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08:00 - 08:30 | Registration

Workshop check-in and materials pickup

08:30 - 08:50 | Opening and Introduction

The importance of knowing your starting material

Dr. Valdeir Arantes (EEL/USP) 

PART 1 –INTRINSIC PROPERTIES

08:50 - 09:50 | Atomic force microscopy as a tool in nanocellulose research: theory, methodology, data interpretation and case studies

 

Me. Otávio Berenguel

LNNano/CNPEM

09:50 - 10:10 | Coffee break

10:10 - 11:10 | (Cryo)TEM imaging of nanocellulose-based materials

 

Dra. Laura Escobar

LNNano/CNPEM

11:10 - 12:10 | Fundamentals of FTIR and NMR in nanocellulose

 

Dra. Talita Martins

Lacerda

EEL/USP

12:10 - 14:00 | Lunch break

PART 2 – PERFORMANCE AND APPLICATIONS

14:00 - 15:00 | Mechanical  characterization of cellulose-reinforced polymer nanocomposites: structure-property relationships

 

Dra. Kelly C. C. Benini

FEG/UNESP

15:00 - 15:20 | Coffee break

15:20 - 16:20 | Rheological Analysis of Nanocellulose Suspensions

 

Dra. Dana Grecov

University of British Columbia

UBC, Canada

16:20 - 16:30 | Closing words