DC3: University of Graz (AT)

Project title

Green modification platform via chemical catalysis

(Co)tutors

• Tutor: K. Barta (UG)
• Co-Tutor: J. Van Hal (TNO)
• Industrial Supervisor: J. Lindner (BASF)

Objectives

• Fe catalysed amination of alcohol-decorated lignins via homogenous catalysis and calculated related green reaction metrics
• Develop catalytic approaches to access strategically designed end groups for vitrimer formation
• Establish the application of selected lignins with high surfactancy in formulations
• Measure and quantify the chemo-physical properties of selected lignin samples.\

Required education level

Master's degree in Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Engineering

Preferred background

Homogenous catalysis, polymer chemistry, lignin chemistry, organic synthesis

Secondments

• UNIVE (3 months) investigation of colloid formation from selected amine-functionalized lignins (C. Crestini)
• BASF (4 months) investigation of selected surfactant lignins in formulations (J. Lindner)
• Anton Paar (3 months) for specialized analytics related to surface charge and other measurements on selected lignins (H. Brasil)