Mu-Rong Wang
PhD project
Functionalization and performance of nanocellulosic filaments
Main supervisor: Daniel Söderberg
Co-supervisor: Anastasia Riazanova, Tomas Rosén
Planned year of defense: 2025
Research interests
I am working currently on chemical and mechanical modification on nanocellulose fibrils(CNFs) in order to tune the CNF network in the flow and to spin strong bio-based filaments. From CNF dispersion to applications:
- Trying out different sources of cellulose and process them into CNFs. Characterising the differences between the single fibres and the spinning filaments.
- Studying the correlations between the dynamic behaviour of the CNF network in the flow to the spinnability of CNF dispersions.
- Conditioning the drying process of bio-based filaments and the interactions between the CNF fibres.
Background
PhD student 2021 -
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH)
Master in Functional Advanced Materials and Engineering (FAME+) 2019 - 2021
Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt)
Université Catholique Louvain (UCLouvain)
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering 2014 - 2018
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Recent publications
[1]
S.-Y. Hsiung et al.,
"Structures of the xyloglucans in the monocotyledon family Araceae (aroids),"
Planta, vol. 257, no. 2, 2023.
[2]
S.-C. Chang et al.,
"The Gram-positive bacterium Romboutsia ilealis harbors a polysaccharide synthase that can produce (1,3;1,4)-β-D-glucans,"
Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, 2023.