Email
paavo.penttila@aalto.fi
Honors and awards
Hayashi Jisuke Award 2022
Award by The Cellulose Society of Japan for "Development and utilization of X-ray and neutron scattering methods for structural analysis of hierarchical cellulosic materials"
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Wood Material Science
Jul 2023
Publications
Effects of moisture imbibition on cellulose microfibril structures in paper and wood observed by in situ X-ray scattering
Patrik Ahvenainen, Aleksi Zitting, Enriqueta Noriega Benitez, Ville Liljeström, Ryan M. Trevorah, Paavo Penttilä
2025
Carbohydrate Polymers
Effect of Ultrasound Standing Wave-Induced Acoustophoresis in Monoglyceride Oleogel Structuration
Petri Lassila, Thomas Zinn, Jere Hyvönen, Enriqueta Noriega Benitez, Paavo Penttilä, Ari Salmi, Fabio Valoppi
2025
Crystal Growth and Design
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
Static Light Scattering for Lignin Particle Size Characterization
Janita Makkonen, Patrik Ahvenainen, Stefania Bertella, Miriam Kellock, Sanjib Saha, Klaus Huber, Muhammad Farooq, Monika Österberg, Paavo Penttilä
2025
Particle and Particle Systems Characterization
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
Multiscale interface engineering enables strong and water resistant wood bonding
Shiying Zhang, Salla Koskela, Halvar Meinhard, Paavo Penttilä, Muhammad Awais, Markus Linder, Shennan Wang, Lauri Rautkari
2025
Nature Communications
Water imbibition in wood studied by time-resolved X-ray scattering
Patrik Ahvenainen, Aleksi Zitting, Enriqueta Noriega Benitez, Ville Liljeström, Ryan Trevorah, Paavo Penttilä
2024
Insights into the action of phylogenetically diverse microbial expansins on the structure of cellulose microfibrils
Majid Haddad Momeni, Aleksi Zitting, Vilma Jäämuru, Rosaliina Turunen, Paavo Penttilä, Garry W. Buchko, Salla Hiltunen, Natalia Maiorova, Anu Koivula, Janak Sapkota, Kaisa Marjamaa, Emma R. Master
2024
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts
Review: interaction of water vapour with wood and other hygro-responsive materials
Callum Hill, Michael Altgen, Paavo Penttilä, Lauri Rautkari
2024
Journal of Materials Science
X-ray Scattering Analysis of Spruce Aided by Machine Learning
Enriqueta Noriega Benitez, Mikko Mäkelä, Patrik Ahvenainen, Paavo Penttilä
2024