Patents by Inventor Cyril Aymonier

Cyril Aymonier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10507597
    Abstract: Method and device for delamination/dismantling of multi-layer systems SM comprising several layers including at least one organic layer, wherein the layers are separated by interfaces, characterized in that it comprises at least the following steps: Mixing the multilayer system with a fluid composed of at least one gas having the particularity of causing the swelling of at least one of the layers and one or more non-reactive liquids having the particularity of allowing the separation of each layer unitarily or of subsets of layers composing the multilayer system without degradation of the constituents of the layers, the gas/liquid fluid being raised in temperature and pressure, Recovering separately at least one or more layers or a subset of undegraded layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Cyril Aymonier, Cédric Slostowski
  • Publication number: 20190226052
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a device for retrieving, from an object A, elements G present in a matrix M, the method including at least the following steps: bringing said abject A into contact with a dense fluid Fd with a molar mass greater than 2 g mol?1 under temperature T1 and pressure P1 conditions suitable for transforming the intergranular phase and for releasing the elements G,, modifying the temperature T2 and/or pressure P2 values to stop the reaction transforming the intergranular phase,, and recovering the elements G separated front the matrix M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Rouen-Normandie, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Rouen Normandie
    Inventors: Jean-Marie LE BRETON, Nicolas MAAT, Cyril AYMONIER
  • Patent number: 10221072
    Abstract: A process for preparing phyllomineral synthetic particles formed from constituent chemical elements in stoichiometric proportions including at least one chemical element selected from the group formed from silicon and germanium, and at least one chemical element selected from the group formed from divalent metals and trivalent metals, by a continuous solvothermal treatment at a pressure above 1 MPa and at a temperature between 100° C. and 600° C., by making the reaction medium circulate continuously in a solvothermal treatment zone of a continuous reactor (15) with a residence time of the reaction medium in the solvothermal treatment zone that is suitable for continuously obtaining, at the outlet of the solvothermal treatment zone, a suspension including the phyllomineral synthetic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S), UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III
    Inventors: Cyril Aymonier, Cedric Slostowski, Angela Dumas, Pierre Micoud, Christophe Le Roux, Francois Martin
  • Publication number: 20190055133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mineral compound, referred to as synthetic mica, with formula At(SixGe1-x)4MzO10(OH)2, wherein: A designates at least one monovalent interfoliar cation of a metal element, A having the formula Liw(1)Naw(2)Kw(3)Rbw(4)Csw(5), each instance of w(i) representing a real number in the interval [0; 1], such that the sum of the instances of w(i) is equal to 1; t is a real number in the interval [0.3; 1]; x is a real number in the interval [0; 1]; M designates at least one divalent metal having the formula Mgy(1)Coy(2)Zny(3)Cuy(4)Mny(5)Fey(6)Niy(7)Cr, each instance of y(i) representing a real number in the interval [0; 1], such as the formula (A); and z is a real number in the interval [2.50; 2.85]. The invention also relates to a composition comprising such a compound and a method for preparing such a compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: François MARTIN, Christophe LE ROUX, Pierre MICOUD, Marie CLAVIER, Cyril AYMONIER
  • Patent number: 10167374
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering organic fibers from a composite material comprising a polymer matrix and organic fibers, wherein the method comprises the following steps: providing a solution comprising a mixture of water and alcohol; placing the composite material inside a reactor; contacting the mixture and the composite material in order to perform a solvolysis reaction of the composite material; and recovering the organic fibers; wherein the pressure and the temperature in the reactor are adjusted such as to fall within the homogeneous sub-critical range of the phase diagram, within the super-critical range or near the critical point; and wherein the temperature is lower than the melting temperature of the organic fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY DE BORDEAUX, AIRBUS OPERATIONS (S.A.S), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Cyril Aymonier, Anne Loppinet Serani, Antoine Debeauvais
  • Publication number: 20180305214
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method and device for reducing a component composed of at least one graphene oxide and a matrix consisting of at least one polymer, characterized in that the method includes at least the following steps: introducing a mixture of polymer(s) and graphene oxide GO into a reactor subject to a value of temperature T and a value of pressure P suitable for placing a fluid under supercritical or subcritical conditions for a given period, the temperature T being suitable for not degrading the polymer; and cooling the reactor and removing the obtained product R consisting of reduced polymer(s) and graphene oxide rGO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Philippe POULIN, Suchithra PADMAJAN SASIKALA, Cyril AYMONIER
