Cedric SAMUEL

Dr. Cedric SAMUEL

IMT Nord Europe, Institut Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille, Centre for Materials and Processes, F-59000 Lille, France
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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 September 2014 in Macromolecules
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Cedric SAMUELCedric SAMUEL
Cedric SAMUEL
SBSophie Barrau
Sophie Barrau
JLJean-Marc Lefebvre
Jean-Marc Lefebvre
Jean-Marie RaquezJean-Marie Raquez
Jean-Marie Raquez
Philippe DuboisPhilippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois

5 November 2013 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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Cedric SAMUELCedric SAMUEL
Cedric SAMUEL
JCJulien Cayuela
Julien Cayuela
IBIbrahim Barakat
Ibrahim Barakat
AMAlejandro Müller
Alejandro Müller
Jean-Marie RaquezJean-Marie Raquez
Jean-Marie Raquez
Philippe DuboisPhilippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois

1 July 2013 in Polymer
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Cedric SAMUELCedric SAMUEL
Cedric SAMUEL
JRJean-Marie Raquez
Jean-Marie Raquez
Philippe DuboisPhilippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois

11 April 2016 in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
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SSStephen Spinella
Stephen Spinella
Cedric SAMUELCedric SAMUEL
Cedric SAMUEL
Jean-Marie RaquezJean-Marie Raquez
Jean-Marie Raquez
SMScott A. McCallum
Scott A. McCallum
Richard A. GrossRichard A. Gross
Richard A. Gross
Philippe DuboisPhilippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois

16 April 2018 in Soft Matter
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ANAlexandre De Neef
Alexandre De Neef
Cedric SAMUELCedric SAMUEL
Cedric SAMUEL
GSGregory Stoclet
Gregory Stoclet
MRMohamed Rguiti
Mohamed Rguiti
CCChristian Courtois
Christian Courtois
JRJean-Marie Raquez
Jean-Marie Raquez
Poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) displays attractive ferroelectric/piezoelectric properties and its polar β-crystals are specifically targeted for achieving electroactive applications. However, their direct crystallization from the melt state represents a challenging task that has never been addressed using melt-state processes. The use of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is herein investigated to promote the PVDF polar β-phase using melt-blending and extrusion–calendering technologies. The presence of the β-phase is here confirmed by ATR-FTIR and WAXS experiments with blends at a PMMA content as low as 5 wt%. The key role of PMMA for the β-phase crystallization from the melt state was unambiguously highlighted with the help of Flash DSC experiments in non-isothermal cooling mode from the melt state. PMMA is able to efficiently shift the α-to-β crystal transition to lower cooling rates (>100–200 °C s−1), making the achievement of the PVDF polar β-phase for these blends compatible with conventional processing tools. A crystal phase diagram is proposed for the PVDF/PMMA blends to highlight the dual effects of both PMMA and cooling rate on the PVDF crystallization during melt-processing. Ferroelectric properties were even observed for the blends containing PMMA up to 10 wt% with the highest remanent polarization obtained at 5 wt% PMMA. After 10 wt% PMMA, a progressive transition from ferroelectric to pseudo-linear dielectric behavior is observed more likely due to the presence of PMMA in the interlamellar amorphous phase of the polar PVDF spherulites as shown by SAXS experiments. In this work, we successfully demonstrated that PMMA plays a key role in the crystallization of PVDF polar crystals from the melt state, enabling large-scale and continuous extrusion processing of PVDF-based materials with attractive dielectric properties for sensing and harvesting applications.

11 May 2015 in Biomacromolecules
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SSStephen Spinella
Stephen Spinella
JCJiali Cai
Jiali Cai
Cedric SAMUELCedric SAMUEL
Cedric SAMUEL
JZJianhui Zhu
Jianhui Zhu
SMScott A. McCallum
Scott A. McCallum
Richard A. GrossRichard A. Gross
Richard A. Gross