Researcher in CEMEF (Centre for Material Forming), Mines ParisTech Group Polymer Chemical Physics email: tel. +33 (0)4 93 95 74 70

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Tatiana Budtova was born in St.-Petersburg (ex. Leningrad ), Russia (ex. USSR ) in 1963. She graduated from the Physical faculty of State Petersburg University in 1987 and got her PhD in the Institute of Macromolecular Compounds , Russian Academy of Sciences, St.-Petersburg, in 1992. T. Budtova obtained Habilitation in Ecole des Mines de Paris/Nice University in 1999 and was qualified as a professor in 2002. T. Budtova is working full time in CEMEF, Mines ParisTech, since 2000, and from September 2004 she got a permanent position as a researcher in Mines ParisTech. She wrote more than 70 scientific articles.

Expertise

- physical chemistry of polymers

• polymer gels
• polysaccharides: cellulose, strartch
• behaviour of complex fluids (mixtures, suspensions) under flow
• interpolymer complexes and polyelectrolytes

Research topics

• Swelling/contraction of polyelectrolyte synthetic gels under external actions: changes of ionic strength or solution pH, presence of low or high molecular weight molecules, electric current and mechanical stresses. Using micro-gels as carriers for controlled release applications.
  

  >> To know more about hydrogels
  >> Publications on hydrogels (pdf)



• Physical chemistry of cellulose solutions and cellulose processing using non-toxic solvents like NaOH/water and ionic liquids.
  

  >> To know more on cellulose
  >> Publications on cellulose (pdf)



• Behaviour of starch granules under flow.
  

  >> Publications on starch granules (pdf)



• Mixtures of polysaccharides.
  

  >> Publications on PS mixtures (pdf)



• Polyelectrolyte solutions and interpolymer complexes.
  

  >> Publications on polyelectrolytes and complexes (pdf)



• Physical and numerical modeling.
  

  >> Publications on modeling (pdf)

Rheo-optical tools are used in the studies of suspensions, mixtures and single micro-particles (gels and starch granules) under flow.

On-going research:

1. Cellulose

• thermodynamics, structure and rheological properties of cellulose/NaOH/water and cellulose/ionic liquid solutions;
• kinetics of cellulose regeneration from these solutions;
• morphology and properties of regenerated cellulose objects;
• ppreparation and properties of ultra-light, highly porous and nano-structured cellulose – Aerocellulose.

2. Startch

• flow of starch granules: rheological and rheo-optical study.
• mélanges d’amidon avec des polysaccharides hydrosolubles

3. Hydrogels

• swelling/contraction of polyelectrolyte hydrogels in different solvents;
• absorption/release of substances (polymer-fullerene complexes) from the micro-gels;
• behaviour of micro-gels under shear, release of solvent under mechanical action: rheological and rheo-optical studies.