Projects
Exposure to plasticizers leaching from plastic medical devices in Neonatal Intensive Care and impact on the long-term neurocognitive and pulmonary development. University of Antwerp
Chemical information mining of wastewater – From human exposure to environmental fate of emerging plasticizers and flame retardants University of Antwerp
Natural functional plasticizers for controlled protein folding and extrustion into biomaterials Ghent University
With a raised global awareness of industrial environmental pollution, the polymer research is focusing on green biopolymers. The spinning gland of spiders and silk moths is the holy grail in green extrusion, as silk is spun at ambient conditions and is water based. This is achieved by finely tuned spinning parameters is the silk gland (pH, ion concentration, stress and water removal), whereby the soluble silk solution is converted into a ...
Natural functional plasticizers for controlled protein folding and extrusion into biomaterials Ghent University
With a raised global awareness of industrial environmental pollution, the polymer research is focusing on green biopolymers. The spinning gland of spiders and silk moths is the holy grail in green extrusion, as silk is spun at ambient conditions and is water based. This achieved by finely tuned spinning parameters in the silk gland, whereby the soluble silk solution is converted into a solid fibre. To date, no one has ever succeeded in ...
New products from waste PVC flooring and safe end-of-life treatment of plasticisers KU Leuven
CIRCULAR FLOORING aims to enable circular use of plasticized PVC (PVC-P) from waste flooring by developing recycling processes that eliminate plasticizers including hazardous phthalic acid esters (e.g. DEHP). We will demonstrate the project results via production of highquality recycled PVC at TRL 5-6, reprocessing of eliminated plasticizers to new phthalate-free plasticizers and re-use of recycled polymers and additives in new flooring ...
Plasticised: Innovation inbiopolymerapplication by using optimized plasticisers and new processingtechniques Centexbel - Scientific and Technical Centre of the Belgian Textile industry
Goals
Both textile extrusion (fiber, monofilaments, multi-filaments, tapes) and plastics companies (foil, profile, injection molding) can implement the extrusion formulations in their productions. The newly to be developed coating formulations will become available for companies active in coating, finishing, impregnating and printing on various raw materials. Not only textiles but also applications on metal, plastic, ...