We lack the budget to fund all the project proposals that are assessed as excellent by our peer review panels.

So it's encouraging to see that some of these projects eventually receive funding.

A big thank you to the Latvian government for supporting excellent science; a worthwhile investment!

In the project TriboCharge, “Controlling and exploiting triboelectric effect in polymers for mechanical-to-electrical-chemical conversion,” I will study the origin of static charge, how to introduce this charge in the volume of multilayered materials, and how to exploit it in chemical synthesis.

My @ERC.europa.eu journey has ended with a positive outcome. After receiving an “A” score after the interview, full funding was granted from the European Regional Development Fund Latvia @CFLA_gov_lv. Thanks to everyone involved, especially my colleagues at Alma Mater @RTU_LV.

New research out in @acs.org Sus. Chem. & Eng.

#Bioderived #polymers (from plant extracts) are #3Dprinted and work better - than petroleum-based polymers for Mechanical-to-Electrical conversion #TENGs

From Maksims Jurinovs and @andrissutka.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1021/acss...

#ozchem #chemsky 🧪