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URL:https://murmitoyen.com/events/vanille/udem/detail/851512-conference-de-
 chimie-avec-la-professeure-emily-cranston-cqmf
LOCATION:Pavillon Roger Gaudry – Université de Montréal\, Montréal\, Q
 C\, Canada
SUMMARY:Conférence de chimie avec la Professeure Emily Cranston (CQMF)
DESCRIPTION:Titre: Transforming Cellulose Nanocrystals into Sustainable Pro
 ducts through Surface Engineering  Endroit: Pavillon Roger-Gaudry\, Sall
 e S-142   Hôte: William Skene  Résumé: By learning from nature and us
 ing bio-based nanoparticles we can engineer sustainable high-performance m
 aterials with improved functionality. Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are en
 tering the marketplace as new ingredients for formulated chemical products
 . As a “green” and potentially food-grade additive\, there is widespre
 ad interest in CNCs particularly as emulsifiers\, rheological modifiers\, 
 and reinforcing agents. However\, the surface chemistry of CNCs must be we
 ll understood and controlled in order to elucidate the interactions\, stab
 ility and compatibility with liquids\, polymers and small molecules.This l
 ecture will describe our recent advances in hybrid nanocellulose material 
 development and show applications in the food\, health\, energy and water 
 arenas. Tailoring the location and role of CNCs at interfaces can lead us 
 to a variety of biocompatible and enhanced emulsified products\, injectabl
 e hydrogels\, latex adhesives/coatings and encapsulation strategies. Furth
 ermore\, we have developed novel networked CNC structures based on chemica
 l crosslinking which provide promising tissue scaffolds as well as univers
 al porous substrates that are able to support other functional nanomateria
 ls like conductive nanoparticles\, carbon nanotubes and metal organic fram
 eworks. Overall\, we believe that this improved understanding can bridge t
 he gap between scientific research and the commercialization of greener ne
 xt-generation technologies.
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\nBiography: Emily D. Cranston is an Asso
 ciate Professor in Wood Science and Chemical & Biological Engineering at t
 he University of British Columbia and is the President’s Excellence Chai
 r in Forest Bio-products. Prior to January 2019\, she was an Associate Pro
 fessor at McMaster University and the Canada Research Chair in Bio-Based N
 anomaterials (Tier 2). Emily’s research focuses on sustainable nanocompo
 sites and hybrid materials from cellulose and other biopolymers. Her acade
 mic path began at McGill University where she received her Honours B.Sc. i
 n Chemistry with bio-organic specialty and a PhD in Materials Chemistry in
  the group of Professor Derek Gray. The study of value-added products from
  cellulose took her to Stockholm\, Sweden as a postdoctoral researcher at 
 KTH Royal Institute of Technology before she returned to Canada in 2011. E
 mily is the recipient of the 2017 KINGFA Young Investigator’s Award from
  the American Chemical Society’s Cellulose & Renewable Materials divisio
 n and was the 2018 Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecturer\
 , awarded by ACS and the Kavli Foundation.
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