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家园 武大张俐娜教授成为首获安塞姆·佩恩奖的中国人。

3月29日,在加州Anaheim举行的美国化学学会(ACS)会议上,ACS纤维素和可再生资源材料分会Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division (CELL)主席宣布,武汉大学化学与分子科学学院张俐娜教授荣获2011年度安塞姆·佩恩奖(Anselme Payen Award)。该奖设立于1962年,以发明纤维素的法国科学家Anselme Payen命名,奖品包括一枚铜制奖章和3000美元现金。

以下是ACS官网的报道:

2011 Anselme Payen Award Announced

Professor Lina Zhang has been selected as the winner of the 2011 Anselme Payen Award. The AP Award is given by the Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division to honor and encourage outstanding professional contributions to the science and chemical technology of cellulose and its allied products. Prof. Zhang, a distinguished Professor at Wuhan University in the People’s Republic of China (PCR) and the Director of the Natural Polymer and Polymer Physics Laboratory, will be honored at next year’s Spring ACS National Meeting in San Diego.

Throughout her career, Prof. Zhang has contributed to the fundamental research and applications of renewable natural polymers including cellulose, chitin, soy protein, starch, and polysaccharides. In the past two

decades, her research interests and projects have covered large inter-disciplinary areas crossing environmental chemistry, polymer physics, bio-based materials, agriculture chemistry, and life science. In 2003, Prof Zhang made a pivotal discovery in the form of a new cellulose solvent. This solvent is an aqueous solution of caustic alkali and a urea-type compound that forms a system that is nonvolatile, nontoxic, and environmentally friendly. Because of its low cost and quick dissolving power, this solvent has great potential in cellulose technology.

Prof. Zhang’s significant contributions to cellulose research are demonstrated by her nearly 400 scientific papers. The impact of her work is not only reflected by the many publications of high quality papers in high

impact journals, but also demonstrated by the significant citations (>2500) by other researchers.

目前,一般用高温加热法溶解纤维素,但成本、能耗高且不环保。张俐娜教授和其团队经过多年艰苦摸索,建立了低温下大分子与溶剂自组装形成新的氢键配导体致溶解的新机理。以烧碱、尿素和水配制成特殊的低温溶剂,可将棉短绒、蔗渣、虾壳、蟹壳、豆渣等废弃物制备成透明的纤维素溶液,再由此生产出新型再生纤维素丝,进而制造可降解薄膜、纺织面料、日用品和生物医学材料。溶解过程无毒、无污染,经济环保且能耗低。商业前景极为广阔。

早在上世纪80年代末,张教授即开始辗转国内多个省市进行纤维素可降解膜的工业化实验。1985年,她曾获日本政府学术振兴协会奖学金(JSPS)赴大阪大学合作研究。回国后,开始对生物质天然高分子的基础研究。现已年过七十的张教授对事业的执着认真,让许多年轻人都望尘莫及。她的求知欲极强,英语、日语和计算机等全都通过自学掌握。

对此次获奖,她仅表示:“得到这个奖完全是一个意外的果实。我只是每做一件事就会做好。”

顺便八卦一下,张俐娜教授出身书香门第,父亲早年毕业于清华大学,系著名民主人士;堂叔父乃是中共早期领袖张国焘。1963年张俐娜从武汉大学化学系毕业后,分配至北京铁道部科学院。曾多年奔波于东北的荒郊僻野,为毛主席专列研制专用润滑油和刹车皮碗。

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