Contributors
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Tetsuo Kondo.has.contributed.extensively.to.polymer.
physical.chemistry.as.well.as.polysaccharide.chemistry.through.basic.and.applied.research.using.cellulose.
as.a.main.subject..He.has.synthesized.regioselectively.
substituted. cellulose. derivatives. as. cellulose. models.
for.understanding.hydrogen.bonding.formation.in.cellulose. homopolymer.. His. interests. also. include. the.
supermolecular.architecture.of.cellu. lose.in.native.and.
artificial. systems.. Recently,. he. has. established. a. new.
crystalline.yet.ordered.states..These.findings.create.a.new.concept.for.understanding.how.glucan.chains.associate.and.crystallize.and.also.indicate.that.
the. NOC. may. have. expanded. useful. properties. for. commercial. utilization..
More.recently,.the.NOC.concept.was.extended.to.nano-patterned.templates,.
including.honeycomb-patterned.cellulose.films,.in.order.to.establish.a.hierarchical. organizing. design. for. three-dimensional. nano/micro. architecture. of.
biobased.materials.using.his.original.“bio-alchemy.”
Dana Kralisch. studied. environmental. chemistry. at.
Friedrich. Schiller. University. (FSU).. After. two. years.
of.work.at.the.Agency.for.Agriculture.of.the.Federal.
State.of.Thuringia,.she.moved.to.the.Institute.of.Technical. Chemistry. and. Environmental. Chemistry. at.
FSU..Since.finishing.her.PhD.in.2006,.she.has.led.the.
Green.Process.Engineering.and.Evaluation.Research.
Group. at. FSU.. Her. current. research. activities. are.
focused.on.the.design.and.optimization.of.green.processes,.especially.process.development.and.scale-up.
of. BNC. generation. in. different. forms. as. well. as. on.
microreaction.technology.
Friederike Kramer. studied. chemistry. at. Friedrich.
Schiller.University..Since.2003,.she.has.been.working.
in.the.field.of.cellulose.research.and.development.in.
the.group.of.D..Klemm..She.graduated.in.2004.with.a.
diploma.thesis.on.interpenetrating.polymer.networks.
of.BNC.and.synthetic.polymers..In.2008,.she.received.
her.PhD.from.the.University.of.Jena.for.research.on.
nanocellulose. and. nanocellulose. composites. for. the.
development.of.medical.implants.at.the.Polymet.Jena.
Association..Since.2008,.she.has.worked.at.Jenpolymer.
Materials. Ltd.. &. Co.. KG. and. has. been. active. in. the.
field.of.flat.and.tubular.medical.implants.based.on.BNC.
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Tetsuo Kondo.has.contributed.extensively.to.polymer.
physical.chemistry.as.well.as.polysaccharide.chemistry.through.basic.and.applied.research.using.cellulose.
as.a.main.subject..He.has.synthesized.regioselectively.
substituted. cellulose. derivatives. as. cellulose. models.
for.understanding.hydrogen.bonding.formation.in.cellulose. homopolymer.. His. interests. also. include. the.
supermolecular.architecture.of.cellu. lose.in.native.and.
artificial. systems.. Recently,. he. has. established. a. new.
crystalline.yet.ordered.states..These.findings.create.a.new.concept.for.understanding.how.glucan.chains.associate.and.crystallize.and.also.indicate.that.
the. NOC. may. have. expanded. useful. properties. for. commercial. utilization..
More.recently,.the.NOC.concept.was.extended.to.nano-patterned.templates,.
including.honeycomb-patterned.cellulose.films,.in.order.to.establish.a.hierarchical. organizing. design. for. three-dimensional. nano/micro. architecture. of.
biobased.materials.using.his.original.“bio-alchemy.”
Dana Kralisch. studied. environmental. chemistry. at.
Friedrich. Schiller. University. (FSU).. After. two. years.
of.work.at.the.Agency.for.Agriculture.of.the.Federal.
State.of.Thuringia,.she.moved.to.the.Institute.of.Technical. Chemistry. and. Environmental. Chemistry. at.
FSU..Since.finishing.her.PhD.in.2006,.she.has.led.the.
Green.Process.Engineering.and.Evaluation.Research.
Group. at. FSU.. Her. current. research. activities. are.
focused.on.the.design.and.optimization.of.green.processes,.especially.process.development.and.scale-up.
of. BNC. generation. in. different. forms. as. well. as. on.
microreaction.technology.
Friederike Kramer. studied. chemistry. at. Friedrich.
Schiller.University..Since.2003,.she.has.been.working.
in.the.field.of.cellulose.research.and.development.in.
the.group.of.D..Klemm..She.graduated.in.2004.with.a.
diploma.thesis.on.interpenetrating.polymer.networks.
of.BNC.and.synthetic.polymers..In.2008,.she.received.
her.PhD.from.the.University.of.Jena.for.research.on.
nanocellulose. and. nanocellulose. composites. for. the.
development.of.medical.implants.at.the.Polymet.Jena.
Association..Since.2008,.she.has.worked.at.Jenpolymer.
Materials. Ltd.. &. Co.. KG. and. has. been. active. in. the.
field.of.flat.and.tubular.medical.implants.based.on.BNC.