Jacques Lemaître

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Professor Emeritus

jacques.lemaitre@epfl.ch

Citizenship: Belge

Birth date: 28.04.1948

EPFL STI-DO
BM 4101 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
1015 Lausanne

Office: BM 4101
EPFL > STI > STI-DEC > PH-STI

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Fields of expertise

Physico-chimie des surfaces et colloides. Thermochimie des solutions aqueuses: calculs de solubilité de composés inorganiques (phosphates, carbonates, oxalates...). Chimie et solubilité des phosphates ce calcium en milieux aqueux. Synthèse de phosphates de calcium, en particulier l'hydroxyapatite; biominéralisation. Biomatériaux de comblement osseux : bio-ciments phospho-calciques injectables, biocéramiques. Méthodologie expérimentale : plans statistiques d'expérience, en particulier dans le domaine des biomatériaux (planification d'expériences in vitro et in vivo).

Mission

Suppléant du professeur H. Hofmann à la direction du Laboratoire de Technologie des Poudres. Responsable du groupe de recherche "Chimie de Surface et Biomatériaux". Responsable de plusieurs enseignements: - Science des matériaux divisés (physico-chimie aux interfaces) Thermodynamique des matériaux (responsabilité partagée avec MM H. Hofmann et P. Bowen) - Biomatériaux (matériaux pour usage biomédical) - Matériaux biomimétiques - Optimisation des matériaux et plans d'expériences (méthodologie expérimentale). Au sein de la Section Science et Génie des Matériaux, coordinateur de la filière "Matériaux pour applications biologiques et médicales".

Publications

Infoscience publications

Infoscience

Challenges of COVID-19 Case Forecasting in the US, 2020-2021

V. K. Lopez; E. Y. Cramer; R. Pagano; J. M. Drake; E. B. O'Dea et al.

Plos Computational Biology. 2024-05-01. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011200.

Jacques Lemaître

Professor Emeritus

Fields of expertise

Mission

Publications

Infoscience publications

Infoscience

Challenges of COVID-19 Case Forecasting in the US, 2020-2021

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination of children ages 5-11 years on COVID-19 disease burden and resilience to new variants in the United States, November 2021-March 2022: A multi-model study

Optimal control of the spatial allocation of COVID-19 vaccines: Italy as a case study

Epidemicity of cholera spread and the fate of infection control measures

Evidence of a transient phase during the hydrolysis of calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite

Wastewater monitoring outperforms case numbers as a tool to track COVID-19 incidence dynamics when test positivity rates are high

Range of reproduction number estimates for COVID-19 spread

Modeling infectious disease dynamics towards informed public health interventions, with applications on COVID-19 and cholera

A scenario modeling pipeline for COVID-19 emergency planning

Effect of specific non-pharmaceutical intervention policies on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the counties of the United States

Modeling of Future COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, by Vaccination Rates and Nonpharmaceutical Intervention Scenarios - United States, April-September 2021

Assessing the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Switzerland

Rainfall as a driver of epidemic cholera: Comparative model assessments of the effect of intra-seasonal precipitation events

Rapid evaluation of bioactive Ti-based surfaces using an in vitro titration method

Near real-time forecasting for cholera decision making in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew

Calcium phosphate formation on titanium-based surfaces: bioactivity evaluated by in vitro methods

A comparative study of simulated body fluids in the presence of proteins

Degradation rates and products of pure magnesium exposed to different aqueous media under physiological conditions

Distributed Graph-based Convoy Control for Networked Intelligent Vehicles

Evaluation de la bioactivité des substituts osseux

Precipitation of Nanosized and Nanostructured Powders: Process Intensification and Scale-Out Using a Segmented Flow Tubular Reactor (SFTR)

Control of morphology and nanostructure of copper and cobalt oxalates: Effect of complexing ions, polymeric additives and molecular weight

Contribution of Aggregation to the Growth Mechanism of Seeded Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in the Presence of Polyacrylic Acid

A thermodynamic solution model for calcium carbonate: Towards an understanding of multi-equilibria precipitation pathways

P-31 Solid-State NMR Study of the Chemical Setting Process of a Dual-Paste Injectable Brushite Cements

Preparation and characterization of dense nanohydroxyapatite/PLLA composites

Can bioactivity be tested in vitro with SBF solution ?

