pedrofardim – Page 2 – Topochemical Engineering & Bioinspired Fabrication

Incorporation of cellulose fiber in glass ionomer cement

This study investigated the effect of discontinuous cellulose microfibers with various loading fractions on selected physical properties of glass polyalkenoate (glass ionomer) cement (GIC). Fiber‐reinforced GIC (Exp‐GIC) was prepared by adding discontinuous...

Fabrication of Biohybrid Polysaccharide-Protein Material for Wound-Healing Application

Tissue engineering is currently one the fastest growing engineering fields, requiring fabrication of advanced and multifunctional materials to be used as scaffolds or dressing for tissue regeneration. In this work, a bilayer...

Rice Husk Bio-Chars as Adsorbents of Contaminants from Water

Biobased adsorbents are eco-friendly materials used for water and wastewater treatment and air cleaning. This research work explores the potential use of rice husk chars as a low-cost adsorbent for pollutants from...

Doctoral Defense with Stein Mincke, Ghent University. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, February 2020

Title of the Thesis: The many faces of chitosan : derivatization to improve antimicrobial and metal removal properties Supervisor: Christian Stevens (UGent) Department of Green Chemistry and Technology Abstract: Global warming, fossil fuel...

Chemical Engineering for Human Health – Course @KU Leuven

The definition of human health is complex and multifaceted. In addition to genetics, the health of individuals is controlled by external and environmental factors, which influence cell metabolism and introduce mutations that...

Defense of Doctoral Thesis with Veronica Nessi, INRAe, Nantes, France, December 2019

Supervisor: Denis Lordin Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to characterize the structure-properties relationships in physiological conditions of composite materials developed by extrusion from potato starch plasticized with glycerol and...

Using Oxone and TAED activator in non-chlorine bleaching of soda bagasse pulp

Bagasse fiber has been used in the production of bleached chemical pulp by the Pars Paper Company. In this company, a conventional three-stage sequence of hypochlorite, alkaline extraction and second hypochlorite (HEH)...