Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems

Lignocellulose chemistry

The research group aims to develop the processing and use of wood-based biomass.
The research topics of the group listed as a black text, set on top of an image of wood biomass substances on grey plates, plus wood chips and a log in the background
Photo: Mikko Raskinen / Aalto University

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.

Professor Tiina Nypelö smiling and riding a red bicycle inside of a research facility

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.

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Publications

Catalytic conversion of enzymatic hydrolysis lignin: Solvolysis and upgrading

Gen Li 2026

Structural isomerism in Ce-MOFs directs Ni/CeO2 catalyst design for selective fatty acid deoxygenation to linear α-olefins

Jian Tian, Jiasen Li, Mingke Zhang, Youting Wang, Gen Li, Bin Chen, Guowu Zhan 2026 Chemical Communications

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
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