Research
Research
Group Website: Research – Mechano-Catalysis Group – Utrecht University
Personal profile: https://www.uu.nl/staff/IVollmer
Researcher unique identifier (ORCID): 0000-0001-9917-1499
News
A New Way of Recycling Plastics – with Adrian
Ever wanted to know how ball milling works? In an easy to understand outreach video, Adrian Hergesell explains how ball milling works, and how it can help in recycling plastics […]
Read moreThree grants for Ina Vollmer
Assistant professor Ina Vollmer has recently received an ERC Starting Grant of 1.6 million euros, the Incubator grant from Circular Plastics NL for 660k euros and a NWO Demonstrator grant of 160k […]
Read moreTwo available PhD Positions: Mechano-Catalytic Depolymerisation of Plastic Waste
Are you looking to do a PhD project and are you interested in catalysis, spectroscopy, mechano-chemistry, or polymer science to develop a sustainable pathway for plastic waste recycling through mechano-catalytic […]
Read moreTwo ICC projects received funding within National Growth Fund programme Circular Plastics NL
How do we ensure that we can reuse plastic packaging material? Or how can dyes in PET bottles be reused and contribute to making plastics circular? Two research projects within […]
Read moreIna & Ward received an NWO XS grant for curiosity-driven research
Ina Vollmer and Ward van der Stam (both ICC) have received an NWO XS grant of 50.000 euro for curiosity-driven research into new ways to recycle plastic and CO2. Ina […]
Read moreWhere has all the plastic gone? Ina Vollmer & Florian Meirer interviewed about plastic in the environment
Ina Vollmer and Florian Meirer have been interviewed for an in-depth article about plastic in the environment: 99 percent of all the plastics in the ocean is missing. We know […]
Read morePublications
External acidity as performance descriptor in polyolefin cracking using zeolite-based materials Journal Article
In: Nature Communications, vol. 16, no. 1, 2025, (Cited by: 3; All Open Access; Gold Open Access).
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Polyethylene with Microporous and Mesoporous Materials: Assessing Performance and Mechanistic Understanding Journal Article
In: ChemSusChem, vol. 18, no. 7, 2025, (Cited by: 1; All Open Access; Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Toward a Circular Economy of Heteroatom Containing Plastics: A Focus on Heterogeneous Catalysis in Recycling Journal Article
In: Langmuir, vol. 41, no. 10, pp. 6429 - 6456, 2025, (Cited by: 1).
Influence of ball milling parameters on the mechano-chemical conversion of polyolefins Journal Article
In: RSC Mechanochemistry, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 263 - 272, 2025, (Cited by: 5; All Open Access; Gold Open Access; Green Accepted Open Access; Green Open Access).
Leveraging mechanochemistry for sustainable polymer degradation Journal Article
In: Polymer Journal, 2024, (Cited by: 2; All Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Oxidative Conversion of Polyethylene Towards Di-Carboxylic Acids: A Multi-Analytical Approach Journal Article
In: ChemSusChem, vol. 17, no. 7, 2024, (Cited by: 8; All Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Leveraging mechanochemistry for sustainable polymer degradation Journal Article
In: Polymer Journal, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 249 – 268, 2024, (Cited by: 14; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Unravelling potential reaction intermediates during catalytic pyrolysis of polypropylene with microscopy and spectroscopy Journal Article
In: Catalysis Science and Technology, vol. 52, 2024, (Cited by: 2; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Operando UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy insights into the methane dehydroaromatization reaction over Mo/H-ZSM-5 catalysts Journal Article
In: Journal of Catalysis, vol. 436, 2024, (Cited by: 0).
Surface-Activated Mechano-Catalysis for Ambient Conversion of Plastic Waste Journal Article
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 146, no. 38, pp. 26139 – 26147, 2024, (Cited by: 2; All Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Green Additives in Chitosan-based Bioplastic Films: Long-term Stability Assessment and Aging Effects Journal Article
In: ChemSusChem, vol. 17, no. 13, 2024, (Cited by: 2; All Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Catalytic Pyrolysis of Polyethylene with Microporous and Mesoporous Materials: Assessing Performance and Mechanistic Understanding Journal Article
In: ChemSusChem, 2024, (Cited by: 0).
Conduction Band Tuning by Controlled Alloying of Fe into Cs2AgBiBr6 Double Perovskite Powders Journal Article
In: Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 34, no. 50, 2024, (Cited by: 3; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Green Additives in Chitosan-Based Bioplastic Films: Physical, Mechanical, and Chemical Properties Journal Article
In: ChemSusChem, vol. 16, no. 20, 2023, (Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Towards a Cradle-to-Cradle Polyolefin Lifecycle Journal Article
In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, vol. 62, no. 3, 2023, (Cited by: 2).
Introduction to Plastic Conversion Journal Article
In: Catalysis Science and Technology, vol. 13, no. 13, pp. 3737 – 3739, 2023, (Cited by: 0).
Conduction Band Tuning by Controlled Alloying of Fe into Cs2AgBiBr6 Double Perovskite Powders Journal Article
In: Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, (Cited by: 1; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Oxidative Conversion of Polyethylene Towards Di-Carboxylic Acids: A Multi-Analytical Approach Journal Article
In: ChemSusChem, 2023, (Cited by: 0).
Transport limitations in polyolefin cracking at the single catalyst particle level Journal Article
In: Chemical Science, vol. 14, no. 37, pp. 10068 – 10080, 2023, (Cited by: 4; All Open Access, Gold Open Access, Green Open Access).
Microbial Communities on Plastic Polymers in the Mediterranean Sea Journal Article
In: Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 12, 2021, (Cited by: 54; All Open Access, Gold Open Access, Green Open Access).
Plastic Waste Conversion over a Refinery Waste Catalyst Journal Article
In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, vol. 60, no. 29, pp. 16101 – 16108, 2021, (Cited by: 68; All Open Access, Green Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Beyond Mechanical Recycling: Giving New Life to Plastic Waste Journal Article
In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, vol. 59, no. 36, pp. 15402 – 15423, 2020, (Cited by: 695; All Open Access, Green Open Access).
In: Nature Chemistry, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 897, 2018, (cited By 1).
Structure–performance descriptors and the role of Lewis acidity in the methanol-to-propylene process Journal Article
In: Nature Chemistry, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 804-812, 2018, (cited By 84).
In: Nature Chemistry, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 897, 2018, (Cited by: 4; All Open Access, Bronze Open Access).
Relevance of the Mo-precursor state in H-ZSM-5 for methane dehydroaromatization Journal Article
In: Catalysis Science and Technology, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 916 – 922, 2018, (Cited by: 42; All Open Access, Green Open Access).
Structure–performance descriptors and the role of Lewis acidity in the methanol-to-propylene process Journal Article
In: Nature Chemistry, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 804 – 812, 2018, (Cited by: 209; All Open Access, Green Open Access).
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Homolytic fracture of inorganic crystalline materials enhances the mechanochemical degradation of polypropylene
Issue 36, 2025
Chemical Science
2023, Vol. 14, Issue 37