AMI seminar: Marie-Pierre Laborie

Room 170.048, Adolphe Merkle Institute, Marly

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010  14:00 h

Marie-Pierre Laborie

Institute Of Forest Utilization and Works Science,

Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences.

Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg

The abundance of research publications surrounding the utilization of cellulose highlights the growing role this polymer is likely to play in our built environment and daily life.   Cellulose whiskers, microfibrillated cellulose and bacterial cellulose have all been creatively used to develop materials of superior performance for a variety of applications ranging from the biomedical, building and transportation fields.   In this research arena, we are particularly interested in manipulating interface chemistry to develop composite materials with targeted end properties.   In this seminar, our current work in the development of cellulosic nanocomposites for utilization in aircrafts but also for utilization as artificial blood vessels will be discussed.  Future research directions in this field at the University of Freiburg will also be presented.