Publications associées à Polypropylène

Moulding and Microfluidic Wet Spinning of the Soft Polymer Optical Fibers for Sensory Applications

Polymer optical fibre (POFs) based wearable sensors have attracted a lot of attention in the field of healthcare and biomedical applications. They are in particular envision as the next generation of sensors for the continuous, real-time n ...

EPFL2024

Electromagnetic time reversal for online partial discharge location in power cables: Influence of interfering reflections from grid components

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein

In online single-sided partial discharge (PD) location, the measured PD reflection patterns are affected by the characteristics of all the components of the associated power network. This paper analyses the performance of a PD location method based on elec ...

2024

Thermoplastic Toughening of a Semiaromatic Polyamide with an Amino-telechelic Polyethylene

John Christopher Plummer, Holger Frauenrath, Michael Alan Giffin

Semiaromatic polyamides are used for metal replacementin advancedengineering applications to reduce weight and improve efficiency,but their range of application is limited by their inherent lack ofductility and toughness. Here, we combined semiaromatic pol ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

Recyclable flame retardant phosphonated epoxy based thermosets enabled via a reactive approach

Véronique Michaud, Valentin Rougier

The development of reusable fire-safe polymers with a prolonged lifetime heralds the switch for a transition towards circular economy. In this framework, we report a novel phosphonated thermoset which is composed of networked phosphonate esters containing ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2023

Simultaneous local sensing of two chemical properties with dual soft probe scanning electrochemical microscopy

Hubert Girault, Andreas Stephan Lesch, Gregorio Bonazza

A new method for the rapid and economic fabrication of dual soft microelectrodes for Soft-Probe-Scanning electrochemical microscopy (Soft-Probe-SECM) and their use for the simultaneous local detection of locally generated species is presented. The process ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2023

Quantified Effects of Multiple Parameters on Inputs and Potential Sources of Microplastics from a Typical River Flowing into the Sea

Florian Frédéric Vincent Breider, Yang Liu, Wenxin Liu

As an important connection of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, rivers input multitudinous (micro)plastics into the oceans. However, comparisons of field and estimated riverine inputs of (micro)plastics and contributions of multiple parameters are limited ...

2022

Multi-recycling of polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete: Influence of recycled aggregate properties on new concrete

Hisham Tarek Mohamed Hafez

Herein, an investigation of multi-generational recyclability of polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete (PPFRC) was performed. The parent concretes were produced with 0 and 6 kg/m(3) of polypropylene fibres. After recycling, the obtained coarse recycled co ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2022

Tandem electrocatalytic CO2 reduction with Fe-porphyrins and Cu nanocubes enhances ethylene production

Raffaella Buonsanti, Anna Loiudice, Min Wang

Copper-based tandem schemes have emerged as promising strategies to promote the formation of multi-carbon products in the electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction. In such approaches, the CO-generating component of the tandem catalyst increases the local co ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2022

Development and Characterization of Rice Husk and Recycled Polypropylene Composite Filaments for 3D Printing

Véronique Michaud

Nowadays the use of natural fiber composites has gained significant interest due to their low density, high availability, and low cost. The present study explores the development of sustainable 3D printing filaments based on rice husk (RH), an agricultural ...

2021

Inferring the flow properties of epithelial tissues from their geometry

Matthieu Wyart, Marko Popovic, Valentin Camille Druelle

Amorphous materials exhibit complex material properties with strongly nonlinear behaviors. Below a yield stress they behave as plastic solids, while they start to yield above a critical stress sigma(c). A key quantity controlling plasticity which is, howev ...

2021

Biodegradation and Antimicrobial Properties of Zinc Oxide-Polymer Composite Materials for Urinary Stent Applications

Lorenzo Lucherini

Research advancements in the field of urinary stents have mainly been in the selection of materials and coatings to address commonly faced problems of encrustation and bacterial adhesion. In this study, polylactic acid (PLA) and polypropylene (PP) were eva ...

2020

Investigation and modeling of odors release from membrane holes on daily overlay in a landfill and its impact on landfill odor control

Sami Rtimi

In the present work, we studied the NH(3)and H2S odor fluxes between the exposed working area and the HDPE covering film holes of the daily overlay in an actual landfill site with a daily operating area of 1600 m(2)in Hangzhou, China. We showed that the od ...

2021

Preparation of Highly Porous Metal-Organic Framework Beads for Metal Extraction from Liquid Streams

Wendy Lee Queen, Emad Oveisi, Daniel Teav Sun, Shuliang Yang, Li Peng, Olga Trukhina, Olga Syzgantseva, Ilia Kochetygov, Anita Justin, Hassan Abedini, Guanchu Lu

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) offer great promise in a variety of gas- and liquid-phase separations. However, the excellent performance on the lab scale hardly translates into pilot- or industrial-scale applications due to the microcrystalline nature of ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Crossed Molecular Beams and Theoretical Studies of the O(P-3)+1,2-Butadiene Reaction: Dominant Formation of Propene plus CO and Ethylidene plus Ketene Molecular Channels

Silvia Tanteri, Adriana Caracciolo

Detailed understanding of the mechanism of the combustion relevant multichannel reactions of O(P-3) with unsaturated hydrocarbons (UHs) requires the identification of all primary reaction products, the determination of their branching ratios and assessment ...

CHINESE PHYSICAL SOC2019

Morphology and interfacial strength of nonisothermally fusion bonded hard and soft thermoplastics

Pierre-Etienne Bourban, Rajasundar Chandran

Nonisothermally fusion bonded butt joints were prepared by overmolding thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) onto isotactic polypropylene (iPP) inserts in order to investigate the effect of processing conditions on the bond strength and interfacial microstructur ...

2018

Ultrahigh flux gas-selective nanoporous carbon membrane and manufacturing method thereof

Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Nikunj Dudani, Mostapha Dakhchoune, Shiqi Huang, Guangwei He

The present relates to a nanoporous carbon membrane manufacturing method comprising coating a block copolymer film with hydrophilic and hydrophobic blocks, on a sacrificial non-porous substrate so as to prepare an block copolymer film coated foil, transfer ...

2018

A Study on the Charge Carrier Transport of Passivating Contacts

Gizem Nogay

Recently, the charge carrier transport mechanism of passivating contacts, which feature an ultra-thin oxide layer, has been investigated by studying temperature-dependent current-voltage (I-V) characteristics. The measurement revealed that tunneling is the ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2018

Reactive species monitoring and their contribution for removal of textile effluent with photocatalysis under UV and visible lights: Dynamics and mechanism

Sami Rtimi

In this study, the photocatalytic activities were investigated for the treatment of Reactive Green 12 (RG 12) solution under UV and visible irradiation using Cu doped TiO2, and TiO2 impregnated on (1) cellulose and (2) UV-C activated polyester catalysts. T ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2018

Hybrid Processing of Thermoplastic Based Multimaterials

Rajasundar Chandran

There is a growing interest in exploring novel material combinations and processing technology to manufacture complex 3D shaped polymer and composite structures. In the field of prosthetics and orthotics, this need is significant with additional challenges ...

EPFL2017

Softening and hardening of yield stress by hydrogen–solute interactions

William Curtin, Binglun Yin, Ali Tehranchi

Hydrogen atoms have a wide variety of effects on the mechanical performance of metals, and the underlying mechanisms associated with effects on plastic flow and embrittlement remain to be discovered or validated. Here, the reduction in the plastic flow str ...

Taylor & Francis2017