Costas Tzoganakis, University of Waterloo

Latest papers

Thermo-mechano-chemical deconstruction of cellulose for cellulose nanocrystal production by reactive processing.
Carbohydrate polymers · 2022
Green mechano-chemical processing of lignocellulosic biomass for lignin recovery.
Chemosphere · 2022
Lignin derived nano-biocarbon and its deposition on polyurethane foam for wastewater dye adsorption.
International journal of biological macromolecules · 2021

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Development of plastic compounds for manufacturing of recyclable and sustainable bag closures
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$30,000
Reactive and Conventional Extrusion of Polymeric Materials
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$144,000
Hyper-Frequency Viscoelastic Spectroscopy for Advanced Composites and Biomaterials
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$117,714

All 34 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Thermo-mechano-chemical deconstruction of cellulose for cellulose nanocrystal production by reactive processing.

Guiao KS, Tzoganakis C, Mekonnen TH

Carbohydrate polymers2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119543 PMID: 35698373

02

Green mechano-chemical processing of lignocellulosic biomass for lignin recovery.

Guiao KS, Tzoganakis C, Mekonnen TH

Chemosphere2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133647 PMID: 35063558

03

Lignin derived nano-biocarbon and its deposition on polyurethane foam for wastewater dye adsorption.

Seto C, Chang BP, Tzoganakis C, Mekonnen TH

International journal of biological macromolecules2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.06.185 PMID: 34216664

04

Degradation Behavior of Polypropylene during Reprocessing and Its Biocomposites: Thermal and Oxidative Degradation Kinetics.

Esmizadeh E, Tzoganakis C, Mekonnen TH

Polymers2020

DOI: 10.3390/polym12081627 PMID: 32707872

05

High yield production and purification of few layer graphene by gum arabic assisted physical sonication.

Chabot V, Kim B, Sloper B, Tzoganakis C, Yu A

Scientific reports2013

DOI: 10.1038/srep01378 PMID: 23478744

06

Controllable delivery of small-molecule compounds to targeted cells utilizing carbon nanotubes.

Su Z, Zhu S, Donkor AD, Tzoganakis C, Honek JF

Journal of the American Chemical Society2011

DOI: 10.1021/ja1084282 PMID: 21486063

Development of plastic compounds for manufacturing of recyclable and sustainable bag closures

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Tzoganakis, Costas

$30,000

Reactive and Conventional Extrusion of Polymeric Materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tzoganakis, Costas

$144,000

Hyper-Frequency Viscoelastic Spectroscopy for Advanced Composites and Biomaterials

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Zhao, Boxin

$117,714

Evaluation of polymeric materials for 3D printing applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Tzoganakis, Costas

$25,000

Evaluation of devulcanized rubber in an automotive safety device

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Tzoganakis, Costas

$20,180

Evaluation of devulcanized rubber crumb for retreading applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Tzoganakis, Costas

$24,600

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Frise, Peter

$13,487,000

Reactive and Conventional Processing of Polymers

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Tzoganakis, Costas

$145,000

Synthesis and characterization of butyl rubber ionomers

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Gauthier, Mario

$67,104

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Frise, Peter

$17,400,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Aiping Yu

Department of Chemical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2013

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