GREEN CHEMISTRY and Sustainability
Chemical recycling and new materials
Valorization of plastic materials coming from industrial wastes and end-use materials can be achieved through the reconversion into monomers, oligomers, intermediates, and new materials with increased value by using also biocatalysis and chemical catalysis.
SCITEC works on the production of biocatalysts for the depolymerization of plastic wastes and on the development of an efficient recycle of the enzymes in order to improve the process sustainability.
Keywords
#Circular economy; #Depolymerization; #Chemical and enzymatic catalysis; #New polymer materials
Skills
- Analysis and characterization
- Synthesis and transformation (enzymatic, chemical, thermo-mechanical)
- Modeling