Josefin Illergård
Research interest
Cellulosic-fibre modification and biological interaction with biobased materials.
Director of operations in Treesearch.
Editor for the Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal (NPPRJ).
Partner leader in the KTH strategic partnership with Stora Enso
Background
2012 – Researcher at KTH
2007 – 2012 PhD Student at KTH
2005 – 2007 Researcher at RISE, Stockholm
2000 – 2005 Master of Science in biological Engineering (TBI), Linköping University
Recent publications
[1]
C. Chen et al.,
"Influence of Cellulose Charge on Bacteria Adhesion and Viability to PVAm/CNF/PVAm-Modified Cellulose Model Surfaces,"
Biomacromolecules, 2019.
[2]
A. Ottenhall et al.,
"Cellulose-based water purification using paper filters modified with polyelectrolyte multilayers to remove bacteria from water through electrostatic interactions,"
Environmental Science : Water Research & Technology, 2018.
[3]
J. Henschen et al.,
"Bacterial adhesion to polyvinylamine-modified nanocellulose films,"
Colloids and Surfaces B : Biointerfaces, vol. 151, pp. 224-231, 2017.
[4]
C. Chen et al.,
"Effect of cationic polyelectrolytes in contact-active antibacterial layer-by-layer functionalization,"
Holzforschung, vol. 71, no. 7-8, pp. 649-658, 2017.
[5]
C. Chen et al.,
"Evaluation of Antibacterial functionalizations of CNF/PVAm multilayer modified cellulose fibre and surface studies on silica model surface,"
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 253, 2017.
[6]
A. Ottenhall et al.,
"Layer-by-layer modification of cellulosic materials for green antibacterial materials,"
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 253, 2017.
[7]
A. Ottenhall, M. Ek and J. Illergård,
"Water Purification Using Functionalized Cellulosic Fibers with Nonleaching Bacteria Adsorbing Properties,"
Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 13, pp. 7616-7623, 2017.
[8]
J. Henschen et al.,
"Antibacterial aerogels from cellulose nanofibrils,"
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 251, 2016.
[9]
M. Ek et al.,
"Biointeractive fibers with antibacterial properties,"
Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, vol. 251, 2016.
[10]
J. Henschen et al.,
"Contact-active antibacterial aerogels from cellulose nanofibrils,"
Colloids and Surfaces B : Biointerfaces, vol. 146, pp. 415-422, 2016.