Lignocellulose chemistry
The research group aims to develop the processing and use of wood-based biomass.
Group description
Wood fibers and wood macromolecules are central to today’s materials biorefinery. The current challenges presented by raw material and energy scarcity call for solutions that make processing more efficient and enable us to use all fractions of the biomass. The Lignocellulose chemistry group focuses on processing and utilization of wood fibers and wood hemicelluloses.
Group leader Tiina Nypelö (Associate Professor) holds a position also at Chalmers University of Technology. She is active in European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence. Nypelö teaches in courses CHEM-E1150 and CHEM-E1160.
Contact information
If you are interested in our research, you can contact Tiina Nypelö, head of the research group, by email.
- Mailing address: Puunjalostustekniikka 1, Aalto Bioproduct Centre, Aalto University, PL 16300, 00076 AALTO, Finland.
- Visiting address: Room 212, Vuorimiehentie 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland.
- E-mail addresses: firstname.lastname(at)aalto.fi.
Publications
Bio-based foams with multifunctional photothermal, fire-resistant, and CO2 capture properties
Hossein Baniasadi, Roozbeh Abidnejad, Ziba Fathi, Pedro E.S. Silva, Sanandam Bordoloi, Jaana Vapaavuori, Jukka Niskanen, Eero Kontturi, Erlantz Lizundia
2025
Carbon
Effect of xylan on the mechanical performance of softwood kraft pulp 2D papers and 3D foams
Veronika Biegler, Jana B. Schaubeder, Julian Selinger, Stefan Spirk, Ulrich Hirn, Tiina Nypelö, Alexander Bismarck, Wolfgang Bauer
2025
TAPPI Journal
A cellulosic fibre foam as a bicycle helmet impact liner for brain injury mitigation in oblique impacts
Florian Feist, Markus Wagner, Georg Baumann, Stefan Spirk, Veronika Biegler, Qixiang Jiang, Tiina Nypelö
2025
Heliyon
Propagation of Orientation Across Lengthscales in Sheared Self-Assembling Hierarchical Suspensions via Rheo-PLI-SAXS
Reza Ghanbari, Ann Terry, Sylwia Wojno, Marko Bek, Kesavan Sekar, Amit Kumar Sonker, Kim Nygård, Viney Ghai, Simona Bianco, Marianne Liebi, Aleksandar Matic, Gunnar Westman, Tiina Nypelö, Roland Kádár
2025
Advanced Science
Visualization of Cellulose Structures with Cesium Labeling and Cryo-STEM
Daniel Knez, Patrick Petschacher, Helmar Wiltsche, Jean-Luc Putaux, Yoshiharu Nishiyama, Yu Ogawa, Gerald Kothleitner, Tiina Nypelö, Stefan Spirk
2025
Small
Tert-Butanol as a Structuring Agent for Cellulose Nanocrystal Fluids and Foams
Saül Llácer Navarro, Elliot Orzan, Ratchawit Janewithayapun, Paavo Penttilä, John Andersson, Anna Ström, Roland Kádár, Tiina Nypelö
2025
Biomacromolecules
Foaming and cross-linking of cellulose fibers using phytic acid
E. Orzan, A. Barrio, V. Biegler, J. B. Schaubeder, A. Bismarck, S. Spirk, T. Nypelö
2025
Carbohydrate Polymers
Single-Molecule Imaging of Wood Xylans on Surfaces and Their Interaction with GH11 Xylanase
Jana B. Schaubeder, Christian Ganser, Chonnipa Palasingh, Manuel Eibinger, Tiina Nypelö, Takayuki Uchihashi, Stefan Spirk
2025
Biomacromolecules
Biobased Antimicrobial Coatings: Layer-by-Layer Assemblies Based on Natural Polyphenols
Pavel Vostrejs, Adriana Kovalcik, Jana Bianca Schaubeder, Stefan Spirk, Michal Hricovini, Tiina Nypelö, Michal Kalina, Nicole Cernekova, Matej Brezina, Rupert Kargl
2025
ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Lost in homogenisation: Navigating the challenges of predicting ideal behaviour in inhomogeneous porous structures
Markus Wagner, Sebastian Wurm, Georg Baumann, Tiina Nypelö, Florian Feist
2025
International Journal of Solids and Structures