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Novel solvent systems for cellulose scoop award

08/04/2022
Novel solvent systems for cellulose scoop award

The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize - from the Swedish foundation that funds research projects of high scientific potential - has been awarded to Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen and Professor Herbert Sixta for the development of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres. The pair from Aalto University and the...

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