Project description
Bioresources-based method for sophisticated hierarchical structures
Aqueous particle dispersions are crucial in everyday products like food and pharmaceuticals. However, developing sustainable and functional colloidal particles remains a challenge. The slow market entry of bio-based alternatives is due to a lack of technologies needed for their industrial use. The ERC-funded PARTIPERSION project will promote findings from the ERC CoG project on hierarchical particles derived from two abundant but often underutilised biopolymers: lignin and hemicelluloses. The project aims to use available bioresources to develop an environmentally friendly method for creating hierarchical structures, specifically hemicellulose-coated lignin particles. The outcomes are expected to lead to advancements in colloid and interface science and contribute to a sustainable utilisation of the Earth’s resources.
Objective
Aqueous particle dispersions are elemental to many aspects of every-day life, from food and pharmaceuticals to construction materials. However, today’s dispersion science faces a grand challenge in developing colloidal particles with outstanding functionality in a sustainable manner. To enable society’s transformation from oil-based economy to bioeconomy, there is an urgent need to develop sophisticated biocompatible materials, such as particle dispersions, from biomass-derived precursors through sustainable conversion routes. Current bio-based alternatives to synthetic dispersions are entering the market rather slowly, primarily because key technologies to achieve superior functionality to justify industrial adaptation of biobased polymers are lacking. I will promote the findings of my fundamental ERC CoG project on hierarchical particles from two of the most abundant, but underused biopolymers: lignin and hemicelluloses. PARTIPERSION will establish a green route to sophisticated hierarchical architectures - hemicellulose-coated lignin particles - utilizing abundant bioresources. The project will lead to a breakthrough in colloid and interface science and contribute to more sustainable use of Earth’s resources.
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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00014 Helsinki
Finland
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