Swedish Center of Biomimetic Fiber Engineering
Welcome to Biomime™Biomimetics is an emerging field engaged in the design of systems, materials, and their functionality to mimic biological systems. By learning from nature we can improve biocompatibility and engineer materials that have many different properties and increased functionality.

The Swedish Center for Biomimetic Fiber Engineering (Biomime™) is a multidisciplinary Center of Excellence with cutting edge expertise at every level of the formation, modification and industrial utilization of wood, fibers and their constituent polymers. Our Mission is the understanding of the structure, self-assembly, and properties of complex plant cell walls in order to use the cell wall as a biomimetic model for advanced materials design. Mimicry of the natural self-assembly of cell wall macromolecules has a high potential to contribute to the future development of intelligent nanomaterials.

Biomime™ was founded in 2006 with support from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) and comprises collaborative groups from the Schools of Biotechnology and Chemical Science and Engineering at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), the Umeå Plant Science Center (UPSC) and Innventia.
 

Latest News

Ulla Hamilton, Deputy Mayor responsible for Traffic and Environment, visited Biomime.img_0057

"For me as Deputy Mayor responsible for the environment in the City of Stockholm, it is necessary to keep abreast of developments. I therefore make regular visits to companies and researchers within the environmental and energy field. It was incredibly exciting to visit Biomime and learn about the opportunities available in this research area. I really hope that we can see some examples of biomimetic fiber materials in the City´s environmental profile area Norra Djurgårdsstaden. It is fully in line with our ambition to show cutting edge technology in the area," said Ulla Hamilton (M).

 

Mikael Lindström, the sole researcher on the RISI top 50 power list 2010

lindstromIf there is one thing the pulp and paper industry needs in the 21st century, it is innovation. It must find new ways and new products to make - not just simply turning pulp into the commodity of paper. This we can read in the presentation of The RISI top 50 power list 2010.
Fortunately there are some very able and creative brains on the case, the presentation of numer 42 on the list continues. One of them is Mikael Lindström, adjunct professor, and research manager at Sweden's Innventia, a research institute working for the pulp, paper and packaging industries. Since 1998, Lindström has been the senior research manager, for the New Materials and Composites division as well as a "principal investigator" for biomimetic fiber engineering.

Read more: Mikael Lindström on The RISI top 50 power list 2010

 

Swedish Nano Paper made magnetic; TV-News and article in Ny Teknik

05.lars berglund1First the KTH researchers invented the world's strongest paper, writes the magazine Ny Teknik. Now, they have also made it magnetic.Two years ago, researchers at KTH took the public and scientific community by surprise. With the help of ordinary cellulose and enzymes, they had created a paper stronger than steel. Prof. Lars Berglund and his colleagues has now taken the next step and assigned the paper a second super-power - it is magnetic. The result is an extremely lightweight, strong and bendable material with numerous applications.
The technology behind the magnetic super-paper has already been granted patents, an article was recently presented in the scientific journal Nature Nanotechnology.

Read more in Ny Teknik (in Swedish) Watch Lars Berglund in tv news interview (Rapport/SVTPlay).

 

Look out for

Forest Beyond conference ""New engineering material from the forest"
October 28, 2010 (9:00)

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Center Management

Director of the center
Vincent Bulone, Professor

Deputy director

Harry Brumer, Assoc. Professor

Program coordinator

Henrik Aspeborg, PhD