Seminar - "Regenerating Nature's Smart Fabric" by Julie-Anne Gandier, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto
ABSTRACT: While we have isolated and regenerated celluloses for textile applications since the turn of the century (e.g. viscose), nature continues to offer new insights into how we could reintegrate biodiversity and heterogeneity into cellulose-based materials as a means of modulating its physico-chemical properties. Cellulose is one of the most abundant organic polymers on earth and serves as an important structural component of the cell walls of plants.