Nathalie Marie Lavoine

Co-Production of Crystalline Cellulose and Biofuel from Low-Lignin Biomass

Cunniffe, J., Lavoine, N., Wang, J., Berrio, V. R., & Sagues, W. J. (2026, January 24). BioEnergy Research, Vol. 1.

Plasma-enabled dry nitrate synthesis on cellulose nanomaterials: the role of counterions on surface functionalization

Švandová, L., Umeileka, C., Kelar, J., Lavoine, N., & Profili, J. (2026, January 12). Cellulose, Vol. 1.

Variation of drying rate for structural tuning of cellulose nanofibril–clay composite films: Implications for mechanical and barrier performance

Carbohydrate Polymers, 378, 124926.

Advances in lignocellulosic feedstocks for bioenergy and bioproducts

Sulis, D. B., Lavoine, N., Sederoff, H., Jiang, X., Marques, B. M., Lan, K., … Wang, J. P. (2025, February 1). Nature Communications, Vol. 16.

CAREER: Harnessing the self-assembly of renewable nanomaterials by exploiting topochemical interaction with solid substrates for controlled design of advanced sustainable materials. NSF Award Number 2441258

Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 24(2441258), 41258.

Co-Production of Crystalline Cellulose and Biofuel from Low-Lignin Biomass

Collaborative Materiality: A New Outdoor Lab to Study Iridescent Nanocellulose

Building Technology Educators’ Society, 2025(1).

Complete paper (evidence-based practice): Integrating Sustainability into Engineering Education: The Impact of Complementary Field Activities on Student Engagement

Rooney, M., Lavoine, N., & Terán, J. (2025, August 21).

Graduate Researchers as Educators: How Presenting to First-Year Students Sparks Interest in Teaching Careers

Alves, E. S., Lavoine, N., & Teran, J. (2025, August 21).

Introducing the Entrepreneurial Mindset into Classes at NC State University

Howard, A., Saul, K., & Lavoine, N. (2025, August 21). Proceedings of the 2025 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.

Reimagining Sustainable Packaging: Understanding and Advancing Water Vapor Barrier Properties in Cellulose Nanomaterial-Based Films

AIChE Annual Meeting. Presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting.

Tuning the Surface Chemistry and Properties of Cellulose Nanofibril (Cnf) Films by Dielectric Barrier Discharge (Dbd) Plasma for Packaging Applications

Tuning the phase separation of cellulose nanocrystals with hydrolysis times: influence of effective dimensions

Hong, S., Bean, A., Fang, Y., Lavoine, N., & Lucia, L. (2025, January 1). Nanoscale Advances, Vol. 4.

Biodegradation of Lignocellulose-Polyester Composite Films in Freshwater and Seawater Conditions

Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 32(11), 5560–5575.

Environmental, health and safety issues of surface-modified nanocellulose and its scale-up potential

Innovating Environmentally Sustainable Materials Platforms by Harnessing Coastal Marine Tunicates

Hong, S., Schnetzer, A., Lavoine, N., Lucia, L., & Eggleston, D. B. (2024, November 11). ChemSusChem, Vol. 11.

Surface Modification of Cellulose Films By Dielectric Barrier Discharge for Organic Photovoltaics Encapsulation

ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2024-01(24), 1405–1405.

Co-Production of a Crystalline Cellulose Material and Biofuels from CRISPR-Edited Biomass

45th Symposium on Biomaterials, Fuels and Chemicals. https://sim.confex.com/sim/sbfc2023/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/47090

Design & engineering of wood-inspired super-insulating foams

Design & engineering of wood-inspired super-insulating foams. APS March Meeting. Presented at the APS March Meeting.

Nanocellulose Aerogels

Redesigning the appearance of recycled containers for packaging applications: The effect of paper waste physicochemical properties on the performance of paperboards with obvious recycled content

Packaging Technology and Science, 36(5), 363–377.

Cold atmospheric pressure plasma for the sanitation of conveyor belt materials: Decontamination efficacy against adherent bacteria and biofilms of Escherichia coli and effect on surface properties

Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 84, 103260.

Dual-Templating Approach for Engineering Strong, Biodegradable Lignin-Based Foams

Trovagunta, R., Kelley, S. S., & Lavoine, N. (2022, November 8). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 11.

Environmental sustainability perception toward obvious recovered waste content in paper-based packaging: An online and in-person survey best-worst scaling experiment

Schoubroeck, S. V., Chacon, L., Reynolds, A. M., Lavoine, N., Hakovirta, M., Gonzalez, R., … Venditti, R. A. (2022, September 30). Resources Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 1.

Green synthesis, characterization, and catalytic application of a supported and magnetically isolable copper-iron oxide-sodium alginate

Green Synthesis and Catalysis, 3(2), 179–184.

Having a closer look on the well-known interaction of sucrose with water

MRFood. Presented at the MRFood, Aarhus, Denmark.

Valorization of mixed office waste as macro-, micro-, and nano-sized particles in recycled paper containerboards for enhanced performance and improved environmental perception

Chacon, L., Lavoine, N., & Venditti, R. A. (2022, January 6). Resources Conservation and Recycling, Vol. 5.

