Developing cellulose-based water-resistant coating for packaging applications

This project aims to develop lignocellulosic nanomaterials from Canada’s rich forest fibers for packaging applications. With the banning of single use plastic, more and more paper-based packaging products are developed. However, most of the paper-based packaging products do not have satisfied water-resistant performance. To enhance such performance, lamination using plastic or coating with toxic coating materials are needed. Here, we propose to develop a sustainable coating material using lignocellulosic biomass. The technology developed in this project will be utilized by the partner organization to coat on paper-based products. The partner will benefit significantly from this project as it is actively seeking for sustainable solutions that can be used in modifying paper-based packaging products. There are huge market with the paper-based packaging products with the banning of single use plastic in Canada. Therefore, the company want to shift from their petroleum-based packaging products to paper-based packaging materials.

Faculty Supervisor:

Feng Jiang

Student:

Partner:

MF3 Solutions

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

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