Rojas_BiCMat_Group

Our #BPI team is at Tappi Nano Conference 2022 in Finland this week! Many of our researchers will be presenting at the conference.

The use of the forest resources in the new era of uncertainty is even more relevant than before. Numerous possible applications include wood-based superstuctured adhesives, natural colours used in textiles and foamformed masks. @Orlando93842114 #finnceres #PIprof

Taking advantage of the properties of soft cellulose-based nanospheres, researchers use them to self‐assemble into densely packed layers for next generation immunoassays @AaltoUniversity @UBC @BOKUvienna @GroupRojas @Beaumont_Chem Read the paper: ow.ly/8gkF50Ct4Mt

Check out our newest work "Self‐Assembly of Soft Cellulose Nanospheres into Colloidal Gel Layers with Enhanced Protein Adsorption Capability for Next‐Generation Immunoassays" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sm…

Urs Dierker, a textile artist who's worked on hit #Hollywood shows, wants to make the industry more sustainable. Here's how he's using non-toxic methods to create clothes that could shine on screen. Full interview: bit.ly/3onaKJj #WayOutThere #Sustainability @DierkerUrs

Xuetong´s very first article @GroupRojas reports our new findings on the use of nanocellulose from wood to boost phase change materials; Our bioproduct can be used for thermal management; for example #solarenergy harvest & #wasteheat recovery #bioeconomy sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Are you interested in preventing the attachment of bacteria to surfaces? Do you prefer biofabrication? Interested in both? Well, you might like this research where we used superhydrophobic surfaces as a tool for high fidelity biofabrication. pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.102…

Liquid crystals of #nano cellulose assemblies bit.ly/LiqXnCl @acsnano from Orlando Rojas @UBC & Guang Chu @AaltoUniversity /PSW @PSWnano

Orlando delivered a nice talking relating to the wide range of innovative wood fibre solutions under study in Bioproduct Institute @UBCBioProducts in today's virtual Faculty of Forestry @ubcforestry Webniar. @Orlando93842114

Check out our new paper published in ACS Nano @acsnano -"All-Aqueous Liquid Crystal Nanocellulose Emulsions with Permeable Interfacial Assembly"- a new way for creating liquid crystal all-water multiphase system. @longbai2011 @Orlando93842114 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

A recent PODCAST from Orlando | Is the bioeconomy the future of pulp and paper? pulpandpapercanada.com/?p=89678 via @connplus2014 @UBCBioProducts @Orlando93842114

You’ve got some of Canada’s best and brightest, @UBC - and today’s conversation on innovations for personal protective equipment made that clear. You all have a big role to play in keeping Canadians safe, and I want to thank you again for stepping up to help out.

Today we had a @UBC roundtable today with Prime Minister of Canada @JustinTrudeau, @JoyceMurray, and @ubcprez. We shared our ongoing work on Can-Mask project with the effort from Johan Foster @UBC_AdvMat and BPI @UBCBioProducts.

We report on a new method to easily and rapidly identify the onset of mesophase formation in cellulose nanocrystals by using isothermal calorimetery. Check our amazing new effort at Langmuir @ACS_Langmuir pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

"Orlando Rojas, scientific director for UBC’s BioProducts Institute and director of UBC’s Pulp and Paper Centre, was drawn to researching wood fibre because of its many possible applications." Read more about where paper research is going: kelownacapnews.com/news/standing-…

Check out our latest news for UBC's BioProducts Institute @UBCBioProducts. kelownacapnews.com/news/standing-… STANDING TALL: Forestry workers meet the challenges, remain hopeful

The BioProducts Institute is participating in the Clean Foundation Professional Internship Program! We are looking to hire 3 interns to join us full-time from October 1st, 2020 to March 31st, 2021. Applications due at 11:59pm, August 23rd, 2020 Apply at: bpi.ubc.ca/2020/08/17/int…

Very pleased to be featured in the inner cover of @MaterialsToday with @GroupRojas and @CranstonLab. Full paper on nanocellulose scaffolds available for free at doi.org/10.1016/j.matt…

Wonderful talks from BiCMat group members, Prof. Orlando Rojas @Orlando93842114, Dr. Bruno Mattos, and Rubina Ajdary @Rubina28341027, at TAPPI Nano virtual conference! Through our researches we find competitive uses of renewable resources! @UBCBioProducts

Check out our new paper published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces @ACS_AMI - "Electrically-Conductive Thin Films Based on Nanofibrillated Cellulose: Interactions with Water and Applications in HumiditySensing" - a great material for smart packaging pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…