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ABSolEU: closing the loop on ABS plastics recycling (ABSolEU)

Local CoordinatorEuropean Comission
At least 85% of end-of-life ABS plastic, found in durable products ranging from toys to automotive components and daily-use items such as shavers, ends up in landfills or being incinerated. The ABSolEU project aims to develop and matur...Green Plastic recycling: Additives removal THrough renewable solvents to enhancing the enzymatic depolymerization (GreenPATH)
PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
GreenPATH aims to develop a sustainable pretreatment process that combines high-pressure solid-liquid extraction (HP-SLE) with low-cost, renewable solvents, namely biosolvents and deep eutectic solvents (DES), to extract the additives in a key step prior to enzymatic depolymerization. The focus of thi...ILLIANCE (ILLIANCE (WP4 - OLI Health))

PartnerIndustry National
ILLIANCE Agenda embodies a complex ecosystem of integrated projects which aims at addressing the goal of carbon neutrality of the buildings sector, which represents 40% of global CO2 emissions. The adopted approach adopted is based on the development of complementary technologies associated with 3 core pillars, i.e.: health, comfort and...European network of FURan based chemicals and materials FOR a Sustainable development (FUR4Sustain)

CoordinatorEuropean Comission
Modern society relies on a huge quantity of polymeric materials. However, today, these materials are still almost exclusively based on fossil-resources and evolution to a more sustainable model of development is required. In this perspective, biomass and, in particular carbohydrates from, for example, low value b...Rational design of a thermostable esterase for the production of highvalue bioplastics for biomedical applications (ThermoEst)
Local CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
This project is focused on the design of customized thermostable enzymes to produce highvaluebiopolymers for biomedicalapplications.We are living a new industrial production paradigm era, where biocatalysis is becoming increasingly competitive and replacingtraditional chemical synthesis. Nowadays, ...Publications
Suberin isolation from cork using ionic liquids: characterisation of ensuing products
Ferreira, R; Garcia, H; Sousa, AF; Petkovic, M; Lamosa, P; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD; Rebelo, LPN; Pereira, CS
2012, NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 36, 10, 2014-2024.
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Synthesis of aliphatic suberin-like polyesters by ecofriendly catalytic systems
Sousa, AF; Silvestre, AJD; Gandini, A; Neto, CP
2012, HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMERS, 24, 1, 4-8.
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Novel Suberin-Based Biopolyesters: From Synthesis to Properties
Sousa, AF; Gandini, A; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP; Pinto, JJCC; Eckerman, C; Holmbom, B
2011, JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 49, 10, 2281-2291.
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The Furan Counterpart of Poly(ethylene terephthalate): An Alternative Material Based on Renewable Resources
Gandini, A; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP; Sousa, AF; Gomes, M
2009, JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 47, 1, 295-298.
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Quercus suber and Betula pendula outer barks as renewable sources of oleochemicals: A comparative study
Pinto, PCRO; Sousa, AR; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP; Gandini, A; Eckerman, C; Holmbom, B
2009, INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, 29, 1, 126-132.
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Determination of the Hydroxy and Carboxylic Acid Groups in Natural Complex Mixtures of Hydroxy Fatty Acids by H-1 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Sousa, AF; Gandini, A; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP
2009, APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY, 63, 8, 873-878.
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Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Biopolyesters from Suberin and Model Comonomers
Sousa, AF; Gandini, A; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP
2008, CHEMSUSCHEM, 1, 12, 1020-1025.
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Triterpenic and other lipophilic components from industrial cork byproducts
Sousa, AF; Pinto, PCRO; Silvestre, AJD; Neto, CP
2006, JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, 54, 18, 6888-6893.
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Improving regioselectivity in the rhodium catalyzed hydroformylation of protoporphyrin-IX and chlorophyll a derivatives
AF Peixoto, MM Pereira*, AF Sousa, AAC Pais, MGMPS Neves, AMS Silva, JAS Cavaleiro
2005, Elsevier, 235, 1-2, 185-193.
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Polymer distribution in connected spherical domains
AF Sousa*, AACC Pais and P Linse
2005, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 122, 21, 214902.
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