  • Publication number: 20180273389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing synthetic mineral particles with formula (AlyM1-y)2(SixGe1-x)2O5(OH)4, wherein M designates at least one trivalent metal selected from the group made up of gallium and the rare earths, which comprises the following steps: preparing a gel which is a precursor of said synthetic mineral particles by a co-precipitation reaction of at least one salt of metal selected among aluminium and M with at least one silicon source selected from the group made up of potassium metasilicate, sodium metasilicate, potassium metagermanate and sodium metagermanate, the molar ratio of (AlyM1-y) to (SixGe1-x) during the preparation of said precursor gel being equal to 1, at least one base being added during said co-precipitation reaction; and performing a solvothermal treatment of said precursor gel at a temperature of 250° C. to 600° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: François MARTIN, Christophe LE ROUX, Pierre MICOUD, Marie CLAVERIE, Cyril AYMONIER
  • Publication number: 20180257267
    Abstract: Method and device for delamination/dismantling of multi-layer systems SM comprising several layers including at least one organic layer, wherein the layers are separated by interfaces, characterized in that it comprises at least the following steps: Mixing the multilayer system with a fluid composed of at least one gas having the particularity of causing the swelling of at least one of the layers and one or more non-reactive liquids having the particularity of allowing the separation of each layer unitarily or of subsets of layers composing the multilayer system without degradation of the constituents of the layers, the gas/liquid fluid being raised in temperature and pressure, Recovering separately at least one or more layers or a subset of undegraded layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Cyril AYMONIER, Cédric SLOSTOWSKI
  • Publication number: 20170349757
    Abstract: The invention concerns a continuous flow process for manufacturing surface modified metal oxide nanoparticles by supercritical solvothermal synthesis in an reaction medium flowing within a continuous flow chamber, said continuous flow chamber containing a hydrolysis area and a supercritical area, said process comprising the introduction of a flow of metal oxide precursor into the continuous flow chamber at a point P located in the hydrolysis area or in the supercritical area, and the introduction of a flow of is located downstream of P1 with respect to the flow direction, as well as the device for carrying out this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Manuel THEODET, Cyril AYMONIER
  • Publication number: 20170066655
    Abstract: A process for preparing phyllomineral synthetic particles formed from constituent chemical elements in stoichiometric proportions including at least one chemical element selected from the group formed from silicon and germanium, and at least one chemical element selected from the group formed from divalent metals and trivalent metals, by a continuous solvothermal treatment at a pressure above 1 MPa and at a temperature between 100° C. and 600° C., by making the reaction medium circulate continuously in a solvothermal treatment zone of a continuous reactor (15) with a residence time of the reaction medium in the solvothermal treatment zone that is suitable for continuously obtaining, at the outlet of the solvothermal treatment zone, a suspension including the phyllomineral synthetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Cyril AYMONIER, Cedric SLOSTOWSKI, Angela DUMAS, Pierre MICOUD, Christophe LE ROUX, Francois MARTIN
  • Patent number: 9476817
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method whereby: (E1) an inner liquid phase is made to flow in an inner flow member, and an outer liquid phase in an outer flow member, the flow of the inner liquid phase opening within the flow of the second liquid phase; and the temperature and pressure in the contact area between the first and second liquid phases being such that the first and/or second liquid phase is in the supercritical state, (E2) the flow rate of the inner phase and/or outer phase is varied in such a way as to modify the flow profile, and a torque is identified from values of the flow rates of the inner and outer phases, called transition flow rates, from which the modification in the flow profile occurs (from drops to a jet; or from a jet to drops); (E3) from the transition torque identified in step (E2), the value of the interfacial tension between the two inner and outer liquid phases is calculated, or the result obtained is compared to that obtained for another torque in the conditions of steps (E1) and (E2
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Pierre Guillot, Max Chabert, Annie Colin, Emmanuel Mignard, Samuel Marre, Cyril Aymonier
  • Publication number: 20160145409
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recovering organic fibers from a composite material comprising a polymer matrix and organic fibers, wherein the method comprises the following steps: providing a solution comprising a mixture of water and alcohol; placing the composite material inside a reactor; contacting the mixture and the composite material in order to perform a solvolysis reaction of the composite material; and recovering the organic fibers; wherein the pressure and the temperature in the reactor are adjusted such as to fall within the homogeneous sub-critical range of the phase diagram, within the super-critical range or near the critical point; and wherein the temperature is lower than the melting temperature of the organic fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicants: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universite de Bordeaux 1, Airbus Industrie GIE
