Publications by Manuel Bühler

Cellular thermoplastic composites with microstructural gradients of fibres and porosity

New thermoplastic composites with their composition tailored at the yarn level were proposed and successfully prepared. A specific processing method was developed for composites exhibiting different fibre and porosity concentration gradients. Mechanical pr ...

2008

Cellular gradient polymer composites

Dominique Pioletti, Pierre-Etienne Bourban, Vincent Stadelmann, Manuel Bühler

The invention relates to a foamed polymer composite product incorporating several fillers and/or fibres and several pores characterized by the fact that it shows two distinct gradients, namely a filler and/or fibre density gradient and a pore density gradi ...

2008

Processing of fibre and porosity gradients in cellular thermoplastic composites

Manuel Bühler

The aim of this study has been to develop processing techniques for novel bioresorbable thermoplastic cellular composites, reinforced with continuous inorganic fibres, for use as biodegradable scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. As the implanted composi ...

EPFL2008

Cellular and fibre-reinforced composites for bone engineering

Pierre-Etienne Bourban, Manuel Bühler

glass fibre composites were successfully prepared. A specific processing method was developed for consolidated composites exhibiting different fibre concentration gradients. As the conditions to prepare PLA polymer foams with specific porosity morphology w ...

2007