Current members

Current Ph D students

Gabriel Mello SANTOS , PhD student since april 2021, Thesis Advisors: Yvette Tran, Matteo Ciccotti and Costantino Creton. Thesis funded by Saint-Gobain

Adhesion of Silane Terminated Polymers on Glass

Ombeline TAISNE , PhD student since october 2021, Thesis Advisors: Jean Comtet and Costantino Creton. Thesis funded by Michelin

Mechanophores to detect wear in elastomers

Edwige FAY , PhD student since october 2021, Thesis Advisors: Annie Colin and Costantino Creton. Thesis funded by Renault

Mechanisms of aging of PA6 and PA6,6 in salt water

Victoria AGUILAR , PhD student since october 2022, Thesis Advisors: Matteo Ciccotti and Costantino Creton. Thesis funded by ANR Project VitriPSA in collaboration with Damien Montarnal at C2P2 lab in Lyon, and Matthieu Leochmach at ILM Lyon.

Mechanisms of debonding of novel vitrimer-like soft adhesives

Post-docs

Alex CARTIER , post-doc since april 2021, Advisor: Costantino Creton. Funded by the ERC grant CHEMECH

Synthesis of new mechanophores for incorporation in polymers

Atul SHARMA , post-doc since november 2021, Advisor: Costantino Creton. Funded by the ERC-POC grant Fluodamage.

Mechanophores to detect bond scission in block copolymers and complex network architectures

Akash SINGH , post-doc since March 2022, Advisor: Matteo Ciccotti and Costantino Creton. Funded by the ERC-POC grant Fluodamage.

Development of mechanical test for adhesion and damage of soft layers on flexible substrates