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SUMMARY:Packaging grown to function: New barrier materials inspired by nat
 ure
DTSTART:20201005T090000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Tiffany Abitbol\, RI.SE\, Stockholm\nHighly sophisticated 
 “packages” exist in nature to protect and regulate a variety of intern
 al environments that have different barrier needs. Examples include fruit 
 and vegetable peels\, the papery husks that encase gooseberries\, our skin
 \, and more fundamentally\, the cell membranes that envelope the basic uni
 ts of all living things. These natural barriers are composed of different 
 elements – polysaccharides\, protein\, lipids\, waxes\, aromas\, chromop
 hores\, etc. – that are functionally assembled and optimized through mil
 lennia of evolution for diverse functionality\, including mass transport\,
  temperature regulation\, light management (harvesting\, blocking\, color 
 effects)\, structural properties\, pest control\, and scent. Recreating th
 is level of sophistication in the laboratory or assembly line is not a sim
 ple task but we can take inspiration from natural systems to create new ma
 terials using the bottom-up self-assembly of key components into bio-based
  macrostructures that begin to meet the demands of modern packaging. In th
 is public talk\, two emerging forest-based materials\, mycelium and nanoce
 llulose\, will be discussed in the context of naturally grown materials wi
 th promising properties and the potential to impact how we envision\, prod
 uce\, use\, and dispose of packaging.\n\nBio: Tiffany Abitbol is a researc
 h scientist at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden\, Sweden’s foremost re
 search and innovation partner. Tiffany obtained her PhD in Chemistry in 20
 11 from McGill University and has post-doctoral experience from McMaster U
 niversity in the Chemical Engineering department (2012-2014) and the Hebre
 w University of Jerusalem in the Plant Sciences department (2014-2016). Su
 pported by a Marie-Curie fellowship\, Tiffany moved to Stockholm in 2017 t
 o pursue a nanocellulose-themed research program at RISE in collaboration 
 with academic and industrial partners. Tiffany is motivated toward the dev
 elopment of healthy and sustainable solutions to address new opportunities
  in the field of materials using a cross-disciplinary and collaborative ap
 proach.
LOCATION:Zoom https://epfl.zoom.us/j/95531300752
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