Proceedings
ISBN: 978-85-63273-33-8

### Symposium B

#### Nanocellulose materials: the keystone for a plethora of multifunctional applications

Scope of the Symposium

Nanocellulose is categorized as a renewable source of materials that displays remarkable physical properties together with low toxicity and cost production, earth-abundance and biocompatibility, leading to its use in different applications, ranging from electronic to medical and pharmaceutical devices, together with its integration in other systems acting as a composite. The symposium aims at giving an overview on recent advances of nanocellulose materials, as well as other biopolymers and composites, together with the large range of applications where the optimized materials can be incorporated. Furthermore, all extraction or production routes of nanocellulose/biopolymers (plants, animals, and bacteria) will be considered.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

- Nanocellulose, biopolymers and composites
- Nanocellulose/biopolymers extraction and production emerging routes together with nanomanufacturing options
- Structural and physical property characterization of nanocellulose, biopolymers and composites
- Biodevices such as biosensors, microfluidics and related applications
- Electronic and energy devices such as flexible electronics, solar cells, batteries, and so on

List of invited speakers

- Prof. Dr. Lourival Marin Mendes
  (Universidade Federal de Lavras)
- Prof. Dr. Robert Schennach
  (Institute for Solid State Physics, TU Graz)
- Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Martins
  (i3N/CENIMAT-CEMOP, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
- Prof. Dr. Marco Cremona
  (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - Departamento de Física)
- Prof. Dr. Hagen Klauk
  (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research )

Symposium Organizers

- Dr. Daniela Nunes (Universidade Nova de Lisboa ? Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal)
- Dr. Ari Alastalo (VTT Technical Research Centre of Filand LTD, Filand)
- Dr. David Guerin (Centre Technique du Papier, France)
- Prof. Dr. Antonio José Felix de Carvalho (Department of Materials Engineering, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil)

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