Room: Poster Area
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026
Time: 16:15 - 17:15 CEST
Session code 6CV.7
Biopolymers and bioplastics
From Industrial Waste to Bio-based Adhesives: Development of Lignin-Furfural Adhesives Using Deep Eutectic Solvents
Short Introductive summary
The wood adhesives industry remains dominated by phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resins derived from fossil resources and associated with formaldehyde emissions. This study aims to develop a formaldehyde-free, bio-based adhesive using lignin, a renewable aromatic polymer, and furfural, a hemicellulose-derived crosslinker. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were employed as green reaction media to enhance lignin solubility and reactivity, enabling a one-pot, in situ polymerization of lignin and furfural.
Presenter
Karl Romek STASKEVITS
Tallinn University of Technology, Chemistry and Biotechnology Dpt., ESTONIA
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Co-authors:
K.R. Staskevits, Tallinn University of Technology, ESTONIA
W.H.P. Thevis, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Heerlen, THE NETHERLANDS
I. Krasnou, Tallinn University of Technology, ESTONIA
M. Kulp, Tallinn University of Technology, ESTONIA
Session reference: 6CV.7.10