“Vacuum and its applications, from atmospheric pressure to ultra-high vacuum”.

2 workshops with demonstrations and fun activities in the form of practical sessions and experiments (vacuum bell, etc.) to help our visitors understand physical phenomena.
It’s also an opportunity to learn about the vast applications of vacuum, and the products that are designed according to the pressures involved.
Several sessions will be organised each day.

Some properties of a vacuum

By means of a few small experiments you will discover some of the properties of the vacuum:

• Changes in the state of matter
• The forces at work
• Sound propagation in a vacuum

These properties will enable us to address the many applications made possible in industry.

Become a researcher for a day: dive into the heart of the infinitely small!

Scientists at the Jean Lamour Institute in Nancy are pushing the boundaries of nanomaterial research thanks to the DAUM platform (Ultra-High Vacuum Deposition and Analysis of Nanomaterials). This facility enables the development and monitoring of revolutionary materials within an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) environment at 10⁻¹⁰ mbar, ensuring absolute purity.
The platform provides researchers and industrial partners with 28 interconnected UHV units linked by a transfer tunnel. Along this 70-meter-long tunnel, an ingenious sample transport system allows materials to move from one chamber to another without breaking the vacuum.
Through “Virtual DAUM,” you can dive into the heart of this extraordinary equipment, which is unique in Europe. Equipped with a virtual reality headset, step into a researcher’s shoes to explore the lab, manipulate matter at the nanoscale in a UHV environment, and master complex concepts such as ultra-high vacuum, single crystals, and atomic layers. You can even participate in the creation of an innovative sensor for the Internet of Things (IoT).
It is a fascinating immersive experience designed to make the invisible tangible and to help you understand the technologies that will transform our daily lives.