Research themes

My research is focused on the synthesis of various kinds of polymer and nanocomposite particles, using different approaches:

• Conventional and controlled radical polymerization in dispersed media ((mini)emulsion, dispersion processes)

• Synthesis of (reactive) macromolecular stabilizers

• Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA)

• Photopolymerization in dispersed media

• Synthesis of degradable particles via radical ring-opening polymerization (rROP) in aqueous dispersed media

• Copolymer synthesis for Lithium-based batteries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current projects

The main projects currently developed in the team deal with:

• The synthesis of surfactant-free latexes using as stabilizer various reactive polymer chains obtained from RDRP (Reversible deactivation radical polymerization - mostly RAFT)

 

• Synthesis of surfactant-free poly(vinylidene fluoride) latexes – in the frame of the joint laboratory with Arkema (formerly iHub POLY-9, now SPLiT)

 

• Copolymer synthesis for Lithium-based batteries (joint lab SPLiT)

 

• The synthesis of degradable particles (ANR project CKAPART and industrial collaborations)

 

• The synthesis of latexes for vitrimer-like materials (ANR project DYNAMEX)

 

• Photopolymerization in dispersed media (ANR projects Photo-B / IR-Emulsion / PhotoPick & joint lab SPLiT)

 

• Ethylene (co)polymerization in dispersed media

Supervisions

I am currently (co)supervising :

• Mr. Adam Abou-Dahr (PhD student, 2023-2026), cosponsored by Arkema and the MESRI, who is working in the frame of our joint laboratory with Arkema, iHub POLY-9 (now SPLiT), to develop latex synthesis by emulsion polymerization using various water-soluble photoinitiators. Adam is cosupervised with Franck D'Agosto.

• Mr. Florian Marti (PhD student, 2023-2026), sponsored by Arkema, who is working in the frame of our joint laboratory with Arkema, iHub POLY-9 (now SPLiT), to design new copolymers for Lithium-based batteries. Florian is cosupervised with Franck D'Agosto.

• Mr. Hugo Ridard (PhD student, 2023-2026), who is working on the synthesis of degradable latexes. Hugo is cosupervised with Franck D'Agosto.

• Dr. David Siefker (post-doctoral fellow, 2024-2026), sponsored by TotalEnergies, who is designing new polymers for lubricant applications. David is cosupervised with Franck D'Agosto.

• Ms. Emilie Miroir (PhD student, 2024-2027), who is working on polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) for the design of functionalized polymer particles for micellar catalysis application. Her work is cosupervised with Franck D'Agosto and conducted in the frame of the ANR project FlowNanoCat (collaboration with Eric Deydier, Eric Manoury, Rinaldo Poli, Agnès Labande and Christophe Fliedel, Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC), Toulouse & Carine Julcour, Karine Loubière and Nathalie Raimondi, Laboratoire de Génie Chimique (LGC), Toulouse).

• Ms. Flavian Bulemu (PhD student, 2025-2028), who is working on photopolymerization in dispersed media using inorganic particles as Pickering stabilizers. Her thesis is sponsored by the ANR in the frame of the PhotoPick project (collaboration with Emmanuel Lacôte, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP - Chimie ParisTech-PSL/CNRS) (LHCEP), Paris; Anthony Désert, Stéphane Parola, Chantal Andraud, Cyrille Monnereau and Akos Banyasz, Laboratoire de Chimie (LCH), ENS Lyon; Jacques Lalevée and Michael Schmitt, Institut de Sciences des Matériaux de Mulhouse (IS2M)). Flavian is cosupervised with Elodie Bourgeat-Lami, Damien Montarnal (CP2M) and Emmanuel Lacôte (IRCP).

• Ms. Marilou Bommer (PhD student, 2025-2028), sponsored by Arkema, who is working in the frame of our joint laboratory with Arkema, iHub POLY-9 (now SPLiT), to prepare new materials for Lithium-based batteries. Marilou is cosupervised with Franck D'Agosto.

 

 

 

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