Last week, Claire Morand and Flore Kilens, PhD students of NATURE project, participated in the Chemical Science Symposium about Chemistry of Polymers organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry in London. They both had the opportunity to present their research through a poster and a flash oral presentation for Claire. This fascinating event was also […]
This week our CSO Coralie Jehanno participated in the international conference “Equality, Science, and Technology. For a paradigm shift” organised by Emakunde in San Sebastian. The different presentations and round tables on the inclusion of gender perspective in Research and Development have been fascinating and we have learned as much as we have felt understood. If only one number […]
POLYKEY has been granted for the NEOTEC program by the CDTI (Centro para el desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial), as one of the top ten classified business projects participating in the NEOTEC contest. The goal of CDTI’s NEOTEC program, Business Public Entity from the Spanish goverment (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación), is to support the creation and […]
In the framework of the NATURE project in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, we have the pleasure to host Gabriela Garbonova and Bige Batı! After a year of hard work in the group of Prof. Andrew Dove, they join the POLYKEY team for exploring the industrial perspectives of their respective doctoral projects! Welcome to POLYKEY!
Additive manufacturing also commonly called 3D printing enables the fabrication of a myriad of objects precisely designed for all types of applications, from healthcare or textiles to aerospace or electronics. Possibilities are infinite and 3D printing takes a role in moving towards a sustainable polymer economy by avoiding a colossal quantity of wastes while comparing […]
All team of POLYKEY is happy and proud to share with you this excellent news, Andere Basterretxea Gorostiza and Coralie Jehanno have been recently awarded for their Ph.D. work as best theses in polymer chemistry, first and second prize, respectively. This recognition given by the ‘Real Sociedad Española de Química’ (RSEQ) and the ‘Grupo especializado […]
The management of plastic wastes and the investigation of efficient energy storage alternatives are two of the major challenges for the 21st century. Our team has recently worked on procedures for solving these two problems by transforming a commonly used plastic into innovative polymer electrolytes. Through a novel depolymerisation/polymerisation loop, polycarbonate wastes become a feedstock […]
In a Viewpoint article ACS Macroletters has allowed us to share our perspective about the future of dual organocatalysts based on ionic acid/base mixtures. With improved thermal resistance and unique dual catalytic behavior, this new class of catalysts could rapidly become a preferred choice for a large range of reactions, particularly high-temperature bulk polymerizations and […]
In this review published in Polymer Chemistry, our team, in collaboration with the Dove Research group of the University of Birmingham, have highlighted the recent advances made by applying organocatalysts to the recycling of commodity polymers. Organocatalysis is envisaged as a promising tool for an ideal circular plastic economy, and we have explored this area.
