Oral communications during conferences
Delphin Pantaloni, UBS PhD Student, Journées Nationales des Composites 2019 – Bordeaux, France – July 2019: “Development of compostable composites reinforced with non-woven flax fibres : a study of mechanical properties and biodegradability“
Alessia Melelli (UBS PhD Student), 14th International Conference on Local Mechanical properties – Prague, Czech Republic – 6-8 November 2019:
“Investigation of flax yarns from Italian paintings using AFM Mechanichal characterisation”
Scientific publications
02/2020 : Alessia Melelli (1), Olivier Arnould (2), Johnny Beaugrand (3), Alain Bourmaud (1) – “The Middle Lamella of Plant Fibers Used as Composite Reinforcement: Investigation by Atomic Force Microscopy” , Molecules 2020, 25(3), 632;
(1) IRDL, Université de Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, 56321 Lorient, France
(2) LMGC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, 34095 Montpellier, France
(3) INRAE, UR1268 BIA Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, 44316 Nantes, France
04/2020 : Delphin Pantaloni (1), Darshil Shah (2) , Alain Bourmaud (1), Christophe Baley (1) – Monitoring of mechanical performances of flax non-woven biocomposites during a home compost degradation , Polymer Degradation and Stability Volume 177, July 2020, 109166
(1) IRDL, Université de Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, 56321 Lorient, France
(2) Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
06/2020: Alain Bourmaud (1), Darshil U.Shah (2), Johnny Beaugrand (3), Hom N.Dhakal (4) – Property changes in plant fibres during the processing of bio-based composites, Industrial Crops & Products, Volume 154, 15 October 2020, 112705 (ask for the pdf version)
(1) Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, F-56100, Lorient, France
(2) Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Dept. of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PX, United Kingdom
(3) Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages (BIA), INRA, rue de la Géraudière, F-44316 Nantes, France
(4) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (AMM) Research Group, School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3DJ, United Kingdom
08/2020: Alessia Melelli (1), Frédéric Jamme (2), David Legland (3), Johnny Beaugrand (3), Alain Bourmaud (1) – Microfibril angle of elementary flax fibres investigated with polarised second harmonic generation microscopy, Industrial Crops & Products, Volume 156, 15 November 2020, 112847
(1) Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, Lorient, France
(2) Synchrotron SOLEIL, DISCO Beamline, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
(3) UR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRAE, Nantes, France
11/2020: Delphin Pantaloni1, Anton Loïc Rudolph2, Darshil U. Shah3, Christophe Baley1, Alain Bourmaud1 – Interfacial and mechanical characterisation of biodegradable polymer-flax fibre composites, Composites Science and Technology, Volume 201, 5 January 2021 108529
(1) Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, Lorient, France
(2) City University of Applied Sciences, Dept. of Biomimetics, Neustadtswall 30, 28199, Bremen, Germany
(3) Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Dept. of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PX, United Kingdom
11/2020: Lucile Nuez 1,2 Maxime Gautreau3 Claire Mayer-Laigle4 Pierre D’Arras2 Fabienne Guillon3 Alain Bourmaud1 Christophe Baley1 Johnny Beaugrand3 Determinant morphological features of flax plant products and their contribution in injection moulded composite reinforcement – Composites Part C, Volume 3, November 2020, 100054
(1) Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, Lorient, France
(2) Van Robaeys Frères, 83 Rue Saint-Michel, 59122 Killem, France
