Welcome!

Our research group exploits and valorizes renewable resources for green materials design and engineering. More specifically, we aim to deepen our understanding on the process-structure-properties-performance relationships of renewable feedstock for their valorization and utilization as advanced functional materials.

One of our goals is to propose more sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based products.

Part of our expertise is the extraction, characterization and utilization of cellulose nanomaterials (cellulose nanofibrils, CNFs, and cellulose nanocrystals, CNCs – more information below!), as building block model for the development of packaging substrates and coatings, stimuli-responsive materials, controlled release systems, functional porous materials, among other high-performance products and novel applications.

Why cellulose nanomaterials? A description of what is cellulose nanomaterials from the tree to its hierarchical structure of fibrils down to the cellulose chain assembly.

We use this material because they are bio-sourced building blocks, biodegradable, biocompatible, versatile and tunable, of large aspect ratio, surface area to volume ratio, strength to weight ratio and ow low coefficient of thermal expansion

Feel free to have a look at our on-going research activities and published work, and to contact us if you have any questions or wish to join us!