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SUMMARY:IMX Talks - The Cellulose valley and its new (nano)cellulosic s
 olutions for packaging
DTSTART:20250512T143000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Julien Bras\, Grenoble Institute of Technology\, France\
 nAmong biobased materials\, the nanocellulose family emergence over the la
 st decade has been highly promising. Such cellulosic materials have numero
 us advantages which favor their uses in several various applications\, esp
 ecially in packaging. It is biobased\, bicompatible\, biodegradable but al
 so it helps in recycling. Since the beginning\, the nanocellulose industry
  focuses its efforts to up-scale mainly their production and develop the c
 ommercialization of these nanoscaled cellulose. \nThis key step has been 
 more complex than expected despite their promising properties\, mainly bec
 ause of process issues regarding sustainability and energy consumption dur
 ing their production. One part of the presentation will discuss about how 
 sustainable can be considered the production of nanocellulose.\nAt the sam
 e time\, it was not so obvious to find tangibles  applications\, even in 
 fiber based materials packaging\, one of the most commonly described and e
 xpected applications. During this presentation \, we will discuss some of 
 the main challenges of the use of nanocellulose in the fibre based  packa
 ging industry and share how nanocellulose can help for promising solutions
  by providing some examples from the Cellulose Valley\, an industrial exce
 llence chair launched on the topic in Grenoble for 2022-2026. Some example
  of value-added functionalization of such materials and the application of
  such nanocellulose on 2D and 3D packaging will also be proposed to conclu
 de and propose perspectives.\n\nBio: Prof. Julien Bras (H index: 65\; more
  than 200 scientific papers & 20 patents) is professor at Grenoble Institu
 te of Technology (Grenoble INP Pagora).\nAfter engineer diploma in Chemist
 ry and a PhD on Renewable Materials for biopackaging in 2004\, he worked i
 n industry few years and then left industry to become associate professor 
 in 2006.\nSince that time\, he has directly supervised 42 PhD\, 23 Post-do
 c and more than 80 master students.\nHe is member of Institut Universitair
 e de France (top delegation for french professor). Among the world's Top 2
 % most-cited scientists\, he received the French “Academy of Science” 
 Major Prize of Innovation (IMT Espoir) in 2017\, the international mid-car
 eer award from Tappi Nano in 2019 and the French “Academy of Science” 
 Major Prize of Renewable materials chemistry in 2023.\nDuring two years (2
 019-2021)\, he has worked in Nestle thanks to a disponibility sabbatical p
 eriod as Senior Expert and Department Head in the Institute of Packaging S
 cience in the global Nestle Research Center in Switzerland.\nHe is head of
  the “Multiscale Biobased Material” group (ab. 40 pers.\, 9 years). Si
 nce 2021\, he is in charge of International Affairs of Grenoble INP Pagora
  and he has launched the Cellulose Valley Chair in 2021 with 8 companies f
 or 5 years.\nThrough his different experiences\, he develops several compe
 tences. His expertise deals particularly with nanocellulose and their func
 tionalization\, paper science\, biobased and smart materials\, mainly for 
 sustainable packaging applications.\n\n 
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