NanoLeaves Lab is a group of synthetic chemists settled at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry of the University of Pisa. The research activity fits in the fields of Organic Chemistry and Materials Science. At NanoLeaves Lab, we develop new materials and explore their new and exciting applications in the fields of Chemistry, Technology, and Optoelectronics. We are interested in the preparation and functionalization of organic materials including biomaterials from natural sources, with an eye to nanocellulose and cellulose nanocrystals and to other biopolymers.
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Last November 21st 2020, I was invited by the Alumni group of Prof. Sabu Thomas from Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kottayam, Kerala, India to participate in a global party to celebrate the brilliant career of Prof. Thomas and his 60th anniversary. Prof. Sabu Thomas is presently Vice Cancellor of the Mahatma Gandhi University in India and is a researcher whose achievements have had and will have a great impact on the scientific community, especially in the fields of materials and polymers chemistry and of nanotechnology.
A contribution from the NanoLeaves Lab has been included as Chapter 3, entitled “Nanocellulosed-base functional paper” in the book “Nanocellulose Based Composites for Electronics”, published on October 9th 2020 by Elsevier.
What are the potentialities of nanocelluloses exploitation? And how far are we from their entrance into the global market? Innovative enterprises are already on the market with pilot production of various forms of nanocellulose materials. The following worldwide known companies have already started to produce various forms of nanocellulose, including NFC (nanofibrillated cellulose), MFC (microfibrillated cellulose) and CNC (cellulose nanocrystals):
Up to date, I have published papers on the topic of nanocellulose and cellulose nanocrystals. My research interested are more in defining innovative applications, from the technological point of view, for nanocelluloses, rather than working on the nanocellulose extraction and production.
Here is a list of open access materials that I have produced so far, also with the collaboration of other excellent Italian researchers!
NANOLEAVES - Research Group at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Pisa
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