ChemistryNL provides financial support to 11 new research projects at the intersection of biobased and chemistry. A total of one million euros will be allocated for these projects, which will be carried out by consortia of knowledge institutions and companies.
Since the merger with TKI BBE, ChemistryNL has been working on the integration of the biobased economy field in various ways. Supporting these innovation projects is part of this. For example, the projects are working on the development of components for self-healing sustainable coatings, antifungal infectious agents from organic residual flows, natural UV blockers, sustainable resins for cast floors and new technologies for the production of lactic acid and PHAs from residual flows.
- Cashew shell-derived 3-vinylphenol in biobased latex resins for sustainable coatings with self-healing / circular functionality – Maastricht University (V. Bernaerts), Cashew Shell Bio Refinery (CSBR), Organik Kimya Netherlands BV
- Combating fungal infections with mixtures of volatile fatty acids produced from organic waste streams by lactic acid bacteria – University of Groningen (GJW Euverink), Biotech Microbials BV, Normec Group, Sanovations, Spaak Circular Solutions
- imPHact! – Towards full-scale PHA production from residual flows – Avans University of Applied Sciences (MA Leal), Paques biomaterials, Looop, Cargill BV
- Natural UV blockers – University of Groningen (PJ Deuss), Wydo NBD
- PhotoElectrochemical valorization of BIOmass – DIFFER (MN Tsampas), Toyota Motor Europe
- Photochemical recycling of CO₂ into formic acid as a liquid hydrogen carrier – University of Amsterdam (S. Pullen), DENS
- EnzyEst : Enzymatic synthesis of sucrose fatty acid esters for food and non-food applications – Wageninen University & Research (TA Ewing), Ation BV
- SMARTFLOOR – Sustainable Michael Addition-based resin technology for cast floors – Wageningen University & Research (R. Blaauw), Uzin Utz Nederland BV
- Controlling formose selectivity by electrochemical reduction of aldehydes: Towards the conversion of biomass into green artificial sugars – University of Twente (M. Altmark). University of Twente (M. Altomare), Nobian Industrial Chemicals BV, BTG Biomass Tech. Group BV
- Predicting the functionality and interactions of polymeric surfactants in water-based dispersions – Eindhoven University of Technology (M. Vis), Covestro
- CO₂/glycerol paired electrolysis for sustainable production of propane and lactic acid – Utrecht University (AA Thevenon), Sphere Energy SAS
