Leena Pitkänen
Staff Scientist
Staff Scientist
T107 Bioproducts and Biosystems
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Email
leena.pitkanen@aalto.fi
Phone number
+358505259441
Research groups
- Biopolymer Chemistry and Engineering, Staff Scientist
Publications
Accurate quantification of polyester in textiles through complete depolymerisation and HPLC
Mattia Cerri, Leena Pitkänen, Corné Schutgens, Michael Hummel
2026
Analytical Methods
Comparing the Nitration of Nanostructured CNF and Other Cellulose Forms for Energetic Applications
Ana Carolina Marotti Dias, Cesar Liberato Petzhold, Leena Pitkänen, Maurício Ferrapontoff Lemos, Fernando Cunha Peixoto
2026
ACS Omega
Enhancing the Spinnability of Cellulose-Based Textile Waste by Doping with High Molecular Weight Bacterial Cellulose
Kaniz Moriam, Crystal E. Owens, Laurel Kroo, William Ghann, Jamal Uddin, Leena Pitkänen, Michael Hummel, Gareth H. McKinley
2026
Biomacromolecules
Towards recycling of ionic liquids in fiber spinning process –Carbohydrate transformation products in aqueous ionic liquid solutions studied by liquid chromatography/quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Leena Pitkänen, Monika Tuominen, Behnaz Asadzadeh, Petri Uusi-Kyyny, Kalle Kaipanen, Petri Kilpeläinen, Michael Hummel, Herbert Sixta
2026
Carbohydrate Research
Self-assembly of mixed-linkage glucan hydrogels formed following EG16 digestion
Nicholas G.S. McGregor, Paavo Penttilä, Leena Pitkänen, Pezhman Mohammadi, Maisa Vuorte, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Suvi Arola
2025
Carbohydrate Polymers
Potential of size-exclusion chromatography and asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation in separation and characterization of plant polysaccharides
Leena Pitkänen
2025
Journal of Chromatography A
Cellulose–xylan composite fibres as precursors for carbon fibres
Mikaela Trogen, Petri Kilpeläinen, Leena Pitkänen, Daisuke Sawada, Lukas Fliri, Inge Schlapp-Hackl, Michael Hummel
2025
RSC Advances
Self-Adaptive Synthesis of Non-Covalent Crosslinkers while Folding Single-Chain Polymers
Dawei Qi, Xuncheng Shi, Caihong Lin, Ferdinand Holzhausen, Liljeström Ville, Xun Sun, Jinghui Luo, Leena Pitkänen, Ya Zhu, Jessica Rosenholm, Sirpa Jalkanen, Jianwei Li
2024
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Carbonisation of lignin in the presence of a eutectic salt mixture: Identifying the lignin properties that govern the characteristics of the resulting carbon material
Daria Robertson, Paula Nousiainen, Leena Pitkänen, Inge Schlapp-Hackl, Dmitrii Rusakov, Michael Hummel
2024
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
Seasonal dynamics in structural characteristics within bark stems of cultivated willow (Salix sp.) by NMR and time-gated Raman spectroscopy
Jinze Dou, Martin Kögler, Kavindra Kumar Kesari, Leena Pitkänen, Tapani Vuorinen
2023
Green Chemistry