CELLWednesday, April 9, 2008

8:00 AM-12:15 PM Morial Convention Center -- Rm. R09, Oral
Biobased Nanocomposites and Nanotechnology
Organizers:John Simonsen
Stephen J Eichhorn
8:00 AMHigh potential of cellulose nanofibrils for technical applications
Tanja Zimmermann, Nico Bordeanu, Christian Eyholzer, Klaus Richter
8:30 AMBacterial cellulose/polyvinyl alcohol nanocomposites
Marie-Pierre Laborie, Elvie Brown
9:00 AMAssembly and characterization of lignin nanostructured films and xylan nanoparticles
Scott Renneckar, Karthik V. Pillai, Darren Riedlinger, Alan R. Esker
9:30 AMMannan-cellulose nanocomposites
Kirsi S. Mikkonen, Aji P. Mathew, Chunlin Xu, Stefan M. Willför, Maija Tenkanen, Kristiina Oksman Niska
10:00 AMIntermission
10:15 AMTying cellulose whiskers together
Lee A Goetz, Art J. Ragauskas, Aji Mathew, Kristiina Oksman
10:45 AMMicrofiber composites with cellulose whiskers produced by electrospinning
Gerardo A. Montero, Orlando J. Rojas
11:15 AMSynthesis and stabilization of inorganic nanoparticles in cellulose gel
Jie Cai, Satoshi Kimura, Masahisa Wada, Shigenori Kuga
11:45 AMCellulose as a novel bioadditive for the preparation of stable colloids based on ionic liquids
Carlos Guerrero-Sanchez, Tina Erdmenger, Juergen Vitz, Ulrich S. Schubert

Biobased Nanocomposites and Nanotechnology -- Next Session

Symposium Grid -- Division of Cellulose & Renewable Materials -- Session Listing

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The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008