Ibrahima Diallo

Development of an injectable composite polymer material with sufficient conductivity comparable to that of metals.

• Research into thermoplastic polymers compatible with injection molding.
• Search for electrically conductive fillers to incorporate into the polymer to make it electrically conductive.
• Use of analytical electrical conductivity simulation models to estimate the conductivity of the composite polymer.
• Search for a formulation route that is more suitable for the desired formula.
• Implementation of a composite manufacturing plan.
• Contact raw materials suppliers and service laboratories.
• Electrical and mechanical characterization tests on the composite.
• Analysis and interpretation of results.

Metal additive manufacturing

• Technological watch on 3D printing.
• Drawing up test plans and designing test specimens using CATIA (CAD) software.
• Contact raw material suppliers and 3D printing service providers.
• Mechanical and chemical characterization tests on the Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy that was the printed sample.
• Study of the corrosion of samples.
• Analysis and interpretation of the results obtained.
• Comparison of these results with those obtained with the method of subtraction method.

Epitaxial growth and study of structural and transport properties of of antiferromagnetic materials.

• Molecular-beam epitaxy for thin-film development.
• Study of the temperature, speed and deposition time of the layers as well as the pressure of the deposition medium.
• Study of the structural (RHEED, DRX) and transport properties of these thin films.
• Analysis and interpretation of results.

Study of the carbon foot print of formulating PVC plastisol and research into biobased alternatives to PVC

• Technological watch on PVC plastisols and their formulation.
• Analysis of the toxicity of the main constituents of Plastisols
  (REACH ECHA regulations).
• Market study of polymer materials.
• Contact suppliers of polymer materials.
• Proposing biobased alternatives to replace the most toxic substances in plastisols.