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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
Synthetic (bio)degradable polymers - when does recycling fail?
Agostinho, B; Silvestre, AJD; Coutinho, JAP; Sousa, AF
2023, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 25, 1, 13-31.
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Bisfuranic copolyesters bearing nitrated units: synthesis, thermal properties and degradation essays
Bougarech, A; Zaidi, S; Sousa, AF; Abid, S; Silvestre, AJD; Abid, M
2022, JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH, 29, 5.
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Developing future visions for bio-plastics substituting PET - A backcasting approach
Haas, V; Wenger, J; Ranacher, L; Guigo, N; Sousa, AF; Stern, T
2022, SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION, 31, 370-383.
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Development of Enzymatic Variants for the Synthesis of Bioresorbable Polyesters
Almeida, BC; Figueiredo, PR; Dourado, DFAR; Paul, S; Sousa, AF; Silvestre, AJD; Quinn, DJ; Moody, TS; Carvalho, ATP
2022, ORGANIC PROCESS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, 26, 8, 2351-2363.
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From PEF to rPEF: disclosing the potential of deep eutectic solvents in continuous de-/re-polymerization recycling of biobased polyesters
Agostinho, B; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF
2022, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 24, 8.
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Isosorbide and 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid Based (Co)Polyesters: Synthesis, Characterization, and Environmental Degradation
Bouyahya, C; Patricio, R; Paco, A; Lima, MS; Fonseca, AC; Rocha-Santos, T; Majdoub, M; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF
2022, POLYMERS, 14, 18.
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Plastics from renewable sources as green and sustainable alternatives
Sousa, AF; Silvestre, AJD
2022, CURRENT OPINION IN GREEN AND SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY, 33.
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Biobased furanic derivatives for sustainable development
Guigo, N; Jerome, F; Sousa, AF
2021, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 23, 24, 9721-9722.
ISBN:
1463-9270
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Unravelling the para- and ortho-benzene substituent effect on the glass transition of renewable wholly (hetero-)aromatic polyesters bearing 2,5-furandicarboxylic moieties
Zaidi, S; Soares, MJ; Bougarech, A; Thiyagarajan, S; Guigo, N; Abid, S; Abid, M; Silvestre, AJD; Sousa, AF
2021, EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL, 150.
ISBN:
1873-1945
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Recommendations for replacing PET on packaging, fiber, and film materials with biobased counterparts
Sousa, AF; Patricio, R; Terzopoulou, Z; Bikiaris, DN; Stern, T; Wenger, J; Loos, K; Lotti, N; Siracusa, V; Szymczyk, A; Paszkiewicz, S; Triantafyllidis, KS; Zamboulis, A; Nikolic, MS; Spasojevic, P; Thiyagarajan, S; van Es, DS; Guigo, N
2021, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 23, 22, 8795-8820.
ISBN:
1463-9270
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