Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00478, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Hoa, Suong Van (Concordia University)|Hoa, Suong Van (Université Concordia), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : The availability of pure lignin - an abundant, and renewable by-product - with excellent thermal and flame_x000D_
retardant properties make the production of new sustainable thermoplastic composites, which could replace_x000D_
petroleum based plastics, very attractive. The difficulties related to the disaggregation and dispersion at the_x000D_
nano-level of the lignin make quite challenging the manufacture of good quality products. These challenges_x000D_
will be addressed using a state of the art lab-scale twin extruder and novel solvent exchange methods., program purpose french : The availability of pure lignin - an abundant, and renewable by-product - with excellent thermal and flame_x000D_
retardant properties make the production of new sustainable thermoplastic composites, which could replace_x000D_
petroleum based plastics, very attractive. The difficulties related to the disaggregation and dispersion at the_x000D_
nano-level of the lignin make quite challenging the manufacture of good quality products. These challenges_x000D_
will be addressed using a state of the art lab-scale twin extruder and novel solvent exchange methods., agreement title english : Lignin based sustainable thermoplastics with low carbon foot print, agreement title french : Lignin based sustainable thermoplastics with low carbon foot print, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-08-23, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada