All New TAPPI NANO Webinar: Wood Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies

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This final installment of this year’s Nano Webinar Series will give you an overview of published work on nanotechnologies using cellulose nanomaterials, focusing on assembly and functionalization strategies of wood nanocellulose aimed at specific properties, with an eye toward high impact applications including energy, electronics, building materials and water treatment, including nanomanufacturing and light management in transparent nanopaper for optoelectronics (as a replacement of plastics); mechanical properties of densely packed nanocellulose for lightweight structural materials (replacement of steel, Nature 2018); artificial tree for high-performance water desalination and solar steam generations; mesoporous, three-dimensional carbon derived from wood for advanced batteries (replacement of metal current collectors for beyond Li-ion batteries); nano-ionic thermoelectrics (Nature Materials, 2019); radiation cooling (Science, 2019).

Professor Liangbing Hu, PhD will host the Wood Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies webinar held Monday, December 13th 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (EST) to discuss cellulose nanomaterials.

Research Goals:

1.  Identify the current progress in wood nanoscience
2. Describe the advanced innovations for wood nanotechnologies

Webinar attendance is free and open to everyone, particularly academia with interest in Nanotechnology. Reserve your space today!

Meet Presenter:
Liangbing Hu, PhD
Professor - University of Maryland College Park

 
Liangbing Hu received his B.S. in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2002, where he worked on colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) materials for three years. He did his Ph.D. in at UCLA, focusing on carbon nanotube based nanoelectronics (2002-2007). In 2006, he joined Unidym Inc (www.unidym.com) as a co-founding scientist. At Unidym, Liangbing’s role was the development of roll-to-roll printed carbon nanotube transparent electrodes and device integrations into touch screens, LCDs, flexible OLEDs and solar cells. He worked at Stanford University from 2009-2011, where he worked on various energy devices based on nanomaterials and nanostructures.

Liangbing Hu is currently a Herbert Rabin Distinguished Professor at University of Maryland College Park. His research interests include materials innovations, device integrations, and manufacturing in general, with ongoing research actives on wood nanotechnologies, 3000 K extreme materials, and beyond Li-ion batteries. He has published over 390 research papers (click here for a list of his publications).

Register today for the Wood Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies webinar held Monday, December 13th 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM (EST).

Webinar attendance is free and open to everyone, but registration is required.
Reserve your space today!