Vietnam team wins regional tech contest with bio-material stronger than steel
By Manh Tung December 15, 2020 | 10:16 am GMT+7
Members of the Biomass Lab check on the CNC layer created by paper mill sludge. Photo by VnExpress/Manh Tung.
Vietnamese researchers won first place in a regional startup contest by creating a material from paper mill sludge that is harder than steel.
The creation by students and teachers at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology was earlier this month crowned the winner of Tech Planter Asia, an annual technology contest.
Assoc Prof Dr Nguyen Dinh Quan and nine of his students are in the final stages of commercializing the product, cellulose nanocrystals (CNC).