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Recycling of Bottle Grade PET: Influence of HDPE Contamination on the Microstructure and Mechanical Performance of 3D Printed Parts

Véronique Michaud, Yves Leterrier, Adrien Julien Demongeot

As part of a project that aims to provide people with disabilities with simple assistive devices in Colombia, the possibility of creating a PET filament that can be printed by Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) from beverage bottle waste was investigated, wi ...

MDPI2022

Development and Characterization of Rice Husk and Recycled Polypropylene Composite Filaments for 3D Printing

Véronique Michaud

Nowadays the use of natural fiber composites has gained significant interest due to their low density, high availability, and low cost. The present study explores the development of sustainable 3D printing filaments based on rice husk (RH), an agricultura ...

2021

Printed Polymer Composite Sensors for Low-Power, Near Room-Temperature Detection and Classification of VOCS

Jürgen Brugger, Thomas Maeder, Mohammadmahdi Kiaee

We demonstrate the application of inkjet-printed near room-temperature chemiresistors composed of polymer-carbon black (CB) composites for detecting and classifying volatile organic compounds (VOC). Our results demonstrate that the printed sensors can sele ...

IEEE2021

Crystalline poly(triazine imide) membranes and uses thereof

Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Luis Francisco Villalobos Vazquez de la Parra

The invention relates to methods for the preparation of highly crystalline poly(triazine imide) in the form of platelets, atom-thick layers or membranes thereof and resulting products thereof, in particular useful for the preparation of gas separation memb ...

2021

Biodegradation and Antimicrobial Properties of Zinc Oxide-Polymer Composite Materials for Urinary Stent Applications

Lorenzo Lucherini

Research advancements in the field of urinary stents have mainly been in the selection of materials and coatings to address commonly faced problems of encrustation and bacterial adhesion. In this study, polylactic acid (PLA) and polypropylene (PP) were eva ...

MDPI2020

Poly(lactide)/cellulose nanocrystal nanocomposites by high-shear mixing

Véronique Michaud, Nicolas Candau, Oguzhan Oguz, Adrien Julien Demongeot, Mehmet Kerem Citak, Fatma Nalan Cetin

There is currently considerable interest in developing stiff, strong, tough, and heat resistant poly(lactide) (PLA) based materials with improved melt elasticity in response to the increasing demand for sustainable plastics. However, simultaneous optimizat ...

WILEY2020

Microstructured biodegradable fibers for advanced controlled release

Shahrzad Shadman Yazdi

Biodegradable polymers are increasingly at the heart of therapeutic devices. Particularly in the form of thin and elongated fibers, they offer an effective strategy for controlled-release in a variety of biomedical configurations such as sutures, scaffolds ...

EPFL2020

Printing on liquid elastomers

Pedro Miguel Nunes Pereira de Almeida Reis, Pierre-Thomas Paul Brun

In recent years the research community has paid significant attention to geometrically engineered materials. These materials derive their unique properties from their structure rather than their chemistry alone. Despite their success in the laboratory, the ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Life cycle assessment of bio-based synthetic fibers: the case of polyester substitutes

Tijana Ivanovic

Numerous studies have shown that the textile sector has a high fossil-fuel dependency, emits excessive amount of greenhouse gases and uses vast amount of water. Currently, polyester (fossil-based) makes up about a half of the industry's fiber production an ...

2020

A Sustainable Approach to Produce Stiff, Super-Tough, and Heat-Resistant Poly(lactic acid)-Based Green Materials

Nicolas Candau, Oguzhan Oguz, Mehmet Kerem Citak, Fatma Nalan Cetin

Circumventing inherent embrittlement, poor heat resistance, and melt elasticity of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) without compromising its remarkable stiffness and strength has become a particular challenge in polymer science due to increasing demand for green ma ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

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