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Anisotropic magnetic polymer nanocomposite with self-assembled chains of titania-coated magnetite nanoparticles

An anisotropic magnetic nanocomposite has been prepared by incorporating magnetite nanoparticles (average size: 19nm) in titania (TiO2) particles with a typical size of about 100nm, which are sub- sequently dispersed in a liquid epoxy monomer cured under a ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Stress reduction mechanisms during photopolymerization of functionally graded polymer nanocomposite coatings

Yves Leterrier, Véronique Michaud, Florian Dujonc, Michael Hausmann, Tommaso Nardi

From the experimental analysis of the photocuring process in terms of reaction kinetics as well as modulus and shrinkage build-up, the residual stresses arising during the photopolymerization of functionally graded composite coatings based on an acrylate m ...

2015

Functionally graded polymer nanocomposites using magnetic fields

Tommaso Nardi

Functionally Graded Materials (FGM) are a class of materials in which the composition and the properties gradually change over the volume. The present PhD project aims to generate a full understanding of a novel synthetic strategy for polymeric FGMs based ...

EPFL2015

Antibacterial surfaces based on functionally graded photocatalytic Fe3O4@TiO2 core-shell nanoparticle/epoxy composites

Yves Leterrier, César Pulgarin, Sami Rtimi, Tommaso Nardi

Functionally graded epoxy composites with various concentration profiles of Fe3O4@TiO2 core-shell nanoparticles (NPs) were synthetized and characterized, with focus on their antibacterial properties. The NPs consisted of rutile, anatase, magnetite and hema ...

RSC Publishing2015

Fe3O4 nanoparticles and nanocomposites with potential application in biomedicine and in communication technologies: Nanoparticle aggregation, interaction, and effective magnetic anisotropy

Yves Leterrier, Marco Sangermano, Tommaso Nardi

Magnetite nanoparticles with a size of 5-6 nm with potential impact on biomedicine and information/communication technologies were synthesized by thermal decomposition of Fe(acac)(3) and subsequently coated with a silica shell exploiting a water-in-oil syn ...

American Institute of Physics2014

UV-Cured Cellulose Nanofiber Composites with Moisture Durable Oxygen Barrier Properties

Yves Leterrier, John Christopher Plummer, Lars Berglund, Tommaso Nardi, Sylvain Cyril Claude Galland

Nanocomposites based on 10 to 60 vol % cellulose nanofibers (NFC) in a photopolymerizable hyperbranched acrylate matrix were prepared. Unmodified NFC and NFC chemically modified with a silane coupling agent and with ceric ammonium nitrate for direct polyme ...

2014

A novel synthetic strategy for bioinspired functionally graded nanocomposites employing magnetic field gradients

Ayat Karimi, Yves Leterrier, Tommaso Nardi

In order to mimic the complex architecture of many bio-materials and synthesize composites characterized by continuously graded composition and mechanical properties, an innovative synthetic strategy making use of magnetic field gradients and based on the ...

2014

UV-cured transparent magnetic polymer nanocomposites

Yves Leterrier, Marco Sangermano, Tommaso Nardi

Magnetite nanoparticles are synthesized by thermal decomposition of Fe(acac)(3) and subsequently coated with a silica shell exploiting a water-in-oil synthetic procedure. The as-produced nanopowder is mixed with a photocurable hyperbranched resin and the p ...

2013