Bone substitute: Transforming beta-tricalcium phosphate porous scaffolds into monetite

Precipitation of Nanostructured Copper Oxalate: Substructure and Growth Mechanism

A thermodynamic model for the precipitation of nanostructured copper oxalates

Investigation of nucleation and crystal growth kinetics of nickel manganese oxalates

Evidence of a transient phase during the hydrolysis of a calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite

Use of seeds to control precipitation of calcium carbonate and determination of seed nature

Process and reactor for the manufacture of powders of inhalable medicaments

Immediate implant placement using injectable calcium phosphate hydraulic cement in dogs

Vieillissement des biociments brushitiques

Précipitation Contrôlée de carbonate de calcium en Présence de germes: mécanisme de précipitation

High quality nickel manganese oxalate powders synthetized in a new segmented flow tubular reactor

Assembly of nano-domain buidings blocks of copper oxalate with a cubic morphology

Pasty or liquid multiple constituent compositions for injectable calcium phosphate cements

Injectable calcium phosphate hydraulic cement (CPHC) used for periodontal tissue regeneration: A study of a dog model

Raman microspectrometry studies of calcified tissues and related biomaterials

Influence of polymeric additives on the biological properties of brushite cements: an experimental study in rabbit

Hydroxyapatite cement scaffolds with controlled macroporosity: fabrication and mechanical properties

High quality manganite powders synthesised with a new reactor technology

Development of a continuous segmented flow tubular reactor and the " scale-out" concept - In search of perfect powders

Précipitation de CaCO3 en réacteur tubulaire

Development and characterisation of injectable calcium phosphate cements for use in vertebroplasty

The biodegradation mechanism of calcium phosphate biomaterials in bone

Radio-opacité d'un ciment phospho-calcique pour la vertébroplastie

Les ciments hydrauliques phosphocalciques: formulations et propriétés

Interdisciplinary research conference on biomaterials

Influence of raw powder granulometry on the mechanical properties of a calcium phosphate bone cement

Bone colonization of beta-TCP granules incorporated in brushite cements

Précipitation d'oxalates métalliques nanostructures

Précipitation d'oxalates métalliques nanostructurés

Nano-Composites Powders, A New Concept for their Synthesis

Mechanical Characterisation of Brushite and Hydroxyapatite Cements

Mechanical characterization of brushite and hydroxyapatite cements

Precipitation of self-organized copper oxalate polycrystalline particles in the presence of hydroxymethylcellulose (HPMC): control of morphology

New morphology of calcium oxalate trihydrate precipitated in a segmented flow tubular reactor

Mechanical characterization of brushite cements: a Mohr circles'approach

Low temperature aqueous synthesis (LTAS) of BaTiO3: a statistical design of experiment approach

In vitro aging of a calcium phosphate cement

Hydraulic calcium phosphate cements for bone reconstruction: from crystal chemistry to biomechanics

Effect of several additives and their admixtures on the physico-chemical properties of a calcium phosphate cement

Control of gentamicin release from a calcium phosphate cement by admixed poly(acrilic acid)

Calcium carbonate precipitation using new segmented flow tubular reactor

Calcination and morphological evolution of cubic copper oxalate particles

Volume effect on biological properties of a calcium phosphate hydraulic cement: experimental study in sheep

Reinforcement of osteosynthesis screws with brushite cements

Raman microspectrometry studies on brushite cement: in vivo evolution in a sheep model

Qualitative and quantitative investigation of calcium phosphate of biological interest by raman microspectrometry