(3) Biopolymères Intéractions Assemblages (BIA), INRAE, Rue de la Géraudière, F-44316 Nantes, France
(4) IATE, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France
11/2020: Delphin Pantaloni 1, Alain Bourmaud 1, Christophe Baley 1, Mike J. Clifford 2, Michael H. Ramage 3 and Darshil U. Shah 3 A Review of Permeability and Flow Simulation for Liquid Composite Moulding of Plant Fibre Composites – Materials 2020, 13(21), 4811
(1) Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, Lorient, France
(2) Department of M3, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
(3) Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PX, UK
03/2021: Alessia Melellia, Sylvie Durandb, Olivier Arnouldc, Emmanuelle Richelyb, Sofiane Guessasmab, Frédéric Jammed, Johnny Beaugrandb, Alain Bourmauda Extensive investigation of the ultrastructure of kink-bands in flax fibres – Industrial Crops and Products, Volume 164, June 2021, 113368
aUniv. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, Lorient, France
bUR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRAE, Nantes, France
cLMGC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
dSynchrotron SOLEIL, DISCO beamline, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
02/2021: Samuel Réquiléa, Brahim Mazianbc, Marie Grégoired, Salvatore Musioe, Maxime Gautreauf, Lucile Nueza, Arnaud Daygh, Pascal Thiébeaui, Florian Philippei, Brigitte Chabberti, Anne Chamussyj, Darshil U.Shahk, Johnny Beaugrandf, Vincent Placetl, Jean-Charles Benezetb, Antoine le Duigoua, Mahadev Bard, Luc Malhautierc, Emmanuel De Luyckerd, Stefano Amaduccie, Christophe Baleya, Anne Bergeretb, Alain Bourmauda, Pierre Ouagned Exploring the dew retting feasibility of hemp in very contrasting European environments: Influence on the tensile mechanical properties of fibres and composites – Industrial Crops and Products, Volume 164, June 2021, 113337
a Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, F-56100 Lorient, France ; b Polymers Composites and Hybrids (PCH), IMT Mines Ales, 6 Avenue de Clavieres, 30319, Ales Cedex, France ; c Laboratoire des Sciences des Risques (LSR), IMT Mines Ales, 6 Avenue de Clavieres, 30319, Ales Cedex, France ; d Laboratoire Génie de Production, LGP, Université de Toulouse, INP-ENIT, Tarbes, France ; e Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy ; f UR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRAE, Nantes, France ; g Fibres Recherche Développement, Technopole de l’Aube en Champagne, Hôtel de Bureaux 2 – 2 rue Gustave Eiffel, CS 90601-10901 Troyes Cedex 9, France ; h CNRS, UMR8576, UGSF- Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Unité de Lille, 59000 Lille, France ; i Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, INRAE, FARE, UMR A 614, 51097 Reims, France ; j La Chanvrière, Rue du Général de Gaulle, CS 20602, 10200, Bar-sur-Aube, France ; k Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Dept. of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PX, United Kingdom ; l FEMTO-ST Institute, UFC/CNRS/ENSMM/UTBM, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
04/2021: Emmanuelle Richely 1, Sylvie Durand 1, Alessia Melelli 2, Alexander Kao 3, Anthony Magueresse 2, Hom Dhakal 4, Tatyana Gorshkova 5, Franck Callebert 6, Alain Bourmaud 2, Johnny Beaugrand 1 and Sofiane Guessasma 1,* Novel Insight into the Intricate Shape of Flax Fibre Lumen – Fibers 2021, 9(4), 24
1 INRA-UR1268 Biopolymers Interactions and Assemblies (BIA), CEDEX 03, BP 71627-44316 Nantes, France 2 IRDL, University of Southern Brittany, UMR CNRS 6027, 56100 Lorient, France 3 Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, 34149 Trieste, Italy 4 AMM Research Group, University of Portsmouth, Hampshire PO13DJ, UK 5 Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, 420111 Kazan, Russia 6 Groupe Depestele, 14540 Bourguébus, France
