Neste cooperates with Suntory, ENEOS, and Mitsubishi Corporation to introduce bio-based materials into the PET value chain

Reducing Dependence of PET on Fossil Resources

Floatable Sponge for Inactivation of Algal Blooms
Composite catalyst based on powered biochar

Plastic Waste Input into the Sea Overestimated, Persistence Underestimated
Global mass of plastic floating at the surface dominated by large, long-lived pieces of waste

Microwave Pre-Treatment Improves Biocatalytic Depolymerization of PET
Process gives polyethylene terephthalate (PET) particles suitable for degradation by an engineered enzyme

Degradation of Polypropylene to Low-Molecular-Weight Branched Alkanes
Hydrogenolysis of isotactic polypropylene catalyzed by tantalum hydrides supported on sulfated alumina

Selective Lignin Depolymerization to Phenolic Acids
Low-cost graphene oxide/urea hydrogen peroxide (GO-UHP) catalyst system converts lignin under mild conditions

Angewandte Chemie 32/2023: Persistence
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie

Enjoy Being Like a Detective
B. Weckhuysen, Utrecht University and Chemistry Europe Award recipient, on catalysis, chemical community, and finding research topics

Bis-and Tris-Norbornadienes for Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage
Materials with exceptionally high energy densities

Polystyrene Upcycling to Aryl Ketones and Organosulfur Compounds
Recovering valuable chemical building blocks from polystyrene waste via thermochemical degradation and derivatization