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Christophe Detrembleur

Christophe Detrembleur

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
78
Citations
20815
World Ranking
2996
National Ranking
27

Chemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
20837
World Ranking
3823
National Ranking
52

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Christophe Detrembleur is affiliated with the University of Liège in Belgium and works primarily in materials science, engineering, and chemical engineering. Their research contributions span several subfields including process chemistry and technology, polymers and plastics, biomaterials, organic chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work broadly focuses on carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, polymer composites and self-healing, advanced battery materials and technologies, catalysis for biomass conversion, and polymer foaming and composites.

Detrembleur has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Poly(hydroxyurethane) Adhesives and Coatings: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Chemo- and Regioselective Additions of Nucleophiles to Cyclic Carbonates for the Preparation of Self-Blowing Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Foams, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Water-Induced Self-Blown Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Foams, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Self-foaming polymers: Opportunities for the next generation of personal protective equipment, 2021, Materials Science and Engineering R Reports
  • Divergent Aminolysis Approach for Constructing Recyclable Self-Blown Nonisocyanate Polyurethane Foams, 2022, ACS Macro Letters

Frequent co-authors in Detrembleur's research include Bruno Grignard, Haritz Sardón, Christine Jérôme, Thomas Habets, and Maxime Bourguignon.

Their publications often appear in notable venues such as Polymer Chemistry, Macromolecules, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and ACS Applied Polymer Materials.

Best Publications

  • Polymer/carbon based composites as electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials

    Jean-Michel Thomassin;Christine Jérôme;Thomas Pardoen;Christian Bailly

  • Advances in the use of CO2 as a renewable feedstock for the synthesis of polymers

    Bruno Grignard;Sandro Gennen;Christine Jérôme;Arjan W. Kleij

  • Catechols as versatile platforms in polymer chemistry

    Emilie Faure;Céline Falentin-Daudré;Christine Jérôme;Joël Lyskawa

  • In-Situ Nitroxide-Mediated Radical Polymerization (NMP) Processes: Their Understanding and Optimization

    Valérie Sciannamea;Robert Jérôme;Christophe Detrembleur

  • Organocatalyzed coupling of carbon dioxide with epoxides for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates: catalyst design and mechanistic studies

    Margot Alves;Margot Alves;Bruno Grignard;Raphaël Méreau;Christine Jérôme

  • Overview of cobalt-mediated radical polymerization: Roots, state of the art and future prospects

    Antoine Debuigne;Rinaldo Poli;Rinaldo Poli;Christine Jérôme;Robert Jérôme

  • Foams of polycaprolactone/MWNT nanocomposites for efficient EMI reduction

    Jean-Michel Thomassin;Christophe Pagnoulle;Lukasz Bednarz;Isabelle Huynen

  • Carbon nanotube composites for broadband microwave absorbing materials

    A. Saib;L. Bednarz;R. Daussin;C. Bailly

  • CO2-blown microcellular non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) foams: from bio- and CO2-sourced monomers to potentially thermal insulating materials

    Bruno Grignard;Jean-Michel Thomassin;Sandro Gennen;Loic Poussard

  • Gold nanorods coated with mesoporous silica shell as drug delivery system for remote near infrared light-activated release and potential phototherapy.

    Ji Liu;Ji Liu;Christophe Detrembleur;Marie-Claire De Pauw-Gillet;Stéphane Mornet

  • Non-Isocyanate Polyurethanes from Carbonated Soybean Oil Using Monomeric or Oligomeric Diamines To Achieve Thermosets or Thermoplastics

    L. Poussard;J. Mariage;B. Grignard;C. Detrembleur

  • Mechanistic insights into the cobalt-mediated radical polymerization (CMRP) of vinyl acetate with cobalt(III) adducts as initiators.

    Antoine Debuigne;Yohan Champouret;Robert Jérôme;Rinaldo Poli

  • Beneficial effect of carbon nanotubes on the performances of Nafion membranes in fuel cell applications

    Jean-Michel Thomassin;Jozef Kollar;Giuseppe Caldarella;Albert Germain

  • Synthesis of pyrene-containing polymers and noncovalent sidewall functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes

    Xudong Lou;Raphaël Daussin;Stéphane Cuenot;Anne-Sophie Duwez

  • Ring-opening polymerization of alpha-chloro-epsilon-caprolactone and chemical modification of poly(alpha-chloro-epsilon-caprolactone) by atom transfer radical processes

    Sandrine Lenoir;Raphaël Riva;Xudong Lou;Christophe Detrembleur

  • Recent advances in the synthesis of catechol-derived (bio)polymers for applications in energy storage and environment

    Nagaraj Patil;Christine Jérôme;Christophe Detrembleur

  • Organocobalt Complexes as Sources of Carbon-Centered Radicals for Organic and Polymer Chemistries

    Jérémy Demarteau;Antoine Debuigne;Christophe Detrembleur

  • Polyolefin matrixes with permanent antibacterial activity: preparation, antibacterial activity, and action mode of the active species

    Sandrine Lenoir;Christophe Pagnoulle;Moreno Galleni;Philippe Compère

  • Insight into Organometallic-Mediated Radical Polymerization

    Marie Hurtgen;Christophe Detrembleur;Christine Jerome;Antoine Debuigne

  • Poly(hydroxyurethane) adhesives and coatings: state-of-the-art and future directions

    Alvaro Gomez-Lopez;Satyannarayana Panchireddy;Bruno Grignard;Inigo Calvo

  • Amphiphilic Poly(vinyl acetate)-b-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) and Novel Double Hydrophilic Poly(vinyl alcohol)-b-poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) Block Copolymers Prepared by Cobalt-Mediated Radical Polymerization

    Antoine Debuigne;Nicolas Willet;Robert Jérôme;Christophe Detrembleur

  • Novel Aliphatic Polyesters Based on Functional Cyclic (Di)Esters

    Xudong Lou;Christophe Detrembleur;Robert Jérôme

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine Jérôme
Christine Jérôme University of Liège
Robert Jérôme
Robert Jérôme University of Liège
Michaël Alexandre
Michaël Alexandre University of Liège
Isabelle Huynen
Isabelle Huynen Université Catholique de Louvain
Rinaldo Poli
Rinaldo Poli Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination
Daniel Taton
Daniel Taton University of Bordeaux
Etienne Duguet
Etienne Duguet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Christian Bailly
Christian Bailly Université Catholique de Louvain
David Mecerreyes
David Mecerreyes University of the Basque Country
Stéphane Mornet
Stéphane Mornet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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