Polymer Materials with controlled Architectures

Structural materials are designed and synthesised in the form of:

•  ‘1D’ structures (functionalisation of textile yarns, whether conductive or not, by electronically and/or ionically conductive polymers),

•  ‘2D’ materials (functionalisation of surfaces, monomolecular films, thin films or membranes),

•  '3D' micro, meso or macroporous materials
   

• ‘4D’ materials combining three-dimensional structure and electromechanically stimulable properties.

These innovative materials are being developed for a wide range of applications, including encapsulants for power electronics and the preservation of old papers, as well as more fundamental aspects relating to interfaces and phase separations in two-dimensional (2D) monomolecular films or layers.



Key words: Polymer networks, interpenetrating polymer networks, films and membranes, Langmuir thin films and films, vitrimers, emulsion, COF, MOF, PolyHIPE, ....