Bruno Ameduri
- Permanent/chercheur
I. A propos
- Engineer ENSCMontpellier, 1984
- Master of Science Quebec, Canada (1986)
- 6 months at IBM, San Jose, California (1986)
- PhD Université de Montpellier (1988) and ICI Runcorn (UK)
- CR2 CNRS 1988
- CR1 CNRS 1992
- DR2 2000
- DR1 2012-now
- Teaching scarecely at ENSCM (2hr/year on fluoropolymers)
- Teaching at Kyushu Univ., Japan (2 months as invited Professor ; 2012 & 2017)
- Teaching at University of Pretoria, South Africa (2011-2016)
- Teaching at Politecnico di Torino (1999-2006) and Univ Manchester Science & Techn (1999-2006)
- Invited for Visiting Tours (Shanghai area; 2 weeks, Sept. 2024)
- Teaching in Industries (> 120 seminars) and in Universities (>250 seminars)
II. Activités de recherche
Radical conventional or controlled (RDRP) polymerization to obtain well-defined fluoropolymers for various applications
My expertise involves the macromolecular strategies based on techniques of telomerization or radical conventional or controlled (RDRP) polymerization to obtain well-defined fluoropolymers for various applications: high performance elastomers, fuel cell membranes, innovating coatings, polymer electrolytes for Lithium and Sodium batteries, composites, alternatives of F-surfactants). These resulting materials have been characterized by spectroscopic (IR & NMR), spectrometric (Maldi Tof), chromatographic (SEC) analyses and their thermal (and when available electrochemical) properties have also been studied.
My research mainly focuses on the understanding of the relationship between the chemical structure of specialty fluoropolymers (FPs) and the properties and thus applications.
To do so, my expertise involves the macromolecular strategies based on techniques of telomerization or radical conventional or controlled (RDRP) polymerization to obtain well-defined fluoropolymers for various applications: high performance elastomers, fuel cell membranes, innovating coatings, polymer electrolytes for Lithium and Sodium batteries, composites, alternatives of F-surfactants).
In the last two decades, my group has made giant strides in developing the field of FPs and applications therefrom (collaborating with companies as 3M/Dyneon, Arkema, DuPont Performance Elastomers, Daikin, Great Lakes/Chemtura, Honeywell, Pall, Peugeot PSA and many academic Labs all over the world).
Regarding Awards,
October 2012: Award for Outstanding Contribution and Innovation in Fluoropolymer Science («Fluoropolymers 2012» Conference, USA, October, 14-17th, 2012)
2024 International Award from the Society of Polymer Science Japan (Sendai, Japan, National meeting; 4-7 June2024) and Asia Polymer Association (Jaipur, October, 21-23rd 2024).
35 industrial contracts of research collaboration including 7 foreign companies (Dupont Performance Elastomers, 3M/Dyneon, Pall, Tosoh F-Tech, Daikin, and Great Lakes/Chemtura) and various French companies (Elf Atochem, Peugeot-Citroën PSA, Arkema, and Areva-Orano), and CEA.
Involved in two European Programmes SENSOILS (“Sensing soil processes for improved crop nitrogen bioavailability”): 2015-2020 and FEDER (SUDOE; 2014-2018) and GDR (PACEM, PACTE-2002-2010).
7 National French Agency projects (A.N.R.): MENHYR (2007-2010); NAFEL (2008-2011); AMEIRICC (2008-2011); BODIPAC (2008-2011); PREMHYS (2010-2013); FLUPOL (2015-2018), PEPR (2023-2027).
1 InterCarnot Project (Energy of Future, Grenoble, Chemistry, Environment and Sustainable Development, Montpellier and Fraunhofer Institute, Germany, 2010-2014).
More than 40 international academic collaborations (including 8 Japanese Labs; see my publications)
III. Production scientifique
