𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐀 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: "Rate-dependent energy dissipation in additively manufactured thermoplastic polyurethanes" in the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences #IJMS. 🔗 Read it here: shorturl.at/Fhhgb @oxengsci.bsky.social @mplsoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk #Engineering #MaterialsScience

📣 New paper in Polymer Chemistry, @rsc.org: 𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐬(𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞) 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲(𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐝) 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The work is based on a collaboration between the @uniofbath.bsky.social and TotalEnergies Corbion. 🔗 Read it here: shorturl.at/wIosr

🤝Meet Dr Ajith Soman, a PDRA from @livuninews.bsky.social, who works in close collaboration with industry partner Ceres Power. He holds a PhD from the Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology and gained industrial experience at James Cropper Advanced Materials and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory:

The @rsc.org spotlights The Biocatalytic Nitro Hydrogenations Team, a collab of Prof Kylie Vincent's group & HydRegen, in celebration of the 2025 #RSCPrize winners. Their chemo-biocatalytic approach reduces cost, waste + carbon emissions while avoiding precious metal catalysts: tinyurl.com/25rjvrmu

The recent #BPC2026 brought together the polymer science community from all over the world. SCHEMA researchers & affiliates presented both talks and posters. Congratulations to affiliate PhD researcher Bonny Gao who won the @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Poster Prize! 📲 Full story: shorturl.at/MeJNK

We co-hosted the "Industry-Academia collaborations" panel at Biobased Polymers 2026 at Loughborough University. SCHEMA's Prof Antoine Buchard also delivered the keynote "Synthetic carbohydrate polymers: from synthesis to applications and chemical recycling". #BiobasedPolymers #PolymerScience

✨ MEET SCHEMA HUB RESEARCHERS ✨ Meet Dr Hyun Suk Wang, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Chemistry at @ox.ac.uk. Hyun received his B.Eng and M.Eng in Chemical Engineering from Korea University. He then obtained his PhD at @ethz.ch. #Chemistry #ChemicalEngineering

🎤 We recently asked SCHEMA Hub postdocs to describe their research using one or two sentences.. 🧠 Learn more about their work: schemahub.ac.uk/research-staff 📲 Register for our upcoming Autumn conference in Oxford: forms.office.com/e/NtvY7u5Rm1 #Chemistry #ChemicalEngineering #SustainableChemistry

📢 New publication! 📄 Cleaning up cleaning: a pathway to net zero for fast moving consumer goods chemical formulations 📚 Frontiers in Environmental Economics Read it here: doi.org/10.3389/frev... #NetZero #SustainableChemistry #ClimatePolicy @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @williamsgroupox.bsky.social

The SCHEMA Hub's Industry & Partnerships Manager Dr Greg Sulley and Operations & EDI Manager Dr Steph Montanaro had a great time meeting visitors at our stand at CHEMUKEXPO in Birmingham recently — reach out to them via our website if you have any further queries. #ChemicalIndustry #CHEMUK2026

📣 2 Days To Go 📣 Meet the SCHEMA Hub at the upcoming CHEMUK2026 Expo in Birmingham — the UK's largest expo supporting the chemicals, process engineering and formulated product sectors. Register for your free tickets here: www.chemicalukexpo.com/en/ #CHEMUK2026 #Chemicals #Chemistry #Innovation

🤝 Meet the SCHEMA researchers and affiliates based at the Department of Chemistry in the School of Physical Sciences, University of Liverpool and hear what their research and work is all about:

The SCHEMA PDRA network recently came together from across the UK for a site visit to one of our industry partners, Ceres – a leading developer of clean energy technology, fuel cells for power generation and electrolysers for clean hydrogen. Thank you so much to the Ceres team for hosting us!

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 📄 Understanding low-pressure CO2 insertion chemistry in epoxide–CO2 copolymerization catalysis 📚 Nature Chemistry Authors: Rosie Thorogood, Katharina Eisenhardt, Madeleine Smith & Charlotte Williams 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #Chemistry #ChemicalEngineering

"Plastic recycling can be tough to make economically feasible, due to issues around high energy costs and low-quality product; this work directly addresses both of these issues" - SCHEMA affiliate, Dr Jon Husband 🔗 Read more about this new research in Nature Communications: shorturl.at/1Lynx

SCHEMA PDRAs from our partner universities are currently on a two-day visit to the University of Oxford. The researchers are presenting updates on their work while the newly appointed PDRAs are introducing their research to the group. The group has also toured the Oxford team's labs:

The SCHEMA Hub Team is delighted to be exhibiting at the upcoming CHEMUK2026 Expo in Birmingham — the UK's largest expo supporting the chemicals, process engineering and formulated product sectors. Register for your free tickets here: bit.ly/4evOB7Q #CHEMUK2026 #Chemicals #Chemistry #Innovation

Prof Charlotte Williams delivered the 2026 Cheetham Lecture titled "Insights into Selective Polymerization and Depolymerization Catalysis to Prepare Block Oxygenated Polymersat" at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social earlier this year. 📸 Profs Charlotte Williams, Angela Pitenis, & Christopher Bates

One of our industry partners, @naturbeads.bsky.social, was recently featured in @forbes.com in a story about companies that are working to eliminate microplastics. 📰 Read the full article with quotes from co-founder and CEO Giovanna Laudisio here: www.forbes.com/sites/davidp...

