Waste and side streams valorization

CO2, municipal waste, paper waste, food waste, etc.

Homogenous, Heterogeneous and Biocatalysis:

Nanocatalysis, organometallics, organocatalysis, enzymatic catalysis, metallic catalysis, solid catalysts, hybrid catalysis, dual catalysis, bi- or multifunctional catalysts, tailor-made biocatalysts (obtained by protein or metabolic engineering), etc.

Polymers or composites:

Clean polymerization methodologies, biosourced polymers, eco-design of polymers and composites, recycling, upcycling of polymers, hybrid organic-inorganic materials, auto-assembly, etc.

Alternative solvents

Bio-based solvents, deep eutectic solvent, ionic liquids, supercritical fluids, CO2-switchable solvent, etc.

Alternative technologies:

Microwaves, plasma, ultrasound, mechanochemistry, photochemistry, electrochemistry, etc.

Clean reactions:

tandem and cascade reactions, one-pot reactions, multicomponent reactions, etc.

Chemical engineering:

Reactor design, process intensification, continuous flow reaction, microfluidic, kinetics, modeling, etc.

Industrial chemistry

Sustainable products, start-up innovation, legislations and regulations, innovation to markets, competitiveness, open innovation, green processing, business and development, accelerating development of sustainable products and processes, etc

ENERGY:

Hydrogen, energy storage, batteries, biofuels, solar cells, etc.

Mechanism investigations

Kinetics, isotopic exchange, DFT, in situ characterization, etc.

Artificial intelligence

Predictive methods, big data, deep learning, automated synthesis, computer science, etc

Life cycle and environmental assessment:

Environmental fate of chemicals, impact on human health, transfer mechanism in eco-systems, end of life, predictive methods, etc..

Networking and education

Partnership, public/private consortia, teaching, general public, sustainable chemistry and society, etc