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Education/Academic qualification
Science, Master, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering
Award Date: 31 Jul 2021
Science, Bachelor, University of Helsinki
Award Date: 30 Jun 2019
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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ZeroFoam: Chemical pulp foams for water-assisted CO2 capture
Rissanen, V. (Manager), Tammelin-Peltonen, T. (CoPI), Virkkala, T. (Participant), Salminen, K. (Participant) & Elfving, J. (Participant)
1/01/26 → 31/12/29
Project: Research Council of Finland
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Biobased barrier dispersion coating from solvent shifting of functionalized lignin inside cellulose nanofibers aqueous suspensions
Babaeipour, S., Solin, K., Virkkala, T., Nousiainen, P., Österberg, M. & Bras, J., Jan 2026, In: Food Packaging and Shelf Life. 53, 101698.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Tuning physical performance of gelatin-cellulose nanocrystals hydrogels
Borges-Vilches, J., Virkkala, T., Guccini, V., Crivaro, M., Maloney, T., Tammelin, T. & Kontturi, E., Apr 2026, In: Reactive and Functional Polymers. 221, 106667.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Gelatin Adsorption onto Cellulose Nanocrystals Surfaces at Different pH: A QCM-D Study
Borges-Vilches, J., Virkkala, T., Meinander, K., Kilpeläinen, I., Tammelin, T. & Kontturi, E., 24 Jun 2025, In: Langmuir. 41, 24, p. 15319−15330 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Toughening brittle kraft lignin coating on mismatched substrate with spider Silk-Inspired protein as an interfacial modulator
Borisova, A. S., Virkkala, T., Pylkkänen, R., Kellock, M. & Mohammadi, P., Feb 2024, In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 655, p. 789-799Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Bioinspired mechanically stable all-polysaccharide based scaffold for photosynthetic production
Virkkala, T., Kosourov, S., Rissanen, V., Siitonen, V., Arola, S., Allahverdiyeva, Y. & Tammelin, T., 2023, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 11, 36, p. 8788-8803Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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