The team
LPAC is directed by Prof. Véronique Michaud. The direction of the lab includes Dr. Pierre-Etienne Bourban, Dr. Yves Leterrier and Mrs. Cécile Chariatte. The team is formed of master and PhD students, research engineers and post-doctoral scientists, originating from Switzerland, Europe (Italy, France, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium) and the World (China, Mexico, Turkey, Lebanon).
Facilities
- Chemistry lab
- Formulations of resins, hybrids, hydrogels and nanocomposites
- Rheology lab
- Oscillatory shear (photo) rheometer, capillary rheometer, dynamic mechanical analyzer
- Processing lab for thermal processes
- Wet layup, RTM, compression molding, autoclave
- Processing lab for UV processes
- Hg sources, nanoimprint lithography, photo-interferometer, roll-to-roll UV printing
- Analytical and testing labs
- Optical microscopes with in situ heating and electro-mechanical testing units, nanoparticle size analyzer, (photo) DSC, O2 and H2O permeation cells, mechanical and impact tests