    Inventors: Cyril Aymonier, Anne Loppinet Serani, Antoine Debeauvais
  • Publication number: 20140238117
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method whereby: (E1) an inner liquid phase is made to flow in an inner flow member, and an outer liquid phase in an outer flow member, the flow of the inner liquid phase opening within the flow of the second liquid phase; and the temperature and pressure in the contact area between the first and second liquid phases being such that the first and/or second liquid phase is in the supercritical state, (E2) the flow rate of the inner phase and/or outer phase is varied in such a way as to modify the flow profile, and a torque is identified from values of the flow rates of the inner and outer phases, called transition flow rates, from which the modification in the flow profile occurs (from drops to a jet; or from a jet to drops); (E3 ) from the transition torque identified in step (E2), the value of the interfacial tension between the two inner and outer liquid phases is calculated, or the result obtained is compared to that obtained for another torque in the conditions of steps (E1) and (E
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Pierre Guillot, Max Chabert, Annie Colin, Emmanuel Mignard, Samuel Marre, Cyril Aymonier
  • Patent number: 7932311
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing a particle-based composition, comprising: (i) bringing into contact a mixture comprising a dendritic structure and a metal compound precursor in a fluid, under temperature and pressure conditions such that the mixture is not soluble in the fluid; and (ii) chemically converting the metal compound precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Cyril Aymonier, François Cansell, Stefan Mecking, Sandy Moisan, Victor Martinez
  • Publication number: 20100307648
    Abstract: Subjects of the present invention are: a method of desensitizing crystals of an energetic explosive substance by coating them, said method comprising the deposition, carried out within a fluid, outside the normal temperature and pressure conditions, preferably under supercritical conditions, of a metal and/or polymer film, advantageously of a metal film or of a polymer film, on the surface of said crystals, the metal(s) and/or polymer(s) in question having been firstly dissolved in a solvent; the coated crystals of an energetic explosive substance obtainable by said method; and the energetic materials containing said crystals coated by said method and/or said crystals desensitized by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: SNPE MATERIAUX ENERGETIQUES
    Inventors: Christine Marraud, Samuel Marre, Francois Cansell, Cyril Aymonier
  • Publication number: 20090093597
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing a particle-based composition, comprising: (i) bringing into contact a mixture comprising a dendritic structure and a metal compound precursor in a fluid, under temperature and pressure conditions such that the mixture is not soluble in the fluid; and (ii) chemically converting the metal compound precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Cyril Aymonier, Francois Cansell, Stefan Mecking, Sandy Moisan, Victor Martinez
  • Publication number: 20070082803
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining a composite ferro-electric material, consisting of the following stages: particles of a ferro-electric compound are covered with a dielectric layer; a dense composite material is formed by sintering the covered particles. The invention is characterized in that in the covering stage the particles of the ferro-electric compound are brought into contact with a fluid containing at least one solvent and a precursor of the dielectric compound, said fluid being pressurized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Francois Pierre Cansell, Cyril Aymonier, Christopher Huber, Catherine Elissalde, Mario Maglione
  • Patent number: 6656436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for the conversion of chemical structures where the system contains a reservoir reactor having a first lower zone where high solubility of at least one salt in a solvent is maintained under first conditions of pressure and temperature, a second upper zone for precipitating at least one salt under second conditions of pressure and temperature, means for maintaining the first and second conditions of temperature and pressure, means for generating ultrasound, and means for forming a solvent in the lower part of the reservoir reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignees: L'Electrolyse
    Inventors: Dominique Sentagnes, Cyril Aymonier, Bernard Berdeu, François Cansell
  • Patent number: 6551517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting chemical structures, that is to say a process for the conducting of chemical reactions in a fluid under pressure and at temperature in a supercritical fluid in particular, containing a solvent and at least one electrolyte such as a salt, in which reactive species are generated in situ by electrolysis. According to the invention, the fluid flows upwards in a reservoir reactor crossing through a first lower electrolysis zone with high salt solubility and a second upper zone in which the salts precipitate, then the fluid free of salt is evacuated at the upper part of said reservoir reactor and directed into a second tubular reactor to reach the desired stage of advancement of the conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignees: L'Electrolyse
    Inventors: Dominique Sentagnes, Cyril Aymonier, Bernard Berdeu, François Cansell