Publications de Carole Boissard

Morphological investigation of polylactide/microfibrillated cellulose composites

Pierre-Etienne Bourban, John Christopher Plummer, Carole Boissard

Optical microscopy and transmission electron microscopy have been used to investigate the morphology of polylactide (PLA)/microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) composites prepared by: compression molding of wet-comingled MFC and PLA latex or powder, twin-screw ...

Springer Berlin Heidelberg2013

Cellular biocomposites from polylactide and microfibrillated cellulose

Pierre-Etienne Bourban, John Christopher Plummer, Razvan Cristian Neagu, Carole Boissard

This paper describes the production of "green" microfibrillated cellulose-reinforced polylactide cellular biocomposites using a wet mixing technique combined with super-critical carbon dioxide foaming. The effect of composition on the morphology, density a ...

SAGE Publications2012

Processing of Sustainable Cellular Biocomposites

Carole Boissard

Petroleum-based polymers and composites are commonly used in a wide variety of application fields. However ecological concerns, increasing oil prices and dwindling natural resources explain why nowadays industrial and public interest is more than ever focu ...

EPFL2012

Water of functionalized microfibrillated cellulose as foaming agent for the elaboration of poly(lactic acid) biocomposites

Pierre-Etienne Bourban, Carole Boissard

This article presents a study on the foam processing of sustainable biocomposites made of polyl(actic acid) (PLA) and functionalized microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) using water as a foaming agent. MFC contains moisture and can be used as a water carrying ...

SAGE Publications2011

Foaming Biocomposites of Microfibrillated Cellulose and Polylactic Acid Paper

Pierre-Etienne Bourban, Razvan Cristian Neagu, Carole Boissard, Mallory Genoud

2011

Nanohydroxyapatite/poly(ester urethane) scaffold for bone tissue engineering

Pierre-Etienne Bourban, Carole Boissard

Biodegradable viscoelastic poly(ester urethane)-based scaffolds show great promise for tissue engineering. In this study, the preparation of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (nHA)/poly(ester urethane) composite scaffolds using a salt-leaching-phase inverse pro ...

Elsevier2009