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  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Overview

Lucian A. Lucia is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States, where their research spans multiple areas within materials science and engineering. Their scholarly work extensively covers biomaterials, biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, plant science, and molecular medicine as key subfields.

The scientist's publication record includes 141 works in materials science and 94 in engineering, with notable contributions to biomaterials (98 publications) and biomedical engineering (57 publications) among other fields.

Lucian A. Lucia's research addresses several focused topics, including:

  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Hydrogels: Synthesis, Properties, Applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Frequent publication venues where they have contributed include:

  • BioResources (20 publications)
  • Carbohydrate Polymers (8 publications)
  • TAPPI Journal (5 publications)
  • Industrial Crops and Products (4 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)

Lucian A. Lucia has collaborated regularly with a number of co-authors, including Lokendra Pal, Hasan Jameel, Khandoker Samaher Salem, Noureddine Abidi, and Guihua Yang.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Comparison and assessment of methods for cellulose crystallinity determination, 2023, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Hydrogel-Based Sensor Networks: Compositions, Properties, and Applications-A Review, 2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials
  • A Critical Review of the Performance and Soil Biodegradability Profiles of Biobased Natural and Chemically Synthesized Polymers in Industrial Applications, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Highly tunable bioadhesion and optics of 3D printable PNIPAm/cellulose nanofibrils hydrogels, 2020, Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Cellulose/nanocellulose superabsorbent hydrogels as a sustainable platform for materials applications: A mini-review and perspective, 2022, Carbohydrate Polymers

Lucia has been recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Cellulose nanocrystals: chemistry, self-assembly, and applications.

    Youssef Habibi;Lucian A. Lucia;Orlando J. Rojas

  • CELLULOSIC NANOCOMPOSITES: A REVIEW

    Martin A. Hubbe;Orlando J. Rojas;Lucian A. Lucia;Mohini Sain

  • One-pot polymerization, surface grafting, and processing of waterborne polyurethane-cellulose nanocrystal nanocomposites

    Xiaodong Cao;Youssef Habibi;Lucian A. Lucia

  • Toward a better understanding of the lignin isolation process from wood.

    Anderson Guerra;Ilari Filpponen;Lucian A. Lucia;Carl Saquing

  • Comparative evaluation of three lignin isolation protocols for various wood species.

    Anderson Guerra;Ilari Filpponen;Lucian A Lucia;Dimitris S Argyropoulos

  • Hydrogel-Based Sensor Networks: Compositions, Properties, and Applications—A Review

    Xiaohang Sun;Xiaohang Sun;Sachin Agate;Khandoker Samaher Salem;Lucian Lucia

  • Hydrothermal Carbonization of Corncob Residues for Hydrochar Production

    Lei Zhang;Qiang Wang;Baobin Wang;Guihua Yang

  • ANALYSIS OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF BANANA PSEUDO-STEM

    Kun Li;Shiyu Fu;Huaiyu Zhan;Yao Zhan

  • Fabrication, characteristics and applications of carbon materials with different morphologies and porous structures produced from wood liquefaction: A review

    Xin Zhao;Honglei Chen;Fangong Kong;Yujie Zhang

  • Cellulose and nanocellulose-based flexible-hybrid printed electronics and conductive composites - A review.

    Sachin Agate;Michael Joyce;Lucian Lucia;Lokendra Pal

  • Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) for the Isolation of Willow Lignin (Salix matsudana cv. Zhuliu).

    Tengfei Li;Gaojin Lyu;Yu Liu;Rui Lou

  • Laccase-immobilized bacterial cellulose/TiO2 functionalized composite membranes: Evaluation for photo- and bio-catalytic dye degradation

    Guohui Li;Avinav G. Nandgaonkar;Qingqing Wang;Jinning Zhang

  • Nanocellulose-based multilayer barrier coatings for gas, oil, and grease resistance.

    Preeti Tyagi;Lucian A. Lucia;Martin A. Hubbe;Lokendra Pal

  • A Critical Review of the Performance and Soil Biodegradability Profiles of Biobased Natural and Chemically Synthesized Polymers in Industrial Applications.

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  • Cellulose/nanocellulose superabsorbent hydrogels as a sustainable platform for materials applications: A mini-review and perspective.

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  • The synthesis and absorption dynamics of a lignin-based hydrogel for remediation of cationic dye-contaminated effluent

    Chenghua Yu;Feng Wang;Chunhui Zhang;Shiyu Fu

  • Green Modification of Surface Characteristics of Cellulosic Materials at the Molecular or Nano Scale: A Review

    Martin A. Hubbe;Orlando J. Rojas;Lucian A. Lucia

  • Chemicals and energy from biomass

    Lucian A. Lucia;Dimitris S. Argyropoulos;Lambrini Adamopoulos;Armindo R. Gaspar

  • General Spectroscopic Protocol to Obtain the Concentration of the Superoxide Anion Radical

    Rui-heng Liu;Shi-yu Fu;Huai-yu Zhan;Lucian A. Lucia

  • On the propensity of lignin to associate: a size exclusion chromatography study with lignin derivatives isolated from different plant species.

    Anderson Guerra;Armindo R. Gaspar;Sofía Contreras;Lucian A. Lucia

  • The nanoscience and technology of renewable biomaterials.

    Lucian A. Lucia;Orlando J. Rojas

  • Soy protein–nanocellulose composite aerogels

    Julio C. Arboleda;Mark Hughes;Lucian A. Lucia;Janne Laine

Frequent Co-Authors

Orlando J. Rojas
Orlando J. Rojas University of British Columbia
Hasan Jameel
Hasan Jameel North Carolina State University
Dimitris S. Argyropoulos
Dimitris S. Argyropoulos North Carolina State University
Arthur J. Ragauskas
Arthur J. Ragauskas University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Martin A. Hubbe
Martin A. Hubbe North Carolina State University
Youssef Habibi
Youssef Habibi Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Qufu Wei
Qufu Wei Jiangnan University
Xiaodong Cao
Xiaodong Cao South China University of Technology
Shuangfei Wang
Shuangfei Wang Guangxi University
Kirk S. Schanze
Kirk S. Schanze The University of Texas at San Antonio

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