07/2021: Maxime Gautreau 1, Antoine Kervoelen 2, Guillaume Barteau 2, François Delattre 3, Thibaut Colinart 2, Floran Pierre 4, Maxime Hauguel 4, Nicolas Le Moigne 5, Fabienne Guillon 1, Alain Bourmaud 2 and Johnny Beaugrand 1, Fibre Individualisation and Mechanical Properties of a Flax-PLA Non-Woven Composite Following Physical Pre-Treatments – Coatings 2021, 11(7), 846
1 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages (BIA), INRA, Rue de la Géraudière, F-44316 Nantes, France ; 2 Research Institute Dupuy De Lôme (IRDL), University Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027,F-56100 Lorient, France ; 3 Unitéde Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant, Littoral Côte d’Opale University, UR 4492,UCEIV, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, 145 Avenue Maurice Schumann, 59140 Dunkerque ; 4 Eco-Technilin SAS, ZA Caux Multipôles, 76190 Valliquerville, France ; 5 Polymers Composites and Hybrids (PCH), IMT Mines Ales, 30100 Alès, France
07/2021: Alessia Melelli 1, Delphin Pantaloni 1, Eric Balnois 1,2, Olivier Arnould 3, Frédéric Jamme 4, Christophe Bailey 1, Johnny Beaugrand 5, Darshil U. Shah 6 and Alain Bourmaud 1, Investigations by AFM of Ageing Mechanisms in PLA-Flax Fibre Composites during Garden Composting, Polymers 2021, 13(14), 2225
1 Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, 56100 Lorient, France 2 Univ. Brest, EA3884, LBCM, IUEM, 56100 Lorient, France 3 LMGC, Université de Montpellier, UMR CNRS 5508, 34090 Montpellier, France 4 Synchrotron SOLEIL, DISCO Beamline, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France 5 UR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRAE, 44000 Nantes, France 6 Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PX, UK
09/2021: Emmanuelle Richely 1, Alain Bourmaud 2, Vincent Placet 3, Sofiane Guessasma 1, Johnny Beaugrand 1, A critical review of the ultrastructure, mechanics and modelling of flax fibres and their defects, Progress in Materials Science, 2021, 100851
1 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages (BIA), INRA, Rue de la Géraudière, F-44316 Nantes, France ; 2 Research Institute Dupuy De Lôme (IRDL), University Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027,F-56100 Lorient, France ; 3 FEMTO-ST Institute, UFC/CNRS/ENSMM/UTBM, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
09/2021: Alessia Melelli 1, Darshil U. Shah 2 , Gemala Hapsari 3 , Roberta Cortopassi 4 , Sylvie Durand 5 , Olivier Arnould 6 , Vincent Placet 3 , Dominique Benazeth 4 , Johnny Beaugrand 5 , Frédéric Jamme 7 and Alain Bourmaud 1 , Lessons on textile history and fibre durability from a 4,000-year-old Egyptian flax yarn, Nature Plants (2021)
1 Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, Lorient, France ; 2 Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK ; 3 FEMTO-ST Institute, Department of Applied Mechanics, UMR CNRS 6174, University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, France ; 4 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités Egyptiennes, Paris, France ; 5 INRAE, UR1268 BIA Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, Nantes, France ; 6 LMGC, Université de Montpellier, UMR CNRS 5508, Montpellier, France ; 7 Synchrotron SOLEIL, DISCO beamline, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
11/2021 : Alessia Melelli 1, Graziella Roselli 2, Noemi Proietti 3, Alain Bourmaud 1, Olivier Arnould 4, Frédéric Jamme 5, Johnny Beaugrand 6, Alice Migliori 7, Giuseppe DiGirolami 7, Paolo Cinaglia 7, Carlo Santulli 8, Chemical, morphological and mechanical study of the ageing of textile flax fibers from 17th/18th-century paintings on canvas, Journal of Cultural Heritage, Volume 52, 2021, Pages 202-214.
