We work on improving the profitability of today's paper industry, and to find new ways using forest and wood fibres. We engineer materials extracted from the forest industry material flows, and refine to provide sustainable alternatives to e.g. plastics. We also develop wood fibres, paper and board in new ways, for example in three-dimensional packaging structures, paper solar cells and light-weight structural composites from fibre-based materials.
Research Groups
Research groups at FSCN
Bioenergy
The Bioenergy gasification research group are focused on synthesis gas (“syngas”) production from biomass for automotive fuel production.
Eco-chemistry
The main research interests of the Eco-Chemistry group concerns synthesis, extraction and analysis of natural products.
High yield pulping technology
Research focused on raw material, process technology and new or improved products and qualities.
Materials Physics
Our research concerns materials mainly with relevance for the forest industry. We have many projects in the area for Advanced Paper Materials. We have given them the name KM2 all together. KM2 means squarekilometres of areas that can be used for printing functionalities. In the menu on your left hand you can see our research projects in the field.
Organic Chemistry
The research interest of the organic chemistry group focuses around green catalysis and in particular the field of organic catalysis.
Surface and Colloid Engineering
The research in our group Surface and Colloid Engineering is focused on the following two main areas;Biomaterials and Metal chelation.
