• Selective hemicellulose hydrolysis of Scots pine sawdust 

  Rusanen, Annu; Lappalainen, Katja; Kärkkäinen, Johanna; Tuuttila, Tero; Mikola, Marja; Lassi, Ulla (Springer, 2019)

  The depletion of fossil resources is driving forward the search for new and alternative renewable feedstocks in the production of renewable chemicals, which could replace the petroleum-based ones. One such feedstock is ...

• Ecosocial Innovations and Their Capacity to Integrate Ecological, Economic and Social Sustainability Transition 

  Matthies, Aila-Leena; Stamm, Ingo; Hirvilammi, Tuuli; Närhi, Kati (MDPI AG, 2019)

  The article contributes to sustainability transition research by indicating the significance of transformative grassroots innovations in the context of social work research. We introduce the integrative concept of ecosocial ...

• Simultaneous production of furfural and levulinic acid from pine sawdust via acid-catalysed mechanical depolymerization and microwave irradiation 

  Lappalainen, Katja; Dong, Yue (Pergamon Press, 2019)

  In this work pine sawdust was converted into levulinic acid (LA) and furfural. Sawdust was first pre-treated with sulfuric acid-catalysed mechanical depolymerization. The conversion reactions were then performed with ...

• Microwave-assisted conversion of novel biomass materials into levulinic acid 

  Lappalainen, Katja; Vogeler, Nils; Kärkkäinen, Johanna; Dong, Yue; Niemelä, Matti; Rusanen, Annu; Ruotsalainen, Anna Liisa; Wäli, Piippa; Markkola, Annamari; Lassi, Ulla (Springer, 2018)

  Levulinic acid is considered one of the most important platform chemicals. It is currently produced mainly from lignocellulosic biomasses. However, there are also other abundant biomass materials, which could be used as ...

• Integration of an in-home monitoring system into home care nurses’ workflow : A case study 

  Klemets, Joakim; Määttälä, Jukka; Hakala, Ismo (Elsevier, 2019)

  Background The healthcare system faces a major challenge in caring for an increasingly ageing population as this task requires more resources than are currently available. Adopting monitoring technologies could enable ...

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