AVS 61st International Symposium & Exhibition
    Manufacturing Science and Technology Wednesday Sessions
       Session MS+TF-WeA

Invited Paper MS+TF-WeA1
Challenges and Opportunities in the Production of Cellulose Nanomaterials

Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 2:20 pm, Room 302

Session: Overview: Applications and Manufacturing of Devices on Paper and Textiles 
Presenter: Junyong Zhu, USDA Forest Products Lab
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Callulose nanomateruals has attracted great attention in the scienticific community due to its unique optical and mechancial properties along with its renewablility and abundance. However, the production process is very costly using current technologies, which limited its use to high value products. This created a market mismatch, i.e., a very large amount natural cellulose are available. In this presenttaion I will outline the challenges in reducing the cost of cellulose nanomaterials. At the sametime, I provide some opportunities to reduce the cost. I will specifically outline a few process innovation in our laboratory for both cellulose nancrystal and cellulose nanofibril productions