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!
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 […]
Based on the Nature index of 2018, the famous review has recently released a top classifying the 200 best cities for scientific investigations. Considering the quantity and quality of scientific publications, San Sebastian enters at rank 198, only the biggest Spanish cities such as Madrid, Valencia, and Barcelona are also in this top. This is […]
In “Science to enable sustainable plastics” released this week, the Royal Society of Chemistry identifies the 4 most pressing research challenges for a sustainable plastic economy. By summarising the outcomes of the 8th Chemical Sciences and Society Summit (CS3) held in November 2019, the authors have pointed out that research needs to be carried on: […]
