Characterization of Lignocellulosic Materials

Part 1. Novel or Improved Methods for the Characterization of Wood, Pulp Fibres & Paper
1) 2D heteronuclear (1H-13C) single quantum correlation (HSQC) NMR analysis of Norway spruce bark components
2) Raman Spectroscopic Characterization of Wood and Pulp Fibers
3) Surface characterization of mechanical pulp fibres by contact angle measurement, polyelectrolyte adsorption, XPS and AFM
4) Assessing Substrate Accessibility to Enzymatic Hydrolysis by Cellulases
5) Characterization of alkyl ketene dimmer-sized papers by XPS and dynamic contact angle measurements
6) Chemical Microscopy of Extractives on Fiber and Paper Surfaces

Part 2. Characterization of Cellulose, Lignin and Modified Cellulose Fibres
7) Deformation processes in cellulosics using Raman microscopy
8) Life-time prediction of cellulosics by thermal and mechanical analysis
9) Recent advances in the isolation and analysis of lignins and lignin-carbohydrate complexes
10) Chemical Composition and Lignin Structural Features of Banana Plant Leaf Sheath and Rachis
11) Recent advances in the characterization of lignosulfonates
12) Integrated size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) analysis of cellulose and its derivatives
13) 13C CPMAS NMR studies of wood, cellulose fibres and derivatives

Part 3. Characterization of Lignocelluloses-based Composites and Polymer Blends
14) Advances in the characterization of interfaces and the fiber surfaces in lignocellulosic fiber-reinforced composites
15) Thermal and mechanical analysis of lignocelluloses-based biocomposites
16) New insights into the mechanisms of compatibilization in wood-plastic composites
17) X-ray powder diffraction analyses of kraft lignin-based thermoplastic polymer blends
18) Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) of chemically cross-linked ethylcelluloses and ethylcellulose-methylcellulose blends
19) DSC and AFM studies on chemically cross-linked sodium cellulose sulfate hydrogels
20) Microscopic

Dr. THOMAS Q. HU is a Principal Scientist at FPInnovations - Paprican Division and an Adjunct Professor in the Chemistry Department at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He received his B.Sc. (1983) in Polymer Science and Engineering from South China Institute of Technology, and his M.Sc. (1988) and Ph.D. (1993) in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from UBC. He joined Paprican in 1994 after a two-year tenure there as an NSERC Canada Industrial Postdoctoral Fellow.
 
His area of expertise is in the application of advanced, next-generation chemistry to solve various long-standing technological problems in the pulp and paper industry. He has pioneered the work in the novel modification of lignin functional groups, the development of fibre-reactive radical scavengers for the photostabilization of lignocellulosic materials, and the bleaching of lignin-rich wood pulps with phosphorus-based chemicals. He has developed a number of novel processes for the bleaching and brightness stabilization of lignin-rich wood pulps. He has over 70 publications including one edited book on Chemical Modification, Properties and Usage of Lignin, five issued international patents and several pending US and Canadian patents. He has won a number of prestigious awards including the 2004 Journal of Pulp and Paper Science Best Paper Award and the 2005 Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada Douglas Atack Award for Best Mechanical Pulping Paper.
 
Contributors to the book:
Dr. Umesh P. Agarwal
Dr. Mikhail Balakshin
Dr. S.M. Braaten
Dr. Ewellyn Capanema
Dr. Richard P. Chandra
Dr. H. Chang
Dr. Y. R. Chen
Dr. N Cordeiro
Dr. Ari R. Esteghlalia
Dr. D.V. Evtuguin
Dr. Pedro Fardim
Dr. G.E. Fredheim
Dr. Goran Gellerstedt
Dr. Wadood Y. Hamad
Dr. Hyoe Hatakeyama
Dr. Tatsuko Hatakeyama
Dr. Bjarne Holmborn
Dr. S. Horita
Dr. Akira Isogai
Dr. Krista Koljonen
Dr. Ingvild Kvien
Dr. R.A. Lauten
Dr. Stu Lebo
Dr. Kaichang Li
Dr. John A. Lu
Dr. B.F. Lutnaes
Dr. Sirkka