{"id":1957,"date":"2013-05-08T11:25:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T15:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/?page_id=1957"},"modified":"2021-05-05T11:36:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T15:36:34","slug":"nanocellulose-r-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/nanocellulose__trashed\/nanocellulose-r-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanocellulose Research and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/pdc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/398\/2016\/10\/fotorcollagenano3-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"fotor collage\" width=\"338\" height=\"250\" \/>Nanocellulose-based materials have much potential for the manufacture of high-performance products. This\u00a0is due to the unique properties of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and cellulose nanofibrils (CNF), whose physical\u00a0and chemical properties are very different from properties of cellulose at the macro scale. Nanocellulose-based\u00a0materials have high strength and low weight. The highest grades have attributes that offer great reinforcing\u00a0strength and\/or optical clarity, while lower grades can offer increased strength and improved properties at\u00a0lower costs.<\/p>\n<p>Up to now, CNF and CNC commercialization efforts have been hampered by the lack of material\u00a0in sufficient quantities to conduct meaningful technology demonstrations. To address this shortage, the USDA\u00a0Forest Service, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fpl.fs.fed.us\/research\/research_emphasis_areas\/introduction.php?rea_id=4\">Forest Products Laboratory (FPL)<\/a> and the UMaine Process Development Center\u00a0are working together to produce and distribute CNC and\u00a0CNF in various forms for academic and industrial\u00a0research. The FPL and UMaine have been research partners since April 2011 when they began converting wood\u00a0components into nanomaterials and developing new generations of high-performance wood-based materials.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Cellulose Nanotechnology Research Consortium<\/h3>\n<p>The Nanocellulose Research Program at UMaine is part of a research consortium led by the Forest Products\u00a0Laboratory. The consortium includes six other universities \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/cellulose.gatech.edu\/\">Georgia Institute of Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsu.edu\/\">North Carolina\u00a0State University<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/\">Oregon State University<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/\">Pennsylvania State University<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/\">Purdue University<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utk.edu\/\">University\u00a0of Tennessee<\/a>. Consortium members are working together to develop scalable methods to convert wood\u00a0components into novel, high-performance nanomaterials. Their work is also being directed at improving\u00a0methods to isolate, characterize, and develop standards for the various forms of nanocellulose.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nanocellulose-based materials have much potential for the manufacture of high-performance products. This\u00a0is due to the unique properties of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) and cellulose nanofibrils (CNF), whose physical\u00a0and chemical properties are very different from properties of cellulose at the macro scale. Nanocellulose-based\u00a0materials have high strength and low weight. 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