Thank you to everyone who attended the SCHEMA Spring Conference 2026 in Cambridge! A special thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors Agilent Technologies, Asynt, JULABO GmbH, and the team at @ceb.cam.ac.uk.

Tour research facilities at the Cardiff Catalysis Institute and learn more about different reactors used by our researchers. You will also get an in-depth look at the High Throughput Catalyst Testing Facility with reactors designed and manufactured by Integrated Lab Solutions. 📲 bit.ly/4rWcGI6

🚨 We’re hiring! Research Associate (Postdoctoral) – Sustainable Microcapsule Manufacturing at @uniofbath.bsky.social 👉 Apply here: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... #Postdoc #ResearchJobs #Academia #Chemistry #ChemicalEngineering #PolymerScience #SustainableMaterials

🧪 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 🚨 📄 Graph-Based Machine Learning Identifies Oxygenated Block Polymer Replacements for Conventional Plastics and Elastics 📚 Journal of the American Chemical Society 🔗 Read the paper: doi.org/10.1021/jacs... #PolymerScience #MaterialsScience #MachineLearning

SCHEMA's Prof Laura Torrente Murciano from @ceb.cam.ac.uk has been announced as one of the inaugural Green Future Fellows by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Thirteen Green Future Fellows will each receive up to £3 million over ten years. 🔗 Read more here: raeng.org.uk/news/pioneer...

The @aaas.org awarded chemists Martyn Poliakoff, from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, and our co-investigator Richard Catlow, from @ucl.ac.uk and Cardiff University, the David and Betty Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy. 📲Read more in @chemistryworld.com: bit.ly/4aBEYlV #Chemistry #SciComm #AAAS

🔬 Read our latest JACS @pubs.acs.org paper! 📄 Controlled Polymerization Catalysis for the Synthesis of Degradable Amphiphilic Polycarbonates from CO2 📲 Read it here: doi.org/10.1021/jacs... 🌍 View SCHEMA publications: schemahub.ac.uk/publications #PolymerScience #Catalysis #SustainableMaterials

Earlier this week, the SCHEMA team visited researchers and affiliates from the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, based at Cardiff University. We were given a tour of facilities including the High Throughput Reactor, the Translational Research Hub, and the Microscopy Suite. Thank you for hosting us!

⏱️ 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦 🧪 Our Spring 2026 conference poster session at the University of Cambridge is now open for abstract submissions — this is your chance to showcase what you’re working on. 📅 Deadline: 11 March 2026 📲 Register for the conference: https://forms.office.com/e/31Q72TLAAL

🔬 New Publication❗ 📄 Photo-initiated solvent-mediated depolymerization of consumer poly(methyl methacrylate) without chlorinated reagents 📚 Nature Communications 🔗 Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467- #ChemicalRecycling #GreenChemistry #PolymerChemistry #PlasticCircularity

Congratulations to our Co-Investigator Dr Hannah Leese, Reader in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the @uniofbath.bsky.social for being named a finalist in the Innovator category of the 2026 Every Woman in Technology Awards. 📲 More here: bit.ly/3MIXvn7 #ewTechAwards #WomenInTech #STEM

Congratulations to SCHEMA Co-Investigator Sir Richard Catlow for being awarded the @aaas.org David and Betty Hamburg Award for Science Diplomacy along with Sir Martyn Poliakoff. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/4aIzd5P #AAAS2026 #AAASawards #AdvancingScience #Chemistry #Catalysis #SciComm #ScienceNews

"Many Voices, One Science" is the theme for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Global Women’s Breakfast 2026. 🌍 Use the IUPAC GWB event search function to find an event near you: https://iupac.org/gwb/ #IUPACGWB #GlobalWomensBreakfast #WomenInChemistry #WomenInSTEM

🧪 New publication 🚨 "Hydrolytic degradation of amorphous PLA: Effect of mechanical loads" in 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 👉 Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111751 🌐 View all SCHEMA publications: bit.ly/4rpg0M2

We’re thrilled to announce Linda Broadbelt, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University, as a keynote speaker at our upcoming spring conference in Cambridge. 🔗 Join us: https://lnkd.in/ddMTG5Fm 🌐 More info: https://bit.ly/4to1G8w #Chemistry #Engineering #Conference

