Journal of Material Sciences & Engineering

Michel Dumon

Publications

• Research Article
  Facile Fabrication of Porous Open-Cell Polymer Structures from Sacrificial "Natural Templates" and Composite Resins
  Author(s): Siddiqui S, Arthur Coupy, Jean-Marc Tallon and Michel DumonSiddiqui S, Arthur Coupy, Jean-Marc Tallon and Michel Dumon
  
  In this paper, we investigate several types of “natural or bio sourced templates” (sugar, salt, bone, coral, PLA 3D-printed scaffolds) for a simple elaboration of macro porous thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers, especially based on resins commonly used in composites manufacturing. Open-cell, macro porous polymer foams are obtained from resin impregnation of a template. Process consists of 3 simple steps: a) impregnation/infiltration/infusion of the template, b) polymerization of the resin, c) removal of template, mainly by water.We compared several resins and showed that a low viscosity and a sufficient wettability enable fast impregnation of templates, where impregnation times are <4 min for samples on 10 to 30 mm thicknesses. The resulting polymeric porous structure is the overall replication of the template, exhibiting mainly open pores in the range of 100.. Read More»
  

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