TAPPI’s Nano Division is organizing a new informational webinar focused on cellulose nanomaterials (CNMs) as a binder. The webinar will be presented by Mehdi Tajvidi, Full Professor of Renewable Nanomaterials in the School of Forest Resources and Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine.
CNMs have excellent binder properties that can be used to partially or fully replace common adhesives in an array of applications. You will learn the history of using CNMs as a binder and explore various ways CNMs contribute to new product development efforts enabled by their binder properties.
Cellulose Nanomaterials as Binder: From Lab to Industry Webinar
12:00pm – 1:00pm (ET)
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Webinar attendance is open to everyone and there is no cost to attend, but registration is required.
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Meet the Speaker
Mehdi Tajvidi
Mehdi Tajvidi is the Full Professor of Renewable Nanomaterials in the School of Forest Resources and Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine. Previously, Mehdi worked at the USDA Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, the University of Tehran, Iran, the University of Tokyo, Japan and the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Mehdi’s areas of research interest are production, characterization and performance evaluation of renewable nanomaterials and their composites. Mehdi’s core research area at the University of Maine is focused on utilization of cellulose nanomaterials in high volume applications such as coatings, packaging and building products. To date, Mehdi has published over 160 papers in academic journals, presented over 70 presentations at international conferences and advised/co-advised over 60 graduate students and postdocs.
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