A research team at Linköping University, led by Eleni Stavrinidou, have made plants store energy in their root system. The results open up new possibilities for novel types of functional materials and biocomposites.
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Research groups of Roland Kádár and Tiina Nypelö at WWSC at Chalmers have elucidate cellulose nanocrystal alignment in flow. The published research article is now featured on the covers of both the journal ACS Nano and Journal of Rheology.
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The international engineering site Advances in Engineering features the work on lignin nanoparticles by the WWSC researchers and co-authors.
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The bark of birch trees is a substantial waste stream from the forestry industry. Can we directly use a suberin extract from birch bark to produce a sustainable bio-based rubber alternative? The IVA has just highlighted such a a project on their Top 100 list for 2021!
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The transparent wood is now fully bio-based and made in a totally green process by using the polymer limonene acrylate, derived from citrus fruits.
Next generation transparent wood is here Read More »
Researchers from WWSC at Chalmer and KTH have together with researchers from Sweden, Finland and South Korea developed conducting cellulose yarns that can be used for making electronic textiles. The developed textile yarns displayed record-high bulk conductivity of 36 Scm–1 and could be washed multiple times.
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2015-06-17. WWSC work featured in a NyTeknik article. The full article can be read on NyTeknik.se following this link.
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WWSC is a joint research center between KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and Linköping University. The base is a donation from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The Swedish industry is supporting WWSC via the platform Treesearch.
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