1 Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, F-56100 Lorient, France ; 2 School of Sciences and Technologies (SST), Università di Camerino, Chemistry Division, via S.Agostino n.1, 62032 Camerino, Italy ; 3 Laboratorio di Risonanza Magnetica “Capitani-Segre”, Istituto per i Sistemi Biologici, Area della ricerca di Roma 1, CNR, 00015 Monterotondo, Roma, Italy ; 4 LMGC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France ; 5 Synchrotron SOLEIL, DISCO beamline, Gif-sur-Yvette, France ; 6 UR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRAE, Nantes, France ; 7 Università di Camerino, Innovative Techniques for Cultural Heritage, via Pacifici n.2, Ascoli Piceno, 63100 Italy ; 8 School of Sciences and Technologies (SST), Università di Camerino, Geology Division, via Gentile III da Varano, 62032 Camerino, Italy
11/2021 : Delphin Pantaloni 1, Léa Ollier 2, Darshil Shah 3, Christophe Baley 1, Eric Rondet 2, Alain Bourmaud 1, Can we predict the microstructure of a non-woven flax/PLA composite through assessment of anisotropy in tensile properties? , Composites Science and Technology, 2021, 109173,
1 Université de Bretagne-Sud, IRDL, CNRS UMR 6027, BP 92116, 56321, Lorient Cedex, France ; 2 UMR QualiSud, Université de Montpellier, CIRAD, l’Institut Agro – Montpellier SupAgro, Université d’Avignon, Université de La Réunion, Montpellier, France ; 3 Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PX, United Kingdom
12/2021 : Hom Nath Dhakal 1, Chulin Jiang 1, Moumita Sit 1, Zhongyi Zhang 1, Moussa Khalfallah 2, Erwan Grossmann 2, Moisture absorption effects on the mechanical properties of sandwich biocomposites with cork core and flax/PLA face sheet , Molecules Open Access Volume 26, Issue 23 December-1 2021 Article number 7295
1 Advanced Polymers and Composites (APC) Research Group, School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3DJ, United Kingdom ; 2 Kairos, 1 Rue des Senneurs, ZI du Moros, Concarneau, 29900, France
04/2022 : Maxime Gautreau1, Sylvie Durand1, Angeline Paturel1,2, Sophie Le Gall1,4, Loic Foucat1,4, Xavier Falourd1,4, Bruno Novales1,4, Marie-Christine Ralet1, Sylvie Chevallier5, Antoine Kervoelen3, Alain Bourmaud3, Fabienne Guillon1, Johnny Beaugrand1, Impact of cell wall non-cellulosic and cellulosic polymers on the mechanical properties of flax fibre bundles, Carbohydrate Polymers, Volume 291, 2022, 119599
1 INRAE, UR BIA, F-44316 Nantes, France ; 2 Université de Lille, UMR-CNRS 8207, UMET, F-59652 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France ; 3 Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, F-56100 Lorient, France ; 4 INRAE, BIBS facility, PROBE infrastructure, F-44316 Nantes, France ; 5 Oniris, Nantes Université, CNRS, GEPEA, UMR 6144, F-44000 Nantes, France
05/2022 : Delphin Pantaloni 1, Alessia Melelli 1, Darshil U. Shah 2, Christophe Baley 1, Alain Bourmaud 1, Influence of water ageing on the mechanical properties of flax/PLA non-woven composites, Polymer Degradation and Stability, Volume 200, June 2022, 109957
1 Université de Bretagne-Sud, IRDL, CNRS UMR 6027, BP 92116, 56321, Lorient Cedex, France ; 2 Centre for Natural Material Innovation, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1PX, United Kingdom
05/2022 : Alessia Melelli 1, Frédéric Jamme 2, Johnny Beaugrand 3, Alain Bourmaud 1, Evolution of the ultrastructure and polysaccharide composition of flax fibres over time: When history meets science, Carbohydrate Polymers, Volume 291, 1 September 2022, 119584
1 Université de Bretagne-Sud, IRDL, CNRS UMR 6027, BP 92116, 56321, Lorient Cedex, France ; 2 Synchrotron SOLEIL, DISCO beamline, Gif-sur-Yvette, France ; 3 UR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRAE, Nantes, France
