Research area:

My research concerns polymers: polymer solutions, particle suspensions, gels, molten polymers, polymer blends and composite materials. This research is grounded in laboratory experiments to understand structure, rheology and viscoelastic properties. In particular, physical phenomena at interfaces and microstructure at different scales provide a better understanding of the properties of these polymers. Experimental research often leads to surprises, new structures and new materials. The understanding, interpretation and reuse of these phenomena are then made possible through a combination of experiments, theory and numerical modeling. In additon, I enjoy playing with old problems including the transition to turbulence in Couette-Taylor and Poiseuille flows or the crystallisation of hydrates.

Some recent publications:

Extensional Viscosity of Immiscible Polymers Multinanolayer Films: Signature of the Interphase, A. Dmochowska, J. Peixinho, C. Sollogoub, and G. Miquelard-Garnier, Macromolecules, 56, 16, 6222–6231 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00288 | hal | arxiv 

Rosin natural terpenes as processing aid for polyhydroxyalkanoate: Thermal, mechanical and viscoelastic properties, G. Charon, J. Peixinho, L. Michely, A. Guinault, V. Langlois, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 139, e53052 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1002/app.53052 

Dewetting dynamics of sheared thin polymer films: An experimental study, A. Dmochowska, J Peixinho, C. Sollogoub, and G. Miquelard-Garnier, ACS. Macro Letters 11, 422-427 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00070 | hal | arxiv

Dewetting of a thin polymer film under shear, K. Kadri, J Peixinho, T Salez, G Miquelard-Garnier, and C Sollogoub, Polymer 235, 124283 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124283 | hal | arxiv

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Background:

I was trained as a physicist and mechanical engineer at Université Henri Poincaré (now Université de Lorraine) and obtained my PhD thesis in 2004 at LEMTA for a "Contribution expérimentale à l'étude de la convection thermique en régime laminaire, transitoire et turbulent pour un fluide à seuil en écoulement dans une conduite". I then spent 2 years at the University of Manchester (UK), 2 years at the University of Tokyo (Japan), 2 years at the City College of New York (USA) and 1 year at Chimie-ParisTech. In 2011, I joined the LOMC as a CNRS researcher.