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Nanocellulose is also interesting as a membrane and filter material in medical technology. “Bacterially synthesised nanocellulose is a high performance high-tech bio-polymer with unique material properties whose structure and form can be controlled during the process of biosynthesis enabling it to be used for innovative and forward-looking solutions for medical applications , e.g. as a modern wound dressing,” explains Dr. Dana Kralisch from JeNaCell GmbH.

At the Institute of Technical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena with the cooperation of partners EPC Engineering Consulting GmbH and Polymet e.V. it has been possible for the first time to produce nanocellulose under constant process conditions on a small scale pilot line. JeNaCell GmbH is spinning this off into larger scale production. A process for manufacturing dried nanocellulose powder was developed at the EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.

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