Speakers: Lars Wågberg and Tobias Benselfelt from Fiber and Polymer Technology and WWSC.

Using the widely spread DLVO theory for systems of interacting charged particles as starting point, they discuss what happens when the relevant length scales approaches the nanometer range, or when the basic assumptions of the DLVO theory are no longer valid. Examples from their own vast experience of working with nanocellulose are used to highlight phenomena like colloidal stability, self-organization, and network formation of such particles, both from a fundamental perspective and in the context of novel biomaterials.

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