Blends and Graft Copolymers of Cellulosics

Methods for Characterization of Microscopic Structures of Cellulose-core Multicomponent Systems.- Cellulosic Polymer Blends 1: With Vinyl Polymers.- Cellulosic Polymer Blends 2: With Aliphatic Polyesters.- Cellulosic Graft Copolymers.- Cellulosic Fibers Produced by Melt Spinning.

Prof. Yoshiyuki Nishio is a Professor of Kyoto University (Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture).Since 1982, his career has covered all academic occupations: 1982-90, Assistant Professor,Fukui University (1985-86, Res. fellow in McGill University); 1990-95, Associate Professor,Nagaoka University of Technology; 1995-99, Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology; 1999-2000, Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, and, concurrently, Director of the Museum of Fiber Science and Technology; 2001-Present, Professor, Kyoto University. For these fifteen years, he has also taught as an invited part-time lecturer in many universities/institutes such as The University of Tokyo, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagoya University, etc. Honors The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Progress Award for 1988; The Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan, Sakurada Takeshi Memorial Award for 1990; The Cellulose Society of Japan Award for 1997; Fellow of IAWS (International Academy of Wood Science), 2007-present.
Prof. Nishio has published 120 original papers, 28 review papers, 17 book chapters; 12 patents (as inventor); ~30 research reports/commentaries and given more than 50 presentations at international conferences (including ~20 invited ones).
Dr. Yoshikuni Teramoto is an Associate Professor of Gifu University (Department of Applied Life Science, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences) in Japan.In 2005, he joined Biomass Technology Research Center of National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST) Chugoku (Hiroshima, Japan) as a Research Scientist and mainly worked on the conversion of woody lignocellulosic biomass into liquid fuel. In 2008, he moved to Kyoto University (Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science) as an Assistant Professor andspent five years. His work has included material functionalization of cellulosic