This week we were present at the Battery Innovation Days 2023 in the very nice city of Bordeaux for two intensive but captivating days gathering the European battery community! Technology, European policy, Sustainability, and Education were some of the topics highlighted in the fascinating talks and round tables we had the chance to attend. We […]
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!
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 […]
Our latest article on synthesizing functionalized cyclic carbonates has been published in ACS Macro Letters. Check it if you want to learn more about the innovative process we employ at POLYKEY to transform waste commodity polycarbonate into valuable cyclic carbonates. A sustainable reaction to go from trash to treasure! Interested in added value cyclic carbonates? […]
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.
Towards a greener recycling route for plastic bottles A protic ionic salt based on the simple mixing of an organic base, TBD, and an organic acid, MSA, has revealed incredible thermal resistance and catalytic abilities. With our new organocatalyst, the depolymerization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is possible in less than 2 h to yield more […]
