Sébastien Livi

LIVI_SebastienFull Professor
PHYS, DEFI
Membership : INSA de Lyon
Location : INSA Lyon

Ionic Liquids / Thermosets / Polymer Blends / Composites / CO2 Capture

Research themes/centers of interest

During fifteen years I developed a great expertise in the field of polymer/Ionic liquid systems for various applications such as automotive, aircraft, energy and environment. Thus, I worked mainly on thermosetting and thermoplastic composites, nanocomposites, polymer blends, electrospinning, polymer gel electrolytes and more recently on superhydrophobic surfaces and 3D/4D printing. More recently, i also developed a new research area based on the synthesis of a new generation of ionic liquid monomers, and Ionic Liquid Crystals to develop degradable networks. In addition, i investigate the structure/property relationships of polymer materials.

Major publications

  • C. Chardin, J.H. Rouden, S. Livi, J. Baudoux Dimethyldioxirane (DMDO) as a valuable oxidant for the synthesis of polyfunctional aromatic imidazolium monomers bearing epoxides, Green Chemistry,129, DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02372C (2017).
  • A.V. Radchenko, H. Chabane, B. Demir, D.J. Searles, J. Duchet-Rumeau, J-F. Gérard, J. Baudoux, S. Livi, New Epoxy Thermosets Derived from Bisimidazolium Ionic Liquid Monomer: An Experimental and Modelling Investigation, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 8, 32, 12208-12221 (2020).
  • S Livi, J Baudoux, J Duchet-Rumeau, JF Gérard, Ionic Liquids : A Versatile Platform for the Design of a Multifunctional Epoxy Networks 2.0 Generation, Progress in Polymer Science, 132, 101581, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2022.101581 (2022).
  • T. Shi, S. Livi, J. Duchet-Rumeau, J-F Gerard, Micro-encapsulated Diepoxy-Functionalized Ionic Liquids to the Design of Self-Healable Epoxy Networks, ACS Appl. Polym. Mater., 5, 7, 5051–5061, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.3c00560 (2023).
  • G. Perli, C.Y. Okada, C. Michelin, Y-El Omari, J-F. Gerard, J. Duchet-Rumeau, S. Livi, Design for disassembly of composites and thermoset by using cleavable ionic liquid monomers as molecular building blocks, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2023.110899, Composites Part B: Engineering, 264, 110899 (2023).

Brief CV

12/2022 Full Professor, IMP UMR CNRS 5223, INSA-Lyon, France.
09/2011Associate Professor, IMP UMR CNRS 5223, INSA-Lyon, France.
2018 Invited Researcher, National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) – Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano) – Campinas, SP, Brazil.
2011 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MS&E) – Cornell University – USA. Prof. Emmanuel P. Giannelis.
2010 PhD in Polymer Materials & Composites, IMP UMR CNRS 5223, INSA-Lyon, France. Prof. Jannick Duchet-Rumeau and Prof. Jean-François Gérard.