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Aramid

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Design and Fabrication of Stretchable Photonic Fibers

Nicola Bartolomei

Optical fibers have reshaped the technological landscape, from optical networks and high-speed data communication to in situ imaging and non-invasive surgery methods. The revolution allowed by these fibers has been made possible by its fabrication method, ...

EPFL2021

Semiaromatic polyamides with enhanced charge carrier mobility

John Christopher Plummer, Holger Frauenrath, Nicolas Candau

The control of local order in polymer semiconductors using non-covalent interactions may be used to engineer materials with interesting combinations of mechanical and optoelectronic properties. To investigate the possibility of preparing n-type polymer sem ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2021

Functionalized Fiber Reinforced Composites via Thermally Drawn Multifunctional Fiber Sensors

Véronique Michaud, Fabien Sorin, Dang Tùng Nguyen, Baris Çaglar, William Nicolas Duncan Esposito, Stella Andréa Françoise Laperrousaz

Monitoring fiber reinforced polymer composites (FRPC) during their production and operation is becoming crucial to track the performance of the final parts and optimize the overall life cycle. The challenges associated with integrating multifunctional sens ...

Wiley2021

Polyamide material

John Christopher Plummer, Holger Frauenrath, Nicolas Candau, Sylvain Cyril Claude Galland

The invention relates to a polyamide material containing a polyamide as the matrix polyamide and fibrillar polyamide particles, wherein at least 10 vol.% of the fibrillar polyamide particles, based on the total volume of the fibrillar polyamide particles, ...

2018

Semiaromatic Polyamides and Copolyamides Comprising Kinked Repeating Units

Julien Philippe Cretenoud

The replacement of metals with polymer-based materials is considered to be key to reducing weight, cost, and cycle times in different technological applications, including the automotive and aerospace industries. Semiaromatic polyamides are particularly at ...

EPFL2018

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Fiber Positioner Production

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is under construction to measure the expansion history of the Universe using the Baryon Acoustic Oscillation technique. The spectra of 35 million galaxies and quasars over 14000 sq deg will be measured during ...

SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING2018

High-temperature copolyamides obtained by the efficient transamidation of crystalline-crystalline polyamide blends

Véronique Michaud, John Christopher Plummer, Holger Frauenrath, Sylvain Cyril Claude Galland

High-performance thermoplastic composites based on semiaromatic polyamides are prime candidates for metal replacement in lightweight structural applications. However, the low ductility and toughness of semiaromatic polyamides remain major obstacles to thei ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Aramid/glass fiber-reinforced thermal break - thermal and structural performance

Thomas Keller, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Kyriaki Goulouti

Energetically weak points in thermally insulated building envelopes are formed by thermal breaks that are implemented to structurally connect external balconies to internal slabs. Current thermal breaks comprise stainless steel bars that penetrate the insu ...

Elsevier2016

Aramid/glass fiber-reinforced thermal break - Structural system performance

Thomas Keller, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Kyriaki Goulouti

Energetically critical points in thermally insulating building envelopes are caused by penetrations of building interior concrete slabs through the envelope insulation layers to create external balconies. A new highly insulating balcony thermal break eleme ...

Elsevier2016

Twin-shaped CFRP-sandwich pedestrian bridge

Thomas Keller

A concept of a nature-inspired pedestrian bridge which tries to merge architectural, structural and manufacturing aspects in an optimized way is presented. The 18.0-m-span bridge is designed as an overhead spatial frame of a complex double-curved shape, wh ...

2016

Tendon-Based Transmission for Surgical Robotics: Systematic Experimental Friction Modeling

Hannes Bleuler, Patrick Schoeneich, Ricardo Daniel Rita Beira, Ali Sengül

Increased miniaturization of surgical instruments is essential to successfully perform surgical procedures in restricted areas as in many applications of minimally-invasive surgery. Miniaturization permits increase in dexterity and decrease in access incis ...

2010

Innovative UVC Light (185 nm) and Radio-Frequency-Plasma Pretreatment of Nylon Surfaces at Atmospheric Pressure and Their Implications in Photocatalytic Processes

César Pulgarin, Juan Kiwi

Innovative pretreatment by UVC light (185 nm) and by radio-frequency (RF) plasma at atmospheric pressure to functionalize the Nylon surface, increasing its bondability toward TiO2, is reported in this study In the case of UVC light pretreatment in air, the ...

2009