Publications by Erica Manfredi

Sensitivity of the SHiP experiment to Heavy Neutral Leptons

Lesya Shchutska, Aurelio Bay, Elena Graverini, Guido Haefeli, Florian Maria Wurm, Mikhail Chapochnikov, Alexey Boyarsky, Sun Hee Kim, Federico Leo Redi, Oleg Ruchayskiy

Heavy Neutral Leptons (HNLs) are hypothetical particles predicted by many extensions of the Standard Model. These particles can, among other things, explain the origin of neutrino masses, generate the observed matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe an ...

Springer Nature2019

Thermal mending in immiscible poly(epsilon-caprolactone)/epoxy blends

Véronique Michaud, John Christopher Plummer, Amaël Maximilien Cohades, Erica Manfredi

Blends of commercial epoxy monomer with a 4,4'-diaminodiphenylsulfone hardener and poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) were evaluated for their potential as a self-healing matrix for fiber-reinforced composites, based on their room temperature toughness and s ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2016

Assessment of solvent capsule-based healing for woven E-glass fibre-reinforced polymers

Véronique Michaud, Amaël Maximilien Cohades, Erica Manfredi, Inès Richard

Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion Molding (VARIM) with low vacuum pressure difference was used to manufacture woven glass fibre-reinforced epoxy resin plates, with a fibre volume fraction of approx. 50 vol% and containing ethyl phenylacetate (EPA)-filled caps ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2015

Assessment of solvent capsule-based healing for woven fibre-reinforced epoxies

Erica Manfredi

Structural fibre-reinforced composites based on brittle matrices such as epoxy resins may be subject to short-term subcritical matrix damage that develops with time to the point where it may compromise the integrity of the structure. Currently, components ...

EPFL2015

Packing and permeability properties of E-glass fibre reinforcements functionalised with capsules for self-healing applications

Véronique Michaud, Erica Manfredi

In the framework of the development of capsule-based self-healing composites, this work investigates whether the capsules containing self-healing agents, dispersed on dry glass fibre reinforcements, influence their packing and longitudinal and transverse p ...

Elsevier2014

Characterization of solvent-filled polyurethane/urea-formaldehyde core-shell composites

Véronique Michaud, Sam Neuser, Erica Manfredi

Encapsulation of liquid phases is a crucial step in many self-healing material systems where a healing agent has to be protected during processing and then released during a damage event. In this work, the mechanical properties of polyurethane (PU) reinfor ...

Elsevier2014