91 Lignin-Based Materials

Monday, November 14, 2016: 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Lombard (Hilton San Francisco Union Square)
Description:
Lignin is one of the three biopolymers present in forest biomass. It is rich in aromatic and various antioxidants and can act as a platform for various novel materials. This session is intended to focus on lignin based biomaterials, nanocarbons and nanocomposites.

Sponsor:
Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division
Co-Sponsor(s):
Biorefinery Technologies for Forest Based Lignocellulosic Biomass (T4A)

Chair:
Manju Misra
Email: mmisra@uoguelph.ca

Co-Chair:
Amar K. Mohanty
Email: mohanty@uoguelph.ca


8:00 AM
Break

8:25 AM
(91b) Organosolv and Kraft Lignin: Fractionation and Conversion to Melt Spun and Electrospun Carbon Fibers
Omid Hosseinaei, David P. Harper, Joseph J. Bozell and Timothy Rials

9:15 AM
(91d) Reactive Diluents Prepared from Lignin Model Compounds:the Effect of Structure and Impurites on the Properties of Vinyl Ester Resins
Alexander W. Bassett, Daniel P. Rogers, Joshua M. Sadler, John J. La Scala, Richard P. Wool and Joseph F. Stanzione III