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Susanna Ahola

Researcher at Helsinki University of Technology

Publications -  10
Citations -  2924

Susanna Ahola is an academic researcher from Helsinki University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cellulose & Enzymatic hydrolysis. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 10 publications receiving 2656 citations. Previous affiliations of Susanna Ahola include Aalto University.

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Enzymatic hydrolysis combined with mechanical shearing and high-pressure homogenization for nanoscale cellulose fibrils and strong gels.

TL;DR: Mild enzymatic hydrolysis has been introduced and combined with mechanical shearing and a high-pressure homogenization, leading to a controlled fibrillation down to nanoscale and a network of long and highly entangled cellulose I elements.
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Nanoscale cellulose films with different crystallinities and mesostructures--their surface properties and interaction with water.

TL;DR: Small incidence angle X-ray diffraction revealed that the nanocrystal and MFC films exhibited a cellulose I crystal structure and that the films prepared from N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide, LiCl/DMAc solutions, using the Langmuir-Schaefer technique, possessed a cellulOSE II structure.
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Cellulose nanofibrils - Adsorption with poly(amideamine) epichlorohydrin studied by QCM-D and application as a paper strength additive

TL;DR: In this article, cellulose nanofibrils were used together with a cationic polylelectrolyte, poly(amideamine) epichlorohydrin (PAE), to enhance the wet and dry strength of paper.
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Model Films from Native Cellulose Nanofibrils. Preparation, Swelling, and Surface Interactions

TL;DR: Native cellulose model films containing both amorphous and crystalline cellulose I regions were prepared by spin-coating aqueous cellulose nanofibril dispersions onto silica substrates and showed the best coverage for the low charged fibrils was achieved by using 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTS).
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of native cellulose nanofibrils and other cellulose model films: effect of surface structure.

TL;DR: The hydrolytic potential of the cellulase mixture was found to be considerably affected by the nature of the substrates, especially their crystallinity and morphology, which affected the rate of enzymatic degradation of the nanofibril films much faster compared to the other types of cellulosic films.