Poster Presentations PO-1  NOVEL IN-SITU POROSIFER TEMPLATING ROUTES TO PRODUCE ALL-CELLULOSE NANO-FIBRILLAR FOAMS J.J. Blaker PO-2  WATER STABLE BIODEGRADABLE NANOFIBER NONWOVENS BY ELECTROSPINNING OF AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS OF ALIPHATIC BLOCK COPOLYESTERS K. Bubel PO-3  BIOPOLYOLS-BASED POLYURETHANES. SYNYHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION M.A. Corcuera PO-4  FUNCTIONALIZATION OF POLYLACTIC ACID THROUGH AZEOTROPIC DEHYDRATIVE CONDENSATION A. Gregorova PO-5  ELASTOMETIC POLYURETHANE/CNC NANOCOMPOSITES: INFLUENCE OF CNC ASPECT RATIO A. Eceiza PO-6  FT-NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY TO ANALYSE THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF POLYSACCHARIDES FROM LIGNOCELLULOSE K. Fackler PO-7  DELIGNIFYING PRETREATMENT OF WHEAT STRAW USING ALKALINE PEROXIDE IN THE PRESENCE OF ETHANOL K. Fackler PO-8  COLLOIDAL STABILITY OF CHARGED CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALLINE IN AQUEOUS SYSTEMS S. Fu PO-9  EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE BIODEGRADATION OF POLYLACTIC ACID AND ITS NANOCOMPOSITES P. Georgiopoulos PO-10  BIOCHAR: A NEW RENEWABLE CARBON SOURCE FOR BIOMATERIAL USES P. Gonugunta PO-11  NEW CUTINASES FOR POLYETHYLENE DEGRADATION AND THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACE PROPERTIES K.J. Greimel PO-12  NOTCH SENSITIVITY OF JUTE FIBER MAT REINFORCED UNSATURATED POLYESTER MATRIX COMPOSITES H. Hamada PO-13  EFFECT OF STORAGE ON OAT SPELT ARABINOXYLAN FILMS PLASTICIZED WITH GLYCEROL AND SORBITOL S. Heikkinen PO-14  ATTACHMENT OF SUBSTRATE BINDING MODULES TO CUTINASES ENHANCES POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE HYDROLYSIS E. Herrero Acero PO-15  COPOLYMERIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DIFFERENT SIZED MUCIC ACID BASED MICROPARTICLES S. Jäger PO-16  FLOCCULATED FLOW OF MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE WATER SUSPENSIONS A. Karppinen PO-17  DESIGNING PAPER PRODUCTS FROM CROP WASTE A. Kaynama PO-18  BIODEGRADABILITY OF BIOPLASTICS IN CROPLAND AND EXPOSURE TO MOULD GROWTH S. Khoramnejadian PO-19  CASEIN FILMS AND ITS COMPOSITES WITH REGENERATED CELLULOSE FIBRE FOR PACKAGING APPLICATIONS H. Kumar PO-20  IMPROVING THE PROPERTIES OF BACTERIAL CELLULOSE/POLY(L-LACTIC ACID) NANOCOMPOSITES BY HETEROGENEOUS MODIFICATION OF BACTERIAL CELLULOSE. IS IT THE WAY FORWARD? K.-Y. Lee PO-21  PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND ADHESION PERFORMANCE OF CANOLA PROTEIN MODIFIED WITH SODIUM BISULFITE N. Lia PO-22  BIO-BASED NON-ISOCYANATE POLYURETHANE COATINGS DERIVED FROM PLANT OILS A.R. Mahendran PO-23  HYDROLYSIS OF POLYETHYLENE THEREPHTHALATE WITH A NEW CUTINASE FROM THERMOBIFIDA ALBA A. Marold PO-24  ACOUSTIC AND DAMPING CHARACTERISTICS OF ARECA FIBER REINFORCED PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE COMPOSITES G.Ch. Mohan Kumar PO-25  PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF NANO-CELLULOSE REINFORCED POLYMER M. Muhamad PO-26  PLA-GRAPHITE NANOCOMPOSITES AS PROMISING NEW MATERIALS FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS M. Murariu PO-27  CHARACTERISTICS AND POTENTIAL PRODUCTS FROM ALGAE OILS A.W. Myers PO-28  RENEWABLE RESOURCE BASED GREEN COMPOSITES FROM GRASS FIBERS AND BIOPLASTICS V. Nagarajan PO-29  MOLDING METHOD AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF JUTE/PLA INJECTION MOLDINGS T. Ohta PO-30  PRODUCTION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES FROM FATTY WASTES S. Povolo PO-31  SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NATURAL OIL BASED ALKYD-ACRYLIC COPOLYMERS P. Rämänen PO-32  ENZYMATICAL AND FUNGAL MODIFICATION OF INDUSTRIAL LIGNOSULFONATES M. Riegler PO-33  NOVEL METHODS TO INTRODUCE FUNCTIONALITY TO CELLULOSE M. Ruda PO-34  ELASTOMERIC POLYURETHANE FILLED WITH LAYERED SILICATES AND CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS L. Rueda PO-35  POLYURETHANE NANOCOMPOSITES WITH HIGH PERCENTAGE OF COMPONENTS DERIVED FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES A. Saralegui PO-36  CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE BASED BIORESPONSIVE POLYMERS USED FOR ENZYMATIC CONTROLLED RELEASE K.P. Schneider PO-37  BIO-MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY LAB X.S. Sun PO-38  EVALUATION OF TRANSVERSE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES H. Takagi PO-39  CELLULOSE POLYMERS FROM SUB- AND SUPERCRITICAL WATER TREATMENT L. Tolonen PO-40  SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF OXYPROPYLATED LIGNINS K. Wallisch PO-41  ANALYSIS OF LIGNINS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES USING ALKALINE HP-SEC AND NMR F. Zikeli PO-42  THE EFFECT OF ADDITIVES ON MATERIALS PRODUCED FROM PROTEIN RICH CRAMBE OILSEED RESIDUALS W.R. Newson PO-43  IMPROVEMENT OF BENDING PROPERTIES OF POLYMERIC COMPOSITES USING DATE PALM AND JUTE NATURAL FIBERS S. Rafeizadeh PO-44  CHITIN BUTYRATE ACETATE COPOLYESTER FIBRES CONTAINING TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE (TCP) NANOADDITIVE Z. Draczynski PO-45  INFLUENCE OF PLASTICIZER TYPE AND ITS COMPATIBILITY ON THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CELLULOSE ACETATE S. Zepnik PO-46  DIRECT EVALUATION OF ADHESIVE ENERGY IN A WOOD ADHESIVE BOND USING NANOINDENTATION TECHNIQUE M. Obersriebnig PO-47  MODEL SURFACE STUDY ON WATER VAPOUR UPTAKE BEHAVIOR OF XYLAN DERIVATIVES M.S. Peresin PO-48  ISOLATION AND NMR CHARACTERIZATION OF WL-26, A NOVEL MICROBIAL EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE FROM BACTERIA SPHINGOMONAS SPP. JZZ 0509 W. Jia