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Latest news
FLOWER approved by the Interreg VA France (Channel) England Programme
Jun 15, 2018Development of innovative flax fibre reinforcements for composite applications
A strategy to improve the processing of softwood to sustainable biomaterials and biofuels
Sep 21, 2017In a paper recently published in Biotechnology for Biofuels we are looking at a possible way to improve the processing of timber derived from conifers to feedstock used for sustainable manufacturing of novel biomaterials and biofuels. Softwood, as any other timber, is predominantly composed of plant secondary cell walls - an intricate matrix of polysaccharides and phenolic compounds which surround wood cells. Due to abundance of trees, plant secondary cell walls are the largest, renewable, resource of bioenergy on the planet.
Green method developed for making technical fibres
Sep 07, 2017The team at the Centre for Natural Material Innovation has designed a super stretchy, strong and sustainable material that mimics the qualities of spider silk and viscose rayon, and is ‘spun’ from a material that is 98% water.
New journal article published by Professor Dupree
Mar 29, 2017
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