Publications by Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

Morphology and mechanical properties of isotactic polypropylene glass mat thermoplastic composites modified with organophilic montmorillonite

John Christopher Plummer, Sara Dalle Vacche, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

Satisfactory impregnation of glass fiber mats may be obtained with isotactic polypropylene/montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposites under conditions comparable with industrial conditions. However, it is demonstrated here that the high melt viscosity of the nan ...

Springer US2010

Hybrid Glass Mat-reinforced Polypropylene-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites

Véronique Michaud, John Christopher Plummer, Martyn Douglas Wakeman, Sara Dalle Vacche, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

Polypropylene/montmorillonite (iPP/MMT) has been investigated as an alternative to isotactic polypropylene (iPP) as a matrix for glass mat thermoplastic (GMT) composites. The melt viscosity increased significantly on MMT addition, but iPP/5.9wt% MMT-based ...

2010

Hybrid glass mat reinforced polypropylene-montmorillonite nanocomposites

Véronique Michaud, John Christopher Plummer, Sara Dalle Vacche, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

Although addition of montmorillonite (MMT) clay to isotactic polypropylene (iPP) results in large increases in the melt viscosity at low shear rates, satisfactory impregnation of glass mats is obtained with iPP/MMT under conditions typical of industrial pr ...

Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Laublsrutistr 24, Ch-8717 Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland2009

Hybrid glass mat reinforced polypropylene-montmorillonite nanocomposites

Véronique Michaud, John Christopher Plummer, Sara Dalle Vacche, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

2008

Deformation and fracture in isotactic polypropylene glass mat thermoplastic composites modified with montmorillonite clay

John Christopher Plummer, Sara Dalle Vacche, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

Satisfactory impregnation of glass fiber mats may be obtained with isotactic polypropylene/montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposites under conditions comparable with industrial conditions. However, it is demonstrated here that the high melt viscosity of the nan ...

2008

Hybrid glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic nanocomposites

John Christopher Plummer, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre, Martyn Douglas Wakeman

The feasibility of integrating thermoplastic isotactic polypropylene/ montmorillonite nanocomposite matrices into conventional fiber-reinforced composites has been investigated. Two basic processing routes were considered: long glass fiber (GF)-reinforced ...

2008

Deformation and fracture in isotactic polypropylene glass mat thermoplastic composites modified with montmorillonite clay

John Christopher Plummer, Sara Dalle Vacche, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

2008

Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Nanocomposites

Véronique Michaud, John Christopher Plummer, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre, Martyn Douglas Wakeman

2007

Towards Textile-Based Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Nanocomposites: Melt Spun Polypropylene-Montmorillonite Nanocomposite Fibers

John Christopher Plummer, Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre, Martyn Douglas Wakeman

The present work is aimed at assessing the feasibility of integrating thermoplastic polypropylene nanocomposite matrices into conventional fiber-reinforced composites based on hybrid textiles that incorporate both the matrix and glass-fiber yarns, in order ...

2007

Fiber reinforced polypropylene nanocomposites

Chrystèle Houphouet-Boigny Favre

The aim of this thesis is to assess the feasibility of integrating nanoparticles into glass fiber (GF) reinforced isotactic polypropylene (iPP) composites via existing thermoplastic processing routes, and to investigate whether this results in significant ...

EPFL2007