Research

Research interests

Development of mutlilayer films for safe, smart and sustainable packaging.

Materials-Process-Structure-Performance relationships for films and fibers, crystalline morphology and structure in polymeric materials, characterization of the orientation in polymeric materials by a variety of technics and their comparison (FTIR, X rays, etc).

Fibers or nanofibers (by electrospinning) structures development for biomedical applications: tissular, vascular and nervous regeneration.

Porous films and fibers development for numerous applications (biomedical, filtration, separation, etc).

• Films and fibers processes (blowing, killing, electrospinning, calendering).
• Multilayer films and fibers
• Electrospinning
• Functional polymers
• Nanocomposites
• Porous membranes
• Polymer structures for biomedical applications
• Safe, smart and sustainable packaging

Research unit(s)

• NSERC/Saputo/Excel-Pac Industrial Research Chair on materials and films for smart, safe and sustainable packaging, Chairholder
• Polynov Laboratory, Director
• Center for Applied Research on Polymers and Composites(CREPEC), member

NSERC subjects

• 1808 Rheology and processing
• 3753 Properties of polymers
• 1902 Biomedical materials