Department of Materials
and Environmental Chemistry
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"Bio-based functional materials"
Welcome to the official website
of Prof. Aji Mathew´s group:
In Aji Mathew´s lab, we have a vision to develop bio-based functional materials with special focus on green and environmental-friendly processes. The group has extensive know-how on biobased nanocomposites, membranes, foams and hydrogels for water purification, biomedical and photocatalytic activity applications.


RECENT NEWS

Luis Valencia got the "Best Circular Economy Business Award " in the 2019 Top Stars "Innovation Challenge for PhDs and postdocs", organized by the EIT European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Congrats to Luis Valencia!
For publishing a terrific paper in ACS Applied Materials and interfaces entitled "Bio-based Cellulose Nanofibril-Oil Composite Films for Active Edible Barriers"

Congrats to Chuantao Zhu and Peng Liu
For the great paper in Journal of Hazardous Materials, entitled "Mechanically robust high-flux graphene oxide-nanocellulose for dye removal from water

Congrats to Sahar Sultan!
For publishing the great publication in Advanced Functional Materials entitled "CelloMOF: Nanocellulose Enabled 3D Printing of Metal-Organic Frameworks"

Congrats to Chuantao Zhu!
For publishing the amazing paper in ACS Nano entitled "Cellulose Nanofiber–Graphene Oxide Biohybrids: Disclosing the Self-Assembly and Copper-Ion Adsorption Using Advanced Microscopy and ReaxFF Simulations"

Congrats to Luis Valencia
For the terrific paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry A entitled "Fully bio-based zwitterionic membranes with superior antifouling and antibacterial properties prepared via surface-initiated free-radical polymerization of poly (cysteine methacrylate)"