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Wojciech Lipi艅ski joins AI-enhanced solvent-based recycling project to boost circular plastics research
The Polymer Performance Materials group welcomes Dr. Wojciech Lipi艅ski as a new postdoctoral researcher working on an AI-enhanced…
Accelerating Circular Plastics with AI
The thin plastic protecting your supermarket tomatoes from rotting is extremely hard to recycle, since it consists of multiple layers of…
Building and breaking plastics with light: Fabian Eisenreich rethinks plastic recycling
黑料福利网 chemist unveils groundbreaking closed-loop recycling technology powered by LED light.
EPF Groningen 2025
The 2025 European Polymer Federation (EPF) Conference kicked off on 22nd June in Groningen.
Mini-Symposium on Sustainable Chemistry
On 25 April, we hosted a mini-symposium featuring two insightful lectures by Professor Haritz Sardon from the University of Basque Country,…
PhD Defense: Chemical Recycling of Polycarbonates
Closed-loop recyclable high-performance organic aerogel
Chang-lin Wang was awarded cum laude for his PhD thesis which successfully demonstrates the concept of 鈥渄esign for recycling鈥� in organic…
Mini-Symposium: Organic Aerogels
On Thursday, April 17, 2025, our research group had the pleasure of hosting a Mini Symposium on Organic Aerogels, featuring outstanding…
BASF Polyurethane R&D Symposium
BASF celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Polyurethan R&D laboratories in Lemf枚rde, Germany. The event brought together a vibrant…
Mini-Symposium on Sustainable Chemistry
On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, the Polymer Performance Materials group had the opportunity to host a mini-symposium in the Helix, featuring…
PhD Defense: Acetal-containing polyols for use in circular polyurethanes
Patrick Schara defended his PhD thesis at the department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry on 26 March 2025.
New Master Students
We would like to introduce two new students who have recently joined the polymer performance materials research group's Masters Program.