Highlights on the mechanical pre-refining step in the production of wood cellulose nanofibrils

Trovagunta, R., Kelley, S. S., & Lavoine, N. (2021, October 27). Cellulose, Vol. 10, pp. 11329–11344.

Recent Advances in Functional Materials through Cellulose Nanofiber Templating

Lamm, M. E., Li, K., Qian, J., Wang, L., Lavoine, N., Newman, R., … Ozcan, S. (2021, February 9). Advanced Materials.

Design strategies, properties and applications of cellulose nanomaterials-enhanced products with residual, technical or nanoscale lignin—A review

Trovagunta, R., Zou, T., Österberg, M., Kelley, S. S., & Lavoine, N. (2020, December 3). Carbohydrate Polymers, Vol. 254, p. 117480.

Humidity-Dependent Thermal Boundary Conductance Controls Heat Transport of Super-Insulating Nanofibrillar Foams

Apostolopoulou-Kalkavoura, V., Hu, S., Lavoine, N., Garg, M., Linares, M., Munier, P., … Bergström, L. (2020, November 27). Matter, Vol. 4.

Reducing end modification on cellulose nanocrystals: strategy, characterization, applications and challenges

Tao, H., Lavoine, N., Jiang, F., Tang, J., & Lin, N. (2020, January 1). Nanoscale Horizons.

Structural reconstruction strategies for the design of cellulose nanomaterials and aligned wood cellulose-based functional materials – A review

Carbohydrate Polymers, 247, 116722.

Preparation and Properties of Nanopolysaccharides

Lavoine, N., Durmaz, E., & Trovagunta, R. (2019, January 1). Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Vol. 15, pp. 1–54.

Analysis of the Porous Architecture and Properties of Anisotropic Nanocellulose Foams: A Novel Approach to Assess the Quality of Cellulose Nanofibrils (CNFs)

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6(9), 11959–11967.

Lightweight foams of amine-rich organosilica and cellulose nanofibrils by foaming and controlled condensation of aminosilane

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2(12), 2220–2229.

Nanocellulose-based foams and aerogels: processing, properties, and applications

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(31), 16105–16117.

Optimization of preparation of thermally stable cellulose nanofibrils via heat‐induced conversion of ionic bonds to amide bonds

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 55(10), 1750–1756.

Thermal conductivity of hygroscopic foams based on cellulose nanofibrils and a nonionic polyoxamer

Cellulose, 25(2), 1117–1126.

Toward a deeper understanding of the thermal degradation mechanism of nanocellulose

Lichtenstein, K., & Lavoine, N. (2017, September 23). Polymer Degradation and Stability, Vol. 146, pp. 53–60.

Active bio-based food-packaging: Diffusion and release of active substances through and from cellulose nanofiber coating toward food-packaging design

Carbohydrate Polymers, 149, 40–50.

Active bio-based packaging: Toward nanofibrillated cellulose application

In M. Ibrahim & H. Mondal (Eds.), Nanocellulose, Cellulose Nanofibers and Cellulose Nanocomposites: Synthesis and Applications (pp. 233–276). New York, USA: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Improvement of the Thermal Stability of TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibrils by Heat-Induced Conversion of Ionic Bonds to Amide Bonds

Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 37(13), 1033–1039.

β-Cyclodextrin-grafted TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers for sustained release of essential oil

Journal of Materials Science, 52(7), 3849–3861.

Antibacterial paperboard packaging using microfibrillated cellulose

Journal of Food Science and Technology, 52(9), 5590–5600.

Modeling of caffeine release from a cellulosic substrate coated with microfibrillated cellulose

Lavoine, N., Guillard, V., Desloges, I., Gontard, N., & Bras, J. (2015, August 19). Journal of Controlled Release, Vol. 213, pp. e83–4.

Controlled release and long-term antibacterial activity of chlorhexidine digluconate through the nanoporous network of microfibrillated cellulose

Cellulose, 21(6), 4429–4442.

Controlled release of chlorhexidine digluconate using β-cyclodextrin and microfibrillated cellulose

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 121, 196–205.

Elaboration of a new antibacterial bio-nano-material for food-packaging by synergistic action of cyclodextrin and microfibrillated cellulose

Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 26, 330–340.

Impact of different coating processes of microfibrillated cellulose on the mechanical and barrier properties of paper

Journal of Materials Science, 49(7), 2879–2893.

Microfibrillated cellulose coatings as new release systems for active packaging

Carbohydrate Polymers, 103, 528–537.

Design, Processing, and Characterization of innovative functional bio-nano-materials for packaging

(PhD Thesis). Grenoble Institute of Technology, Laboratory of Paper Science, Grenoble.

Mechanical and barrier properties of cardboard and 3D packaging coated with microfibrillated cellulose

Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 131(8).

Microfibrillated cellulose: A nanoporous network for a controlled release of antimicrobial molecule

Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 245. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000323851301698&KeyUID=WOS:000323851301698

Use of different quality of MFC for producing controlled release films

TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewal Materials. Poster presented at the TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewal Materials.

Caffeine release study in a microfibrillated cellulose nanoporous structure

Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 243. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000324475101408&KeyUID=WOS:000324475101408

Microfibrillated cellulose – Its barrier properties and applications in cellulosic materials: A review

Carbohydrate Polymers, 90(2), 735–764.