represents a tripod group comprising three groups F, capable of being chemically grafted to a surface of a solid substrate, and Y represents a spacer group separating M from T. A substrate on which the compounds are grafted, a molecular memory device including the compound or the substrate, and an electronic apparatus including the molecular memory device are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the voltage of a cell of a fuel cell, characterized in that said control device comprises a first transistor (Q1) associated with the cell, which is connected to the cell via the base thereof and to a current generator, and a control voltage source (VRi) inserted between the cell and the first associated transistor (Q1), the control voltage source supplying a control voltage equal to the voltage differential between the first and second threshold voltages, such that: when the cell has a voltage (V1) higher than a first threshold voltage, the first transistor (Q1) has a voltage (Vbe1), at the terminals of the base-emitter junction thereof, which is higher than the second threshold voltage, and which conducts the current, and, when the cell has a voltage (V1) which is lower than the first threshold voltage, the first transistor (Q1) has a voltage (Vbe1), at the terminals of the base-emitter junction thereof, which is lower than the second threshold voltage and w

Abstract: This bolometric array detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation in a predetermined range of infrared or terahertz wavelengths comprises a substrate and an array of bolometric micro-plates for detecting said radiation that are suspended above the substrate by support arms. It comprises a metallic membrane located above and around each micro-plate and in which openings are formed; said openings in metallic membrane are periodically located in it along at least one predetermined axis with a period equal to or less than ? n , where ? is a wavelength in the wavelength range that is to be detected and n is the average refraction index of the medium that separates the micro-plate from metallic membrane.

Abstract: A basic device for an image sensor includes a photodiode consisting of a doped area having a first type of conductivity and formed at the surface of a semiconductor substrate having a second type of conductivity, adapted to be biased at a first reference voltage, wherein the photodiode is combined with a device for the transfer, multiplication and insulation of charges, the photodiode being a fully depleted one and including, at the surface of the doped area having a first type of conductivity, a strongly doped region having the second type of conductivity and adapted to be biased at a second reference voltage.

Abstract: A method for making a thermoelectric microstructure includes: forming an insulating substrate; forming, on the substrate, a first assembly of conductor or semiconductor elements extending in parallel and in a first direction from first to second connection areas, and having a first Seebeck coefficient; forming, on the substrate, a second assembly of conductor or semiconductor elements electrically insulated from the first assembly and extending in parallel and in a second direction other than the first one, from the first to second connection areas, and having a second Seebeck coefficient other than the first one; providing, in the first and second connection areas, electric connection elements, each of which electrically connects at least one element of first and second assemblies; two conductor or semiconductor elements of a single assembly are separated in a predetermined direction by a predetermined average distance in the connection areas.

Abstract: An optical filter for filtering an electromagnetic radiation of variable angle of incidence, includes a stack of at least one dielectric or semi-conductor layer arranged between two partially reflective layers, said stack defining a set of Fabry-Pérot cavities set to a predetermined wavelength. The average refractive index of the dielectric or semi-conductor layer is variable in a plane orthogonal to the direction of the stack so as to compensate the effects of the variation in the angle of incidence of the electromagnetic radiation on the transmission spectrum of the cavities.

Abstract: According to this method for producing a magnetic tunnel junction, a film of a dielectric material capable of acting as a tunnel barrier is deposited between two nanocrystalline or amorphous magnetic films. The dielectric material constituting the tunnel barrier consists of an at least partially crystalline perovskite, and said material is deposited by ion beam sputtering in a vacuum chamber.

Abstract: This three-layer magnetic element comprises, on a substrate, a first oxide, hydride or nitride layer O having a metal magnetic layer M mounted thereon, the latter having either a second oxide, hydride or nitride layer O?, or a non-ferromagnetic metal layer M? mounted thereon. Layer M is continuous, has a thickness of 1 to 5 nm and the magnetisation thereof is parallel to the layer plane in the absence of layers O and O?. There is, for a range of temperature equal to or greater than ambient temperature, interfacial magnetic anisotropy perpendicular to the layer plane on interfaces O/M and M/O? that is capable of decreasing the effective demagnetising field of layer M or orienting the magnetisation of layer M in a manner substantially perpendicular to the layer plane.

Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of devices for focusing light to subwavelength dimensions including at least one focusing structure having a metal film provided with a first aperture that penetrates the film, the aperture having dimensions an order of magnitude smaller than the working wavelength of the focusing device. In the devices according to the invention, the focusing structure has at least one optical cavity placed around the aperture so that, when the structure is illuminated with a radiant flux at the working wavelength of the device, a large part of this flux is concentrated on the aperture by said cavity. Several embodiments are described using various cavities that may comprise plasmon reflectors.

Abstract: This method for bonding two electronic components (12, 16) by the insertion of hollow and open inserts (50) into full convex elements (14) of lower hardness than that of the inserts, consists, when an insert (50) is inserted into a full element (14), in that at least one surface (52) of the open end (54) of the insert (50) is left free so as to create an outlet passage for gases contained in the insert (50).