Unlikely materials
Experimenting with underutilised bio-based materials.
Circular Biobased Materials
The Circular Biobased Materials Research Group is dedicated to advancing sustainable solutions for materials development, production, and utilization. Our primary focus lies in harnessing the potential of non-utilized biobased resources to create materials that adhere to the principles of circular and bioeconomy. Materials should not only be functional and innovative but also energy efficient, affordable and environmentally responsible. We seek strategies to better convert biobased precursors into materials, while considering the best scenario for their end-of-life. This includes regeneration, reuse, up- / re-cycling, as well as environment reconstitution through biodegradation and biodeterioration.
Our research areas
- The science of residues: unpurified systems towards new and improved functions
- Materials for applications in natural environments, e.g., soil
- End-of-life of biobased materials
- Biomass valorization
- High-performance materials from low quality wood
Latest publications
Gas evolution in self-extinguishing and insulative nanopolysaccharide-based hybrid foams
Roozbeh Abidnejad, Daria Robertson, Alexey Khakalo, Morteza Gholami Haghighi Fard, Ari Seppälä, Eva Pasquier, Blaise Tardy, Bruno Dufau Mattos, Orlando Rojas Gaona
2024
Carbohydrate Polymers
Refined Industrial Tannins via Sequential Fractionation: Exploiting Well-Defined Molecular Structures for Controlled Performance in Pickering Emulsions Costabilized with Chitin Nanofibrils
Weitong Wang, Ya Zhu, Monika Österberg, Bruno D. Mattos
2024
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
Endoglucanase effects on energy consumption in the mechanical fibrillation of cellulose fibers into nanocelluloses
Gabriela L. Berto, Bruno D. Mattos, Josman Velasco, Bin Zhao, Fernando Segato, Orlando J. Rojas, Valdeir Arantes
2023
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Black Bioinks from Superstructured Carbonized Lignin Particles
Bruno Dufau Mattos, Noora Jäntti, Sergei Khakalo, Ya Zhu, Arttu Miettinen, Joni Parkkonen, Alexey Khakalo, Orlando Rojas, Mariko Ago
2023
Advanced Functional Materials
Versatile Assembly of Metal–Phenolic Network Foams Enabled by Tannin–Cellulose Nanofibers
Bruno D. Mattos, Ya Zhu, Blaise L. Tardy, Marco Beaumont, Ana Carolina R. Ribeiro, André L. Missio, Caio G. Otoni, Orlando J. Rojas
2023
Advanced Materials
Wood-based superblack
Bin Zhao, Xuetong Shi, Sergei Khakalo, Yang Meng, Arttu Miettinen, Tuomas Turpeinen, Shuyi Mi, Zhipei Sun, Alexey Khakalo, Orlando Rojas Gaona, Bruno Dufau Mattos
2023
Nature Communications
Production of sustainable polymeric composites using grape pomace biomass
Camila Berger, Bruno D. Mattos, Sandro C. Amico, Jorge Antonio de Farias, Rodrigo Coldebella, Darci A. Gatto, André L. Missio
2022
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
Nanocellulose Removes the Need for Chemical Crosslinking in Tannin-Based Rigid Foams and Enhances Their Strength and Fire Retardancy
André Luiz Missio, Caio G. Otoni, Bin Zhao, Marco Beaumont, Alexey Khakalo, Tero Kämäräinen, Silvia H.F. Silva, Bruno D. Mattos, Orlando J. Rojas
2022
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
Thermally Resistant, Self-Extinguishing Thermoplastic Composites Enabled by Tannin-Based Carbonaceous Particulate
André L. Missio, Rafael A. Delucis, Caio Gomide Otoni, Pedro H.G. de Cademartori, Rodrigo Coldebella, Arthur B. Aramburu, Bruno D. Mattos, Marlon B.B. Rodrigues, Nayara Lunkes, Darci A. Gatto, Jalel Labidi
2022
Polymers
Multilayers of Renewable Nanostructured Materials with High Oxygen and Water Vapor Barriers for Food Packaging
Eva Pasquier, Bruno D. Mattos, Hanna Koivula, Alexey Khakalo, Mohamed Naceur Belgacem, Orlando J. Rojas, Julien Bras
2022
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Our members
Bin Zhao
Material manufacturing from particles takes a giant step forward
Tiny fibrils extracted from plants have been getting a lot of attention for their strength.
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