Grafted Pulp - A New Canadian Forest Product

加拿大对更可持续的生物经济的愿景作出了重要贡献，在这种经济中，创新的生物方法将取代基于石油化学品的产品和工艺。 加拿大在研究绿色化学、生物燃料和基于纳米纤维素的新材料方面投入了大量资金。 我们拥有世界上10%的森林，传统的纸浆和造纸工业可以为生物经济转型提供很多帮助。 该提案的目标是制造更强木浆纤维的新方法，这可能导致材料取代塑料包装和其他非可持续材料。 具体来说，我们建议麦克马斯特大学、巴斯夫加拿大公司和CANFOR公司建立合作伙伴关系，旨在开发新的聚合物和工艺，将商品市场木浆转化为高附加值的接枝纸浆。作为聚合物改性市场纸浆的第一个商业实例，这项研究将建立在加拿大林业部门创新的良好记录基础上。 这项工作的第一阶段将在麦克马斯特大学纸浆和纸张研究中心进行，由两名博士。学生和博士后研究员。 全职研究团队将由暑期研究生增加。 从长远来看，我们设想将技术转让给巴斯夫，巴斯夫将生产新的聚合物，然后在CANFOR工厂进行纸浆厂试验。

Canada contributes importantly to a vision of a more sustainable bio-economy in which innovative, bio-based approaches will replace products and processes based on petrochemicals. Canada has invested heavily in researching green chemistry, biofuels, and new materials based on nanocellulose. With 10% of the world's forest, our traditional pulp and paper industries have much to offer the bio-economy transformation. This proposal targets new ways of making much stronger wood pulp fibers, which could lead to materials supplanting plastic packaging and other non-sustainable materials. Specifically, we are proposing a partnership between McMaster University, BASF Canada and CANFOR, aimed at the development of new polymers and processes that will convert commodity market wood-pulps into high value-added Grafted~Pulp. As the first commercial example of polymer-modified market pulp, this research will build on Canada's strong track record of forest sector innovation. The first phase of this work will be conducted at the McMaster University Centre for Pulp and Paper Research by two Ph.D. students and a post-doctoral fellow. The full-time research team will be augmented by summer research students. In the longer term, we envisage technology transfer to BASF, who will manufacture the new polymers, followed by pulp mill trials in a CANFOR mill.