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Overview

Youssef Habibi is a researcher affiliated with Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco, specializing in materials science with significant contributions to engineering. Their work focuses on several subfields including biomaterials, biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, organic chemistry, and pollution.

The scientist's main research topics encompass:

  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Polymer Composites and Self-Healing
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Biofuel Production and Bioconversion
  • Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
  • Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Catalysis

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Comparison and assessment of methods for cellulose crystallinity determination," 2023, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Surface modifications of nanocellulose: From synthesis to high-performance nanocomposites," 2021, Progress in Polymer Science
  • "UV-Light Curing of 3D Printing Inks from Vegetable Oils for Stereolithography," 2021, Polymers
  • "Isocyanate-Free Fully Biobased Star Polyester-Urethanes: Synthesis and Thermal Properties," 2020, Biomacromolecules
  • "A review on the hydration properties of dietary fibers derived from food waste and their interactions with other ingredients: opportunities and challenges for their application in the food industry," 2023, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Frequent publication venues for Youssef Habibi include:

  • Polymers
  • Progress in Organic Coatings
  • Advanced Materials Interfaces
  • Chemical Society Reviews
  • Progress in Polymer Science

Their collaborations involve several frequent co-authors, including Nejib Kasmi, Reiner Dieden, Abderrahman Lamaoui, Stephen J. Eichhorn, and Lokendra Pal, with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Surface modification of inorganic nanoparticles for development of organic–inorganic nanocomposites—A review

    Sarita Kango;Susheel Kalia;Annamaria Celli;James Njuguna

  • Key advances in the chemical modification of nanocelluloses

    Youssef Habibi

  • Polylactide (PLA)-based nanocomposites

    Jean-Marie Raquez;Youssef Habibi;Marius Murariu;Philippe Dubois

  • Bionanocomposites based on poly(ε-caprolactone)-grafted cellulose nanocrystals by ring-opening polymerization

    Youssef Habibi;Anne-Lise Goffin;Nancy Schiltz;Emmanuel Duquesne

  • TEMPO-mediated surface oxidation of cellulose whiskers

    Youssef Habibi;Youssef Habibi;Henri Chanzy;Michel R. Vignon

  • Nanofiber composites of polyvinyl alcohol and cellulose nanocrystals: manufacture and characterization.

    Maria Peresin;Youssef Habibi;Justin Orazio Zoppe;Joel Pawlak

  • A comparative study of energy consumption and physical properties of microfibrillated cellulose produced by different processing methods

    Kelley L. Spence;Richard A. Venditti;Orlando J. Rojas;Orlando J. Rojas;Youssef Habibi

  • Cellulose whiskers reinforced polyvinyl alcohol copolymers nanocomposites

    Mehdi Roohani;Mehdi Roohani;Youssef Habibi;Naceur M. Belgacem;Ghanbar Ebrahim

  • Highly Filled Bionanocomposites from Functionalized Polysaccharide Nanocrystals

    Youssef Habibi;Alain Dufresne

  • From interfacial ring-opening polymerization to melt processing of cellulose nanowhisker-filled polylactide-based nanocomposites.

    Anne-Lise Goffin;Jean-Marie Raquez;Emmanuel Duquesne;Gilberto Siqueira

  • The effect of chemical composition on microfibrillar cellulose films from wood pulps: water interactions and physical properties for packaging applications

    Kelley L. Spence;Richard A. Venditti;Orlando J. Rojas;Orlando J. Rojas;Youssef Habibi

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

    Xiaodong Cao;Youssef Habibi;Lucian A. Lucia

  • Processing and characterization of reinforced polyethylene composites made with lignocellulosic fibers from Egyptian agro-industrial residues

    Youssef Habibi;Waleed K. El-Zawawy;Maha M. Ibrahim;Alain Dufresne

  • The effect of chemical composition on microfibrillar cellulose films from wood pulps: Mechanical processing and physical properties

    Kelley L. Spence;Richard A. Venditti;Youssef Habibi;Orlando J. Rojas;Orlando J. Rojas

  • Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) brushes grafted from cellulose nanocrystals via surface-initiated single-electron transfer living radical polymerization.

    Justin Orazio Zoppe;Youssef Habibi;Orlando J. Rojas;Richard A. Venditti

  • Reinforcing Poly(ε-caprolactone) Nanofibers with Cellulose Nanocrystals

    Justin Orazio Zoppe;Maria Soledad Peresin;Youssef Habibi;Richard A. Venditti

  • Surface modifications of nanocellulose: From synthesis to high-performance nanocomposites

    Mehran Ghasemlou;Fugen Daver;Elena P. Ivanova;Youssef Habibi

  • Surface-modification of cellulose nanowhiskers and their use as nanoreinforcers into polylactide: A sustainably-integrated approach

    J.-M. Raquez;Y. Murena;A.-L. Goffin;Y. Habibi

  • Electrospun nanocomposites from polystyrene loaded with cellulose nanowhiskers

    Orlando J. Rojas;Gerardo A. Montero;Youssef Habibi

  • Poly(ɛ-caprolactone) based nanocomposites reinforced by surface-grafted cellulose nanowhiskers via extrusion processing: Morphology, rheology, and thermo-mechanical properties

    A.-L. Goffin;J.-M. Raquez;E. Duquesne;G. Siqueira

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois University of Mons
Orlando J. Rojas
Orlando J. Rojas University of British Columbia
Jean-Marie Raquez
Jean-Marie Raquez University of Mons
Lucian A. Lucia
Lucian A. Lucia North Carolina State University
Alain Dufresne
Alain Dufresne Grenoble Institute of Technology
Richard A. Venditti
Richard A. Venditti North Carolina State University
Rony Snyders
Rony Snyders University of Mons
Richard A. Gross
Richard A. Gross Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Luc Avérous
Luc Avérous University of Strasbourg
Catherine Pinel
Catherine Pinel Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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