WWSC member Martin Lawoko has been appointed as professor of wood chemistry at KTH. Martin’s research group will focus on basic research on bio-based materials. He also wants to update the education with a focus on sustainability goals and strengthen universities in countries that lack resources.
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.
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.
Yuanyuan Li, Assistant Professor at KTH, is the winner of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) Junior Scientist Award 2021.
Yuanyuan Li is new Assistant Professor at KTH and WWSC, focusing on wood and cellulose nanostructure control to extend property range and provide new functions.
“I look forward to building an energetic group and creating attractive research areas.”
The organic chemist Renee Kroon gets inspired by scientific discussions between students and colleagues and by collaboratively turning the ideas into new materials. In July 2020 he joined WWSC as an associate professor at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE) at Linköping University, thereby strengthening WWSC in the field of synthesis of semiconductor polymers for organic electronics.
Trees that until now have become paper and wood should soon also be used for clothing, windows and fuel for cars, boats, and aircrafts. And in order to have a sufficient supply of wood, scientists must ensure that the forests grow faster and are capable of doing so in a future changing climate. Watch the new possibilities by the forest related research in a new video by KAW!
WWSC researchers have identified the individual contribution of xylans and mannans to the plant cell wall integrity
WWSC Academy organized in collaboration with Treesearch the 2020 PhD course – Winter School “From Forest to Organic Electronics, Energy Storage and Electronic Plants” between March 30 and April 3. In total 57 PhD students from WWSC and Treesearch participated.
Professor Eva Malmström is from the 1st of April 2020 the new director of Wallenberg Wood Science Center.
2020-03-19. When the healthcare in Sweden face a severe material crisis in the current covid-19 outbreak, the chemistry department at Stockholm University decided to contribute!
2020-01-09. The Wallenberg Wood Science Center is exploring opportunities to create high-tech materials from wood, beyond the traditional cellulose fiber. One of the participating universities
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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