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

Coordenador LocalEuropean 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...ILLIANCE (ILLIANCE (WP4 - OLI Health))

ParticipanteIndustry National
A Agenda ILLIANCE consubstancia-se num ecossistema complexo de projetos integrados que visam endereçar o objetivo de neutralidade carbónica associada ao sector dos edifícios, que representam 40% das emissões globais de CO2. A abordagem adotada assenta no desenvolvimento de tecnologias compleme...Promovendo a sustentabilidade na reciclagem de plásticos: Utilização de eco-solventes para remover aditivos e melhorar adespolimerização enzimática (GreenPATH)
ParticipanteFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
O GreenPATH tem como objetivo desenvolver um processo de pré-tratamento sustentável que combine extração sólido-líquido de alta pressão (HP-SLE) com solventes renováveis de baixo custo, nomeadamente biosolventes e ...Desenho racional de uma esterase termoestável para a produção de bioplásticos de alto valor para aplicações biomédicas (ThermoEst)
Coordenador LocalFundação 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, ...European network of FURan based chemicals and materials FOR a Sustainable development (FUR4Sustain)

CoordenadorEuropean 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...Publicações
Closing the Loop: Greener and Efficient Hydrolytic Depolymerization for the Recycling of Polyesters Using Biobased Eutectic Solvents
Vinícius de Paula, Simão V. Pandeirada, Paulo J. A. Ribeiro-Claro, Armando J. D. Silvestre, Andreia F. Sousa
2025, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
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Enhancing plastic waste recycling: Evaluating the impact of additives on the enzymatic polymer degradation
Aguiar, MIS; Sousa, AF; Teixeira, G; Tavares, APM; Ferreira, AM; Coutinho, JAP
2024, CATALYSIS TODAY, 429.
ISBN:
1873-4308
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Unraveling The Impact of Isomerism on Enzymatic Polymerization of Furanic Polyesters
Silvianti, F; Maniar, D; Agostinho, B; de Leeuw, TC; Pelras, T; Dijkstra, L; Woortman, AJJ; van Dijken, J; Thiyagarajan, S; Sousa, AF; Loos, K
2024, ADVANCED SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS, 8, 5.
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Enzymatic Synthesis of Copolyesters with the Heteroaromatic Diol 3,4-Bis(hydroxymethyl)furan and Isomeric Dimethyl Furandicarboxylate Substitutions
Silvianti, F; Maniar, D; Agostinho, B; de Leeuw, TC; Woortman, AJJ; van Dijken, J; Thiyagarajan, S; Sousa, AF; Loos, K
2024, BIOMACROMOLECULES, 25, 5, 2792-2802.
ISBN:
1526-4602
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Beyond 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid: status quo, environmental assessment, and blind spots of furanic monomers for bio-based polymers
Annatelli, M; Sánchez-Velandia, JE; Mazzi, G; Pandeirada, SV; Giannakoudakis, D; Rautiainen, S; Esposito, A; Thiyagarajan, S; Richel, A; Triantafyllidis, KS; Robert, T; Guigo, N; Sousa, AF; García-Verdugo, E; Aricò, F
2024, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 26, 16.
ISBN:
1463-9270
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Enzymatic synthesis of biobased aliphatic-hetero-aromatic furanic copolyesters: Influence of furan dimethyl ester isomerism
Silvianti, F; Maniar, D; Agostinho, B; Leeuw, TCD; Lan, XH; Woortman, AJJ; van Dijken, J; Thiyagarajan, S; Sousa, AF; Loos, K
2024, POLYMER, 309.
ISBN:
1873-2291
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Crystal structure of poly(trimethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) redux - a new model supported by computational spectroscopy
Araújo, CF; Pandeirada, SV; Oliveira, IM; Rosa, GB; Agostinho, B; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF; Rudic, S; Vaz, PD; Nolasco, MM; Ribeiro-Claro, P
2024, POLYMER CHEMISTRY, 15, 42, 4349-4363.
ISBN:
1759-9962
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The key role of pretreatment for the one-step and multi-step conversions of European lignocellulosic materials into furan compounds
Kammoun, M; Margellou, A; Toteva, VB; Aladjadjiyan, A; Sousa, AF; Luis, SV; Garcia-Verdugo, E; Triantafyllidis, KS; Richel, A
2023, RSC ADVANCES, 13, 31, 21395-21420.
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Highly Flexible Poly(1,12-dodecylene 5,5' -isopropylidene-bis(ethyl 2-furoate)): A Promising Biobased Polyester Derived from a Renewable Cost-Effective Bisfuranic Precursor and a Long-Chain Aliphatic Spacer
Zaidi, S; Bougarech, A; Abid, M; Abid, S; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF
2023, MOLECULES, 28, 10.
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Biobased Semi-Crystalline Polyesteramides from 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid and 5,5′-Isopropylidene Bis(2-furfurylamine): Synthesis toward Crystallinity and Chemical Stability
Rihab, K; Bougarech, A; Zaidi, S; Althobaiti, IO; Abid, M; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF; Abid, S
2023, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 11, 28, 10344-10351.
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