Scientists have long been fascinated with the origin of life on Earth, namely the transition from simple pre-biotic organic molecules to living cell systems. How did these chemical reactions come ...

Researchers take an important step towards the production of fully biobased, rigid polyesters. They present a simple, yet innovative, synthesis strategy to overcome the inherently low reactivity of ...

A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...

Researchers from the Industrial Sustainable Chemistry group, under the direction of Prof. Gert-Jan Gruter, have made a significant advancement toward the creation of rigid, fully biobased polyesters ...

Fizzy water was the key to making polyester dye less harmful to the environment in the creation of a new method developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Leeds spin-out company, ...

Biobased polyesters, synthesised predominantly from renewable feedstocks, are emerging as a sustainable alternative to conventional fossil‐derived polymers. Their unique thermal properties, which ...

Quanyou Feng (left), first author of the paper and a postdoc scholar in the Tong lab, and Rong Tong, the corresponding author of the paper and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical ...

Amsterdam researchers have made a major leap forward in the production of biobased polyesters. The breakthrough could ultimately pave the way for commercial bioplastics. Bioplastics offer a promising ...

In a recent paper in Nature Communications, researchers at the Industrial Sustainable Chemistry group led by Prof. Gert-Jan Gruter take an important step towards the production of fully biobased, ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ultimately forming protocells—primitive, non-living structures that were ...