This work is carried out in collaboration with a group of polymer chemists from the UCCS. It's to my opinion a nice result of what the wedding between chemists and physicists can give !
All that started with some characterizations on samples synthesized by A. Valente during her PhD thesis and it has ever leads to a publication in "Angewandte Chemie".
The goal of this project is to synthesize, via an original synthesis process called "chain shuttling", multiblock copolymers with tunable compositions and structures, and thus, tunable properties.
Now it's Thibaut Pinalie (our PhD Student) who took the project in charge and he is actually working on the optimization of the synthesis process in order to perfectly control the polymer synthesized.
Current research interests
Multiblock copolymers with tunable structures
Characterization of PLLA/PDLA blends
Development of new nanocomposites based on polymers issue from renewable ressources
This project is aimed at elaborating and optimizing new composites based on polymer matrix issued from renewable ressources. The philosophy of this project is to elaborate new highly filled (nano)composites using a "green chemistry" route.
Because of this project is carried out in collaboration with an industrial partner, i can't tell you more.
I just have to say "Good job Saadia !"
Characterization of macro-mesoporous catalysts
After a long time spend on studying the Polylactide homopolymer, i now focus on the structure-property relationships of the blends of the two pure homopolymers, i.e. PLLA & PDLA. A main goal is this project is to evaluate if the stereocomplex crystalline form, arising from the crystallization of PLLA chains with PDLA chains, can be mechanically induced.
Interesting results to come soon !
This project deals with the characterization of macro-mesoporous solid. Far from the polymer fiels it's an opportunity for me to use and to show the power of SAXS for the characterization of the materials structure at the nanometric scale.
This is also an opportunity for me to work on materials that scattered much more than polymers.
