Dr. Fouad Laoutid

Dr Fouad Laoutid Fouad LAOUTID PhD in Polymer Science from University of Montpellier (Ecole des Mines d’Alès), his main research area is the development of new fire safe polymeric materials containing free halogenated flame retardant systems while considering additional functional properties i.e. mechanical and thermal performances. He has in charge of academic and industrial research projects […]

Prof. Olivier Coulembier

Prof. Olivier Coulembier OLIVIER COULEMBIER graduated from the University of Mons-Hainaut in 2005 and moved to Stanford University and the IBM Almaden Research Center to undertake periods of postdoctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Robert M. Waymouth and Dr. James L. Hedrick. Olivier is currently a Senior Research Associate of the Belgian F.N.R.S. in […]

Atmospheric plasma: a simple way of improving the interface between natural polysaccharides and polyesters

Atmospheric plasma: a simple way of improving the interface between natural polysaccharides and polyesters X Carette, R Mincheva, M Herbin, X Noirfalise, T C Nguyen, P Leclere, T Godfroid, H Kerdjoudj, O Jolois, M Boudhifa Abstract :  In this study, a novel simple and fast method was developed of immobilizing a natural polysaccharide (chitosan) on a polylactide (PLA) surface. In order to overcome the […]