The Sabic olefins cracker in Teesside has been offline since 2020. It was being converted to run on ethane, but now will be closed. Meanwhile, a cracker in Böhlen will be shut down by the end of 2027, along with two other basic chemical plants.

Just attended to the European Polymer Federation #EPF2025 conference in Groningen where I presented the concept of Luminescent Solar Concentrators from sustainable approaches

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Associazione Italiana di Scienza e Tecnologia delle Macromolecole, a milestone that reflects five decades of commitment, collaboration and progress. This golden anniversary was celebrated in Pisa, on the occasion of the Macrogiovani 2025 event

📢 Program drop! The full schedule for the European Polymer Congress 2025 is online at www.epf2025.org

Huge gratitude to every speaker & the 1200 + attendee powering #EPF2025 and our theme “Polymers for a Sustainable Future.”

Groningen welcomes you 22–27 June—see you in ~3 weeks! 🌱🔬

Another conference attended, the EUPOC 2025 international conference “MacroLight” devoted to the interaction of light with polymers Conference organized by the Italian Association of Science and Technology of Macromolecules (AIM)

The Smart polymers group has attended the 15th Advanced Polymers via Macromolecular Engineering Conference (APME25) held in Catania (Italy). Oral and poster presentations have been delivered on polymers for energy and smart materials

🚨 New paper out!
We report a new class of symmetric & nonsymmetric dithienothiophene-dioxide derivatives as fluorescent emitters for Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LSCs) @mrcchem.bsky.social @pubs.acs.org

👉 doi.org/10.1021/acsa...

Our latest work is out in Polymers for Advanced Technologies.

“New Chlorinated Bio-Ester as Sustainable Secondary Plasticizer for Flame-Retardant PVC”

A step forward in combining bio-based additives and fire safety in PVC formulations.

Check it out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

RSC Advances is now on BlueSky! Follow us for journal updates, exciting new research, and news from the community!

The @roysocchem.bsky.social annual poster competition is taking place on LinkedIn again in 2025. Join us there in March!

Severe cuts to intramural research
“Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed.”
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www.science.org/content/arti...

Happy to announce our latest publication in Polymers: “Tailoring Thermomechanical, Shape Memory, and Self-Healing Properties of Furan-Based Polyketone via Diels-Alder Chemistry with Different Bismaleimide Crosslinkers.”
Full article here: www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/17...
@mrcchem.bsky.social

🚀 New Research Alert!

Excited to share our latest work in Advanced Optical Materials! We explored how Fluorescent Concentrators (FCs) can revolutionize Optical Wireless Communication (OWC), including Visible Light Communication (VLC) and Free Space Optical (FSO) systems.

🎅 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🎆

The Italian Industrial Chemistry is present at the #materialsresearchsociety conference in @boston.gov

Happy to be again here! Always interesting Tutorials, Symposia and friends! @boston.gov #aggregationinducedemission #materialsresearchsociety

Our recent work doi.org/10.1039/D4LP... has been featured in RSC Applied Polymers and selected for a special collection on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

Indoor #luminescentsolarconcentrators, how design meets #photovoltaics