Polymer-Polymer interfaces: from a better control and understanding of molecular mechanisms to materials engineering

Overview & Synopsis

In this manuscript, I will present part of the research work I have conducted or been involved in over the past 9 years (including my 2.5 years as a post-doctorate associate and my 6.5 years as Maître de Conférences). This experimental work addresses topics that may seem loosely related, from instabilities in a thermoplastic process (nanolayer coextrusion) to reinforced thermoplastic nanocomposites or surface chemistry and patterning in elastomers, but that all resolve around questions on polymer interfaces. Though a large part of this work has an “engineering” or “applied towards materials” focus, it also deals in some aspects with more fundamental questions about confined polymers or polymer interfaces.