Monika Österberg

Professor

T107 Bioproducts and Biosystems

Research on bio-based material science and surface chemistry of lignocellulosics. Efforts are laid on finding novel application possibilities for the main plant polymers; cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose. The approach to reach these goals is to focus on fundamental insight in surface chemistry of biomaterials at the nanoscale, with a special focus on interaction forces.

Full researcher profile

https://research.aalto.fi/...

monika.osterberg@aalto.fi

Phone number

+358505497218

Honors and awards

Suomen väriyhdistyksen Iiris-palkinto BioColour-hankkeelle

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Design Jan 2025

The Finnish Centre for Nanocellulosic Technologies, Award for “Networking” (Vuoden verkottuja)

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Jan 2008

Research groups

Bioproduct Chemistry, Professor

Publications

Oxidative crosslinking for the development of barrier coatings utilizing lignin-containing cellulose nanofibrils and lignin nanoparticles

Sahar Babaeipour, Paula Nousiainen, Elijah Mark Garcia, Pezhman Mohammadi, Maija Vuoriluoto, Erfan Kimiaei, Hanna Koivula, Monika Österberg 2025 Food Packaging and Shelf Life

Lignin's role in the beginning of the end of the fossil resources era: A panorama of lignin supply, economic and market potential

Erandy Correa-Guillen, Karl Alexander Henn, Monika Österberg, Luana Dessbesell 2025 Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry

Supramolecular Architectures Based on the Self-Assembly of Suberin Hydrolysate, Betulin, and Their Hybrids

Muhammad Farooq, Charlotte Zborowski, Paula A. Nousiainen, Jenni Tienaho, Risto Korpinen, Monika Österberg 2025 Langmuir

Techno-economic Assessment of the Industrial-Scale Production of Epoxidized Kraft Lignin for Adhesives or Coatings

Susanna Forssell, Rahul Prasad Bangalore Ashok, Karl Alexander Henn, Esko Tirronen, John Toivonen, Monika Österberg, Pekka Oinas 2025 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Harnessing liposomal nanocellulose hydrogel for NIR-light driven on-demand drug delivery

Puja Gangurde, Zahra Gounani, Jacopo Zini, Roberta Teixeira Polez, Monika Österberg, Patrick Lauren, Tatu Lajunen, Timo Laaksonen 2025 Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications

Solventless Production of Thermoplastic Lignin Esters for Polymer Blends and Elastomers via Reactive Extrusion

Elijah Mark Garcia, Paula Nousiainen, Uula Hyväkkö, Monika Österberg 2025 ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Exploiting the high affinity between cellulose nanofibrils and Aloe vera acemannan to develop elastic, crosslinker-free, all-polysaccharide hydrogels

Ngoc Huynh, Lukas Fliri, Juan José Valle-Delgado, Monika Österberg 2025 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules