Project title
Electrically conductive bio-based materials
(Co)tutors
- Tutor: I. Burgert (ETHZ)
- Co-Tutor: C. Crestini (UNIVE)
- Industrial Supervisor: H. Brasil (Anton Paar)
Objectives
- Develop electrically conductive lignin-bio fibre materials by utilizing functionalized lignin as a precursor
- Produce optimized inks for highly efficient lasering processes using functionalized lignin oligomers
- Analyse the materials produced by state-of-the-art methodology
Secondments
- UG (6 months) lignin functionalization and develop samples for electrical conductivity (K. Barta)
- Anton Paar (4 months) analysis techniques for the characterization of electrically conductive surfaces (H. Brasil)