Aalto University, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Finland

NC State, Departments of Forest Biomaterials and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Raleigh, USA

Members of our group conduct multidisciplinary research between Finland and the US. Our name, BiCMat, stands for our core activities involving biobased materials at different size scales, mainly those displaying large interfacial areas such as fibers (micro/nano fibers), fiber networks, particles and colloidal systems.
Some examples of materials of interest include nano/microfibrillar cellulose, cellulose nanocrystals, lignin particles and biopolymer assemblies, thin films, cellulose derivatives, enzymes and lignocellulose-based dispersions, emulsions, foams, gels, aerogels...
We study the adsorption behaviors of surfactants and biopolymers at interphases and at the solid/liquid and liquid/air interfaces using techniques such as piezoelectric and surface plasmon sensing, XPS and other spectroscopic techniques, imaging, light scattering, etc.

In this site you can meet our BiCMat group members and learn about our activities and publications.