LLE/IWI – Biodegradation of C-C Backbone Plastics and Microplastics in the Marine Environment (Nicolas Kalogerakis, Technical University of Crete)

Myhal MY150 @ 55 St. George, Toronto

    Co-hosted with the Institute for Water Innovation (IWI) Host: Vladimiros Papangelakis Plastic debris and in particular secondary microplastics represent a significant problem among the various pollution problems facing the marine environment. Several studies have been conducted on the fate and weathering of plastics in the marine environment including the generation and fate of […]

LLE – Hairy Nanocellulose (Theo van de Ven, McGill University)

Myhal MY150 @ 55 St. George, Toronto

  Host: Nikolai DeMartini The building blocks of cellulose microfibrils, which make up the wall of wood fibers, are cellulose nanofibrils (CNF). These fibrils are several microns long and have a diameter of about 5 nm. They consist of alternating crystalline and amorphous regions, each about 100-200 nm in length.  Two forms of nanocellulose can […]