Multi-million investment to drive the de-fossilization of the chemical industry

Verbio flagship project in bio-based chemicals: groundbreaking for catalyst production in Hungary

01-Jul-2025 - XiMo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Verbio SE, held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the new production facility for the large-scale industrial production of metathesis catalysts in Gödöllő, Hungary. Starting in summer 2026, innovative metathesis catalysts will be ...

Sustainable synthesis of biomolecules and pharmaceuticals

Chemists develop a procedure that makes external catalysts superfluous

27-Jun-2025 - In future, it may be possible to produce bioactive molecules and pharmaceuticals without reverting to using enzymes or metals as external catalysts. Chemists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have developed a procedure during which an in situ-formed organoautocatalyst ...

Green Chemistry Meets Microbiome Research for Soil Regeneration

14-Apr-2025 - With a prestigious Max Planck Fellowship (2025–2028), microbiologist Gabriele Berg from the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) is launching a research collaboration with chemist Markus Antonietti at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. Together, ...

New green chemistry extracts valuable compounds from plant waste

01-Apr-2025 - Around 98 per cent of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to extracting high-value molecules from this waste using a green chemistry approach. These molecules are the building blocks for compounds like fragrances, flavourings, fuels ...

Converting CO2 into fuel – with the help of battery waste

Upcycling as a climate game-changer: A nanocatalyst has been produced based on spent batteries and aluminium foil residues, converting CO2 into valuable methane

05-Mar-2025 - Battery waste is a serious environmental problem: it contains substances that pose a threat to both human health and ecosystems. At the same time, however, they also contain valuable materials such as nickel, which we need – for example, for the production of new batteries. Better recycling ...

Green phosphonate chemistry – Does it exist?

31-Jan-2025 - Phosphorus is a critical raw material that should be recycled more efficiently. There is also a need for more environmentally friendly production methods for organic phosphorus compounds. A recently published review article examines the potential of green chemistry to contribute to these goals in ...

Exceptional study programs in sustainable chemistry

08-Oct-2024 - In the face of increasing ecological challenges and the global climate crisis, chemistry plays a crucial role in shaping a more sustainable future. In particular, the chemical industry must realign itself to meet the growing demands for environmental and climate protection while ensuring its ...

Green chemists produce gold particles (and hydrogen) in water

This discovery “is a paradigm shift in how to make materials in a controlled way using water, with no other chemicals required, which contributes to a more sustainable future”

31-May-2024 - In a surprise discovery, Flinders University nanotechnology researchers have produced a range of different types of gold nanoparticles by adjusting water flow in the novel vortex fluidic device – without the need for toxic chemicals. The green chemistry lab work on nano gold formation also led to ...

A bionanomachine for green chemistry

With the help of an enzyme, the industry could produce valuable chemicals and drug precursors in an energy-saving and environmentally friendly conditions

16-May-2024 - Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time precisely characterised the enzyme styrene oxide isomerase, which can be used to produce valuable chemicals and drug precursors in an environmentally friendly manner. The study appears in the journal Nature Chemistry. Enzymes ...

More environmentally friendly flame retardants for e-mobility and electronics

Lower environmental impact - high potential

27-Mar-2024 - Organophosphorus flame retardants are a possible alternative to brominated flame retardants. However, comparative life cycle studies on this type of flame retardant are still lacking. The Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Energy and Safety Technology UMSICHT has now investigated the ...