🧪 New publication 🚨 "Pressure-sensitive adhesives from polyester pentablock copolymers" by Chang Gao, Kam C. Poon, Charlotte K. Williams in Polymer Chemistry, @rsc.org 👉 Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5PY01006C 🌐 View SCHEMA publications: https://bit.ly/4rpg0M2 #Chemistry #PolymerScience

Affiliate and doctoral researcher Katherine Morton presented some of her research at the Swiss Embassy in London late last year. The presentation was delivered for Unione Ticinese and was titled "Sustainable Plastics". 📸 Unione Ticinese London and FDFA/Swiss Embassy London

We’re delighted to welcome Gabriella Pizzuto, Assistant Professor in Robotics & Chemistry Automation and Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow at @liverpooluni.bsky.social, as speaker at our Spring Conference. 📍 University of Cambridge | 📅 24–25 March 2026 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3ZwSb9b

Two doctoral affiliates presented at the recent UK Catalysis Conference: 🧪📈R Thorogood: Linear Free Energy Relationships for Accelerated Ring-opening Polymerisation Catalyst Design 🫧📊K Eisenhardt: Quantifying the Influences of Epoxide Binding in Epoxide/CO2 Ring Opening Copolymerization Catalysis

🎤 Meet Our Speakers | SCHEMA Spring Conference We’re delighted to announce Erwin Reisner, Professor of Energy & Sustainability at @cam.ac.uk, as a speaker at our Spring Conference. 📍 Cambridge | 📅 24–25 March 2026 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3ZlEVUJ #Chemistry #MechanicalEngineering #Sustainability

🔬New Publication❗ 📄 Effects of Molecular Weight Distribution on the Thermal–Mechanical Performance and Recycling of CO2-Derived Poly(cyclopentene carbonate) 🌱📗 Macromolecules @acs.org Read it here: doi.org/10.1021/acs.... #GreenChemistry #Polymers #Research #NewPublication

⏱️ Call for Abstracts 🧪 PhD students, postdocs & ECRs: Submit a poster to our Spring 2026 conference at @cam.ac.uk. 🏆 Two £200 prizes 📅 Deadline: 11 March 2026 🔗 Register and submit abstract: bit.ly/4bwZPaI #Chemistry #GreenChemistry #CallForAbstracts #Academia

SCHEMA Co‑Investigator Prof Graham Hutchings recently appeared on BBC Radio 4 to discuss gold, and more specifically, its usefulness in non-decorative applications. 🎧 Full episode: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #ScientificResearch #Chemistry #Catalysis #ScienceCommunication

#SCHEMAYearInReview: Prof Buchard and Prof Williams co-hosted the RSC Faraday Discussion in Oxford and authored the preface to the themed collection "Polymerisation and depolymerisation chemistry: the second century Faraday Discussion". 👉 News: bit.ly/4bk1twg 📕 Collection: bit.ly/4poJBUw

Happy New Year from SCHEMA 🎆 You can now register for our Spring Conference at @ceb.cam.ac.uk University of Cambridge from 24-25 March 2026 — attendance is free. Tickets for the conference dinner at @corpuscambridge.bsky.social will be released soon. 👉 Register here: forms.office.com/e/31Q72TLAAL

#SCHEMAYearInReview: EDI Lead & Co-Investigator Prof Kylie Vincent and the Biocatalytic Nitro Hydrogenations team were awarded the 2025 @rsc.org Biology Interface Horizon Prize. 🔗 Read an interview with the team here: bit.ly/49cBMuX

#SCHEMAYearInReview: 🍃Spring conference in Bath with industry-focused talks from Dr Adam Jarvis (Unilever) & Dr Stefan Lawrenson (Scott Bader) 🍂 Autumn conference in Oxford featuring keynote by Prof Karen L Wooley (Texas A&M) 💻 Sign up from our Spring 2026 conference: forms.office.com/e/31Q72TLAAL

#SCHEMAYearInReview: In March, Prof Charlotte Williams received the Frontiers Award 2025 from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion. She delivered a lecture titled “Forward and Back Again: Using Catalysis to Make and Recycle Sustainable Polymers.” Read more here: bit.ly/4qosuD3

Season’s greetings from everyone at the SCHEMA Hub. We wish you a very happy holiday period!

Our latest newsletter is live and features news, upcoming events, industry collaboration spotlights, and new opportunities. 👀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿: mailchi.mp/106e02acf75d... 📝 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿: schemahub.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... #SustainableManufacturing #Chemistry #Hiring

🔬New Publication❗ 📄Bio-Based, Degradable, and Tunable Epoxy Thermosets from Homogenized Acids and Epoxidized Linseed Oil or Glycerol Triglycidyl Ether 🌱📗ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering @acs.org Read it here: doi.org/10.1021/acss... #PolymerScience #SustainableMaterials #GreenChemistry