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SUMMARY:IMX Colloquium - Surface Engineering of Nanocellulose  for Sustain
 able Bioproduct Development
DTSTART:20250512T131500
DTEND:20250512T141500
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Emily Cranston\, Unviersity of British Columbia Vancouve
 r\, Canada\nBy learning from nature and using bio-based building blocks we
  can engineer sustainable high-performance materials with improved functio
 nality. Nanocelluloses have entered the marketplace as new ingredients for
  formulated chemical products\, composites and engineering processing tech
 nologies. Although cellulose is the most abundant natural substance on ear
 th\, nanocelluloses are anything but common – they possess exceptionally
  high mechanical strength and align in electromagnetic fields\; they are m
 ore chemically\, colloidally and thermally stable than most bio-based mate
 rials\; they exhibit unique optical and self-assembly properties\, all whi
 le retaining the non-toxicity and biodegradability of cellulose. However\,
  the surface chemistry of nanocellulose must be well understood and contro
 lled in order to optimize the interactions\, stability and compatibility w
 ith liquids\, polymers and small molecules. My research group aims to brid
 ge the gap between industrial nanocellulose producers\, R&D\, and potentia
 l end users by exploring fundamentals. In this talk\, I will highlight my 
 group’s contributions in the areas of: benchmarking commercial cellulose
  nanocrystals (CNCs)\; nanocellulose-stabilized emulsions and latexes for 
 applications in cosmetics\, food\, paints\, coatings and adhesives\; CNC-t
 emplated energy storage and production devices\; and advanced characteriza
 tion methods for nanomaterials. Overall\, we believe that this improved un
 derstanding of CNCs and how to control their assembly is crucial for the c
 ommercialization of greener next-generation technologies.\n\nBio: Emily D.
  Cranston is a Professor in Wood Science and Chemical & Biological Enginee
 ring at the University of British Columbia (Canada) and is the President
 ’s Excellence Chair in Forest Bio-Products. Emily’s research focuses o
 n sustainable hybrid materials from cellulose and other biopolymers. Her a
 cademic path began at McGill University where she received her BSc in Chem
 istry and a PhD in Materials Chemistry. The study of value-added products 
 from trees took her to Sweden as a postdoctoral researcher at KTH Royal In
 stitute of Technology before she returned to Canada in 2011. Emily was the
  recipient of the 2017 KINGFA Young Investigator’s Award from the Americ
 an Chemical Society’s Cellulose & Renewable Materials division\, was the
  2018 American Chemical Society – Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Ch
 emistry Lecturer and was a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Counc
 il of Canada E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellow. Emily has received the Techni
 cal Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry (TAPPI) Nanotechnology Divisi
 on Technical Award and Leadership & Service Award in 2021 and 2023\, respe
 ctively. In 2023\, she was elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s Coll
 ege of New Scholars\, Artists and Scientists and was awarded the Royal Soc
 iety of Canada’s Rutherford Medal in Chemistry.
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