Our latest publication, in collaboration with Professor Yecid Jimenez of Universidad de Antofagasta (Chile) is now available in Chemical Communications. This work was result of a team effort between Phd students André Nogueira and Camila Vallejos-Michea, who stayed with us during three month. Congratulations to all the authors and a big thanks for the opportunity to work together. This article is part of the themed collection: Chemistry for a Sustainable World – Celebrating Our Community Tackling Global Challenges.

Participation of Nicolas Schaeffer and poster presentation  by André Nogueira at the 7th Edition of the Iberoamerican Meeting on Ionic Liquids (IMIL 2024) hosted by the University of Coimbra (PT). This conference showcases recent advances in ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvents, and related ionic structures for application in  synthesis, catalysis, electrochemistry, and in materials and biotechnology. André presented his recent work on the "Determination of new DES-DES biphasic system for metal separation"

Researchers from various innovation and research lines at CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials were welcomed by colleagues from ICMCB - Institute of Chemistry of Condensed Matter of Bordeaux, in France. Over two days, the scientists gathered for the first CICECO-ICMCB Workshop: Collaborative Innovations on Advanced Materials, where they shared and discussed potential areas of collaboration (link here). As part of this event, Nicolas Schaeffer presented a talk entitled "Hydrometallurgical Separation of Critical Metals using Alternative Solvents" summarizing recent group efforts on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries.

A big welcome to Maísa Saldanha Pinheiro, the newest PhD student joining the group, to study the development, characterisation, and application of eutectic solvent for lanthanide separation. All the best to Maísa on this new journey.

Recycling and reusing waste is a major technological and sociological challenge. The development of chemistry may have triggered some environmental problems, but it can also be the solution. See the full interview as part ScienceCast podcast at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teyaJ7g5Q4Y.

Our publication, in collaboration with Professor Takafumi Hanada of Tokushima University and Professor Masahiro Goto of Kyushu University, is now available in Green Chemistry. Congratulations to all the authors and a big thanks for the opportunity to work together.​

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Start of the ERC funded DESignSX project. More information at https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101116461.

Nicolas Schaeffer was awarded with an ERC starting grant. Read the full interview at: https://www.ciceco.ua.pt/?tabela=geral_article&menu=255&language=eng&id_article=1963