Cellulose nanofibers hydrogel beads for adsorption-based water treatment

• Grant number: 24/07351-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 29, 2024
• End date: March 15, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Technology
• Principal Investigator: Juliana da Silva Bernardes
• Grantee: Pedro Sales Toro Alonso
• Supervisor: Michael Kc Tam
• Host Institution: Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Waterloo, Canada
• Associated to the scholarship: 23/02955-0 - Scalable methods to produce nanocellulose from sugarcane bagasse, BP.IC

Abstract

The goal of this project is to use hydrogel beads produced via calcium crosslinking of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers to develop sustainable and large-scale commercially viable systems to remove metallic ions out of water trough adsorption, both in batch and column forms.