Thi Nhung Vu - Esperanto Project

Participant from POLITO

photo of THI_NHUNG_VU , description text of her Coupling electrospinning and photoinduced processes to prepare innovative fibers

PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Coupling photoinduced crosslinking processes and electrospinning in order to fabricate nanofibres with optimized chemical and mechanical resistance.

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Preparation of fibrous nanomembranes for water/oil separation.

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Characterisation of the materials by physico-chemical and mechanical testing. Gas permability analysis.

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Modeling of the electrospinning process and modeling of the photoprocesses with the constrains of the special geometry of nanofibres.

EXPECTED RESULTS

Obtaining of fibers with the desired morphology and preparation of membranes with tuned porosity and surface properties.

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Performance of the membranes in filtration processes.

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Modeling.

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Trained researcher expert in electrospinning, with skills in modeling, acquired also during secondments.

PLANNED SECONDMENTS

HOST 1

Imperial (IT), supervisor: J.Cabral, timing: month 31, length: 6 months. Purpose: experimental validation of theoretical models for photoinduced frontal polymerisation.

HOST 2

CTP (F), supervisor E.Zeno timing: month 38, length: 3 months. Purpose: experimental characterisation of fibrous membranes.

*Enrolment in Doctoral degree: at POLITO, in Materials Science and Technology. Prof. R.Bongiovanni will act as supervisor.

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This project has received funding from the EU’s Horizon 2021 programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN) grant agreement No 101073432.