Very nice visit to Düsseldorf, discussing microkinetic modelling of #mechanochemistry with Jan Meisner and his team. And a brewery visit afterwards.

Unravelling Potential Reaction Intermediates during Catalytic Pyrolysis of Polypropylene with Microscopy & Spectroscopy

Highly fluorescent methylated aromatic reaction intermediates observed.

Catalysis Sci & Tech paper: doi.org/10.1039/D3CY01…

ARC CBBC MCEC Research Center Ina Vollmer

Simay Aydonat and I as Polymer Chemists from DWI and RWTH Aachen teamed up with Ina Vollmer, Claire, and Adrian as Inorganic Chemists from Utrecht University, Regina and Jan as Theoretical Chemists from Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, and George and Carsten as Chemical Engineers from Georgia Tech to map this out.

4️⃣ ways in which we use our land, water & food that have the largest potential to scale up #ClimateAction :

✅ Reduce conversion of natural ecosystems
✅ Carbon sequestration in agriculture
✅Ecosystem restoration, afforestation, reforestation
✅Shift to sustainable healthy diets

Today in FD Nieuws and on Economenvakblad ESB: stop subsidising #FossilFuels , say over 350 economists esb.nu/stop-met-subsi…

Issue 37 is here 🌟 Our front cover this week features Sebastian Rejman, Ina Vollmer, @Bweckhuysen et al.'s latest work 😍⬇

Transport limitations in polyolefin cracking at the single catalyst particle level 🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D3SC03…

#ChemSciCovers 🎨

We are hiring!!! We have two open PhD position. Please let me know if you are interested and tell us why we should hire you!!!

MAJOR UPDATE: All planetary boundaries are assessed, and six are crossed.

For the first time ever, scientists have quantified all nine planetary boundaries. Six of them are already transgressed and we are increasing pressure on the others.

Read more: buff.ly/45Ps1QG

After a lot of hard work, we are delighted to announce the opening of abstracts submission for the 18th ICC in Lyon. So go, go, go!! Click here and submit: icc-lyon2024.fr/abstracts/
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Don't miss the Editorial for the Catalysis Sci & Tech and
Polymer Chemistry cross-journal collection 'Plastic Conversion', led by Guest Editors Ina Vollmer, George Huber, Sardon´s Lab and Zhibo Li

🔷pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Read the full collection: rsc.li/catscitech-pol…

New calculations show that the Dutch govt spends 37.5 billion euros on fossil subsidies per year. That's €37,500,000,000 to fund wildfires, droughts, floods, heatwaves, famine, extinction, and displacement of communities. #StopFossieleSubsidies

Report:
somo.nl/new-study-esti…

Transport Limitations in Plastics Cracking at the Single Catalyst Particle Level

High-Mw PP do not enter the inner cat. pore & their viscosity hampers cat.–polymer contact

pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Chemical Science

@UUtrecht ARC CBBC TNO Nieuws Sebastian Rejman Ina Vollmer

Mixing Fe into double perovskites lowers the bandgap towards the infrared. Interestingly, this seems purely an effect of the conduction band. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad… @hybridLinn Ina Vollmer Loreta A. Muscarella

Adrian presented his work on #depolymerization of #plastic via direct mechano-catalysis today @IUPAC2023 #mechanochemistry Institute for Sustainable & Circular Chemistry

Very proud of Sebastian Rejman for his fantastic work which will be a good reference for transport limitations during catalytic conversion of #polymers in Chemical Science. Thanks to all co-authors:
BertWeckhuysen, Max Werny, Eelco Vogt, Florian Meirer dx.doi.org/10.1039/D3SC03…

Reinventing Chemistry for a Sustainable Future

Utrecht University's new Institute for Sustainable & Circular Chemistry was launched with Eelco Vogt as director.

We (re)design, synthesize & investigate molecules and materials for circularity and sustainability.

uu.nl/en/research/in…

Thanks for a very interesting discussion and nice visit to Nouryon today.

Thanks for the great discussion and visit, although being cut short due to train issues.