The Polymer Materials Engineering Laboratory (IMP lab) organizes its IMP-Days. Starting from 2022 in memory of Prof. Jean-Pierre PASCAULT, IMP Lab will organize, every two years, a series of Conference. The topics will be related to frontleading areas of polymer science involving topics covered by IMP researchers.

This second edition of IMP Days will be dedicated to thermosetting materials, both a scientific and industrial topic close to Jean-Pierre Pascault’s heart. Thermosetting polymers which are defined as highly-crosslinked chemical networks exhibit high thermal, chemical and mechanical stability. These properties make thermosets very suitable for structural and protective applications in various fields such as composite, coating and adhesives. Typical families of thermosetting polymers are phenolic and urea-formaldehyde resins, unsaturated polyesters, polyurethane and epoxy networks. Thermosets-related research stays particularly challenging since these materials are historically obtained from petroleum-based reactants and still generally suffer from brittleness and poor recycling ability. Choice of monomers should be rethought, involving blocks from renewable resources, managing material’s end of life for allowing its reprocessing and recycling, introducing dynamic bonds to improve processing and/or self-healing ability…

The program of these four scientific days will include the following topics:

• Chemistry: New monomers, bio-based thermosets, dynamic networks
• Processing of fiber reinforced thermosets, coatings, additive manufacturing
• Physical Characterization and modeling of thermosets
• Circular Economy and thermosets: LCA, recycling

So,save these dates for a unique moment of scientific meetings and exchanges...and many more!

The Organizing Committee

Abstract Submission Deadline:

February 15^th, 2024

Notification of acceptance

February 28^th, 2024

Registration opening:

January 30^th,2024 Registration is open

Early-Bird deadline:

March 15^th,2024

Registration deadline:

April 18^th,2024

The conference fee includes lunch meals (from tuesday to thursday included), coffee break, welcome party and gala dinner (on the 17^th)

Regular early fee: 440 € (incl VAT) (until March 15^th)

Student early fee: 320 € (incl VAT) (until March 15^th)

Regular late fee: 510 € (incl VAT) (after March 15^th)

Student late fee: 400€ (incl VAT) (after March 15^th)

• Jannick Duchet-Rumeau
• Jean-François Gérard
• Sébastien Pruvost
• Frédéric Lortie
• Isabelle Polo
• Romain Tavernier

The Polymer Materials Engineering Laboratory (IMP) is a research unit jointly operated by CNRS and INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and Université Jean Monnet, France. IMP has around 200 members, including permanent staff and doctoral researchers, and boasts a comprehensive set of expertise in polymer materials. It specializes in applying scientific knowledge to create polymer materials with controlled structures and functionalities. IMP is structured around key competency areas like chemistry, physicochemistry, structure, rheology, and physical properties of polymers, and it emphasizes interdisciplinary cooperation in the fields of health and the development of sustainable polymers. The lab's unique approach involves addressing scientific questions through practical applications and contributing to societal challenges while fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. The goal is to maintain a strong presence in polymer research and education in France and Europe through original, relevant, and high-quality projects.

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