NEXT-STEP CBE is a 48-month European project with 12 partners focused on the development of novel bio-based chemical platforms for PLA and PU foam applications like shoe soles and construction materials. The work at the LCT will focus on the hydrogenetation steps to obtain the building blocks for the polymer applications.

Congratulations to our new 2024 LCT generation of FWO and Baekeland grant awardees who'll work on a wide variety of chemical reaction and reactor engineering topics in the area of sustainability and circularity. Stay tuned for the publications to come!
Vlnr. Mackenzie Denton, Hamed Hoorijani, Simon De Langhe, Gilles Dossche, Arne De Landsheere en Robin Vercauteren

In its meeting of May 17th, the UGent executive board officially recognized KICK as new core facility. This ‘Knowledge centre for Intrinsic Chemical Kinetics’ gathers expertise, infrastructure and services that allow to determine intrinsic kinetics for thermochemical and catalytic reactions.