Research Group Leader : Dr. Fouad Laoutid
Phone :+32(0)65.55.54.78
Secretariat : +32(0)65.37.34.83
The main research activities conducted in this unit are focused on the development of functional (bio)polymeric-based materials through sustainable processes. Sustainable solvent free reactive melt-processing, such as reactive and enzymatic extrusion or solid-state condensation are used for:
Our goal is to develop new (bio)polymeric (nano)composites with specific functional properties such as:
Hierarchical chemomechanical encoding of multiresponsive hydrogel actuators via 3D printing Jérémy Odent, Sophie Vanderstappen, Antoniya Toncheva, Enzo Pichon, Thomas J. Wallin, Kaiyang Wang, Robert F.
Bilayer solvent and vapor-triggered actuators made of cross-linked polymer architectures via Diels–Alder pathways† Antoniya Toncheva, Bertrand Willocq, Farid Khelifa, Olivier Douheret, Pierre Lambert, Philippe Dubois
Ultra-stretchable ionic nanocomposites: from dynamic bonding to multi-responsive behavior J. Odent, J.-M. Raquez, Ph. Dubois and E. P. Giannelis Abstract : Although multi-responsive materials have
Multiresponsive Shape Memory Blends and Nanocomposites Based on Starch Sessini V, Raquez JM, Lo Re G, Mincheva R, Kenny JM, Dubois P, Peponi L Abstract
Healing by the Joule effect of electrically conductive poly(ester-urethane)/carbon nanotube nanocomposites† B. Willocq, R. K. Bose, F. Khelifa, S. J. Garcia, Ph. Dubois and J.-M.