05/2022 : Alessia Melelli1, Sylvie Durand2, Camille Alvarado2, Antoine Kervoëlen1, Loïc Foucat2,3, Marie Grégoire4, Olivier Arnould5, Xavier Falourd2,3, Franck Callebert6, Pierre Ouagne4, Audrey Geairon2, Sylviane Daniel2, Frédéric Jamme7, Caroline Mauve8, Bertrand Gakière8, Alain Bourmaud1, Johnny Beaugrand2, Anticipating global warming effects: A comprehensive study of drought impact of both flax plants and fibres, Industrial Crops and Products, Volume 184, 2022, 115011
1 Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, Lorient, France ; 2 UR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRAE, Nantes, France ; 3 INRAE, BIBS facility, PROBE infrastructure, F-44316 Nantes, France ; 4 Laboratoire Génie de Production, LGP, Université de Toulouse, INP-ENIT, Tarbes, France ; 5 LMGC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France ; 6 Groupe Depestele, 14540 Bourguébus, France ; 7 Synchrotron SOLEIL, DISCO Beamline, Gif-sur-Yvette, France ; 8 Plateforme Métabolisme-Métabolome, Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), Université Paris-Saclay, National Committee of Scientific Research (CNRS), National Institute for Research for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), Université d’Evry, Université de Paris, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
06/2022 : Emmanuelle Richely1, Alain Bourmaud2, Hom Dhakal3, Zonghzy Zhang3, Johnny Beaugrand1, Sofiane Guessasma1, Exploring the morphology of flax fibres by X-ray microtomography and the related mechanical response by numerical modelling, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Volume 160, 2022, 107052
1 UR1268 BIA. INRAE Nantes. BP 71627, 44316 Nantes Cedex 03, France ; 2 Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, Lorient, France ; 3 Advanced Polymer and Composites (APC) Research Group, University of Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3DJ, United Kingdom
07/2022 : Emmanuelle Richely1, Lucile Nuez2,3, Javier Pérez4, Camille Rivard4,5, Christophe Baley3, Alain Bourmaud3, Sofiane Guessasma1, Johnny Beaugrand1, Influence of defects on the tensile behaviour of flax fibres: Cellulose microfibrils evolution by synchrotron X-ray diffraction and finite element modelling, Composites Part C: Open Access, Volume 9, 2022, 100300
1 UR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRAE, Nantes, France ; 2 Van Robaeys Frères, Killem, France ; 3 Univ. Bretagne Sud, UMR CNRS 6027, IRDL, Lorient, France ; 4 Synchrotron SOLEIL, Heliobio team, SWING-LUCIA beamlines, Gif-sur-Yvette, France ; 5 UAR 1008 TRANSFORM, INRAE, Nantes, France
NEW 09/2022 : Lucile Nuez1,2, Emmanuelle Richely3, Javier Perez4, Sofiane Guessasma3, Johnny Beaugrand3, Pierre D’Arras2, Alain Bourmaud1, Christophe Baley1, Exploring the effect of relative humidity on dynamic evolution of flax fibre’s microfibril angle through in situ tensile tests under synchrotron X-ray diffraction, Industrial Crops and Products, Volume 188, Part A, 2022, 115592
1 Université de Bretagne-Sud, IRDL, CNRS UMR 6027, BP 92116, 56321 Lorient Cedex, France ; 2 Van Robaeys Frères, 83 Rue Saint-Michel, 59122 Killem, France ; 3 Biopolymères Intéractions Assemblages (BIA), INRAE, Rue de la Géraudière, F-44316 Nantes, France ; 4 Soleil Synchrotron, Swing Beamline, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
NEW 09/2022 : Moumita Sit1, Jarren Ling2, Chulin Jiang3, Zhongyi Zhang1, Moussa Khalfallah2, Fanny Ioos2, ErwanGross mann2, Hom Nath Dhakal1, Influence of accelerated weathering on the properties of flax reinforced PLA biocomposites, Results in Materials, Volume 16, 2022, 100333
1 Advanced Polymers and Composites (APC) Research Group, School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO1 3DJ, UK ; 2 Kairos, 1 Rue des senneurs, ZI du Moros, 29900, Concarneau, France ; 3 Teesside University, School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, TS1 3BX, UK