Publications by authors named "Dominic Tessier"

Workers can be exposed to solid airborne particles in some occupational environments, and they might be required to wear chemical protective clothing to prevent skin exposure. Dedicated standards exist to certify the protective value of such clothing, but they are not informative enough to identify the main pathways of entry for solid particles nor to compare performances between different chemical protective clothing. In this work, 20 non-woven fabrics used to make chemical protective clothing for solid particle protection were selected to be examined for both filtration and comfort performances.

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The biostability of a series of polypyrrole (PPy)-coated polyester fabrics was investigated in an in vitro model. PPy-coated sample fabrics were incubated in saline at 37 degrees C for 1 and 2 weeks. After each period of incubation, the surface electrical resistivity of the sample fabrics was measured to monitor the changes caused by the incubation.

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Electrically conductive polypyrrole is very attractive for tissue engineering because of its potential to modulate cellular activities through electrical stimulation. However, its in vivo behaviors have not been fully studied. This paper investigates the in vivo biocompatibility and biostability of PPy-coated polyester fabrics.

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