Biopolymer Technology forms together with Polymer Technology, Applied Surface Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology the Division Applied Chemistry.

Contact: Professor Paul Gatenholm

 The research program aims to develop technology required for the transformation of selected biopolymers into advanced biomacromolecular materials. The program is focused on altering the molecular structure of polysaccharides by enzymatic and chemical means in order to control their ability to assemble into solid materials with hierarchical architecture (similar to one existing in biological materials). The surface and interfacial properties of these new biomimetic materials are of major interest. The range of potential applications of the new materials prepared in this program stretches from barrier films and coatings, hydrogels, novel fibers, bioadhesives, biocomposites for automotive applications to scaffolds for tissue engineering.
  
The Biopolymer Technology group is active within the following fields:

• Biosynthetic Blood Vessels (BBV) From Laboratory to Patient Care     

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• Wallenberg Wood Science Center, WWSC

  Aims at creating a new  generation of sustainable materials based on wood polymers.

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