BIOMAT (Integrated Bio-based Materials Value Chains)

At a glance

Project leader : Prof. Dr. Selçuk Yildirim
Co-project leader : Prof. Dr. Christian Adlhart, Dr. Lukas Neutsch, Dr. Dominik Refardt, Bettina Röcker
Project team : Dr. Andrea Baier, Prof. Dr. Urs Baier, Barbara Beck, Lukas Glauser, Prof. Dr. Jürg Grunder, Pascal Herren, Ragini Hüsch, René Itten, Marina Mariotto, Susanna Miescher, Patricia Risch, Nadine Rüegg, Matthias Stucki
Project budget : CHF 990'000
Project status : completed
Funding partner : Internal
Contact person : Selçuk Yildirim

Description

The aim of the project is to develop sustainable bio-based materials to replace the fossil based counterparts. On the one hand, biomaterials will be produced from side-stream products of agro-food industry. On the other hand, green technologies such as cultivation of microalgae will be used to produce biomaterials. Additionally, processes will be developed to convert such biomaterials into valuable products with defined applications.

Publications

Lee, Melissa; Rüegg, Nadine; Yildirim, Selçuk,

2023.

Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of sodium alginate films integrated with cinnamon essential oil and citric acid on sliced cooked ham.

Packaging Technology and Science.

36(8), pp. 647-656.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2733
Mariotto, Marina; Egloff, Sophia; Fritz, Ines; Refardt, Dominik,

2023.

Cultivation of the PHB-producing cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis in a pilot-scale open system using nitrogen from waste streams.

Algal Research.

70(103013).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103013
Frehner, Alena; Itten, René; Stucki, Matthias,

2022.

Life cycle assessment of bio-based materials : environmental impacts of the value chain from cyanobacteria to PHB.

Schriftenreihe Erneuerbare Energien, Bodenökologie, Ökobilanzierung, Ökotechnologie und Aquakultur

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Wädenswil:

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26461
Rimann, Markus; Jüngel, Astrid; Mousavi, Sara; Moeschlin, Nicole; Calcagni, Maurizio; Wuertz-Kozak, Karin; Brunner, Florian; Dudli, Stefan; Distler, Oliver; Adlhart, Christian,

2022.

Acrylonitrile and pullulan based nanofiber mats as easily accessible scaffolds for 3D skin cell models containing primary cells.

Cells.

11(3), pp. 445.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11030445
Risch, Patricia; Adlhart, Christian,

2022.

The separation power of highly porous 3D nanofiber sponges.

Chimia.

76(4), pp. 354-360.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2022.354
Risch, Patricia; Adlhart, Christian,

2021.

A chitosan nanofiber sponge for oyster-inspired filtration of microplastics.

ACS Applied Polymer Materials.

3(9), pp. 4685-4694.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c00799
Pulgarin, Adrian; Kapeller, Alexander Garcia; Tarik, Mohamed; Egloff, Sophia; Mariotto, Marina; Ludwig, Christian; Refardt, Dominik,

2021.

Cultivation of microalgae at high-density with pretreated liquid digestate as a nitrogen source : fate of nitrogen and improvements on growth limitations.

Journal of Cleaner Production.

324.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129238

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