Research Groups
We work on improving the profitability of today's paper industry, and on finding new ways to use forest and wood fibres. We engineer materials that are extracted from the forest industry material flows, and then further refined to provide sustainable alternatives to e.g. plastics. We also develop ways to use wood fibres, paper and board in new ways, for example in three-dimensional packaging structures, paper solar cells and light-weight structural composites from fibre-based materials.
Research groups at FSCN
Bioenergy
The Bioenergy gasification research group are focused on synthesis gas (“syngas”) production from biomass for automotive fuel production.
Complex Materials
The heart of research in complex materials group is in unfolding nature’s beautiful trick as a complex system, and in deploying it to redefine our current material design practices.
Eco-Chemistry
The main research interests of the Eco-Chemistry group concerns synthesis, extraction and analysis of natural products.
High Yield Pulping Technology
Research focused on raw material, process technology and new or improved products and qualities.
Materials Physics
Our research concerns materials mainly with relevance for the forest industry. We have many projects in the area for Advanced Paper Materials. We have given them the name KM2 all together. KM2 means squarekilometres of areas that can be used for printing functionalities. In the menu on your left hand you can see our research projects in the field.
Organic Chemistry
The research interest of the organic chemistry group focuses around green catalysis and in particular the field of organic catalysis.
Surface and Colloid Engineering
The need for water in our everyday life is crucial, although the access to clean water cannot be taken for granted in most parts of the world. However, as well as wood, fresh water of exceptionally high quality is one of Sweden’s greatest natural resources, and should not be wasted. The research area was earlier called Water Chemistry.
