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Félix Montero receives the Best Oral Presentation Award

Félix E. Montero Rocca awarded for the Best Oral Presentation in the ISFMEM 2025

Félix E. Montero Rocca of the MATS Group received the Best Oral Presentation Award of the ISFMEM 2025 for his work on PVDF Membrane Electrothreading with green solvents.[Read more]

Pau Manclús Almiñana

Master’s degree final project of Pau Manclús Almiñana: ‘Cross-linking of reticulated polyethylene by mechanochemistry for the development of recycled material’sustainable formulations with

Pau Manclús Almiñana has presented his Master’s degree final project (TFM) of Chemical Engineering in the Universitat de València, entitled: ‘Cross-linking of reticulated polyethylene by...[Read more]

Paula Mercado

Master's degree final project of Paula Mercado: ‘Recovery of plastic waste. Chemical recycling of fishing nets catalysed by deep eutectic solvents’

Paula Mercado has presented her Master’s degree final project (TFM) of Chemical Engineering in the ETSE-UV , ‘Recovery of plastic waste. Chemical recycling of fishing nets catalysed by deep eutectic...[Read more]

Mónica Núñez Martínez

Master's final degree project of Mónica Núñez Martínez: ‘Upcycling and recyclability of polyolefins from marine waste for sustainable applications’

Mónica Núñez Martínez, student of the Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, defended her Master’s Degree Final Project (TFM) ‘Upcycling and recyclability of polyolefins from marine waste for...[Read more]

Lucía Mora Fernández

Master's Degree Final Project on polyolefin decontamination, in collaboration with AIMPLAS

Lucía Mora Fernández, a student on the Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering at the Universitat de València, defended her Master's Degree Final Project in July 2025 named ‘Optimisation of the...[Read more]

Félix Eduardo Montero Rocca

New publication on ACS Polymers Au about electrospun membranes of PVDF with high operative long-term resistance under hydrodynamic stress

Publication of a new article on ACS Polymers Au about electrospun membranes of PVDF with high operative long-term resistance under hydrodynamic stress.[Read more]

Félix Eduardo Montero Rocca

New publication on Journal of Applied Polymer Science about the PVDF electropun membranes development with high operative long-term resistance under hydrodynamic water

New article publication on Journal of Applied Polymer Science about the use of thermic treatment with glass plates to create electrospun membranes that are resistant to long use under hydrodynamic...[Read more]

José Badia, Camila Arango, Paula Mercado, Brenda Paz.

Participation in the StarBEC AINIA Hackathon

Development of research skills based on innovative and technological entrepreneurship.[Read more]

Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances

Chemical recycling using ionic liquids to transform plastic waste into resources

José Badia-Valiente, researcher of the Materials Technology and Sustainability Group of the University of Valencia, has recently presented the work on chemical recovery of polyester waste using...[Read more]

Sustainability

The MATS group advances towards a more sustainable packaging with their new publication in Applied Sciences

The research group in Materials technology and sustainability (MATS) of the Universitat de València begins 2025 with excellent news: a new scientific publication in the journal Applied Sciences,...[Read more]

Presentation of Results at IAPRI 2024

The MATS Research Group at the IAPRI 2024 Conference[Read more]

Grafics

New Scientific Article on Abiotic Degradation of Bioplastics

The MATS group publishes an article on the abiotic degradation of commercial PBAT and TPS films.[Read more]

Illustration with water concept. Cover of the publication of the article entitled: Stability of Superhydrophobicity and Structure of PVDF Membranes Treated by Vacuum Oxygen Plasma and Organofluorosilanisation.

New scientific paper on stability of superhydrophobic membranes

The MATS group publishes an article on the progress in the improvement of hydrophobicity and stability of PVDF membranes by oxygen plasma treatment in collaboration with AIMPLAS.[Read more]

Illustration with a photograph of a person holding two bottles of water and the cover of the book “más claro agua” of the UV.

Analysis of benefits and challenges in the use of plastic bottles for water packaging in a new book chapter on sustainability

Challenges of using plastic water bottles.[Read more]

Researcher with the published paper

New Publication on the Development of Polymeric Membranes with Deep Eutectic Solvent Additives

New Publication in Polymers on the Development and Characterization of PVDF Membranes Using Green Solvents and the Incorporation of DES.[Read more]

Participants de MATS en el Seminari

6th MATS Seminar

MATS holds the seminar “Innovative Approaches in Greener Membrane Design for Environmental Applications”[Read more]

II Seminari

La Universitat de València hosts the 2nd MATS Seminar on the Design of Polymeric Membranes for Environmental Applications

Valencia, June 8, 2023 – The Materials and Sustainability Technology Group (MATS) held the 2nd Seminar on the Design of Polymeric Membranes for Environmental Applications, within the framework of the...[Read more]

Investigació sobre l'aigua.

Publicació sobre metà dissolt en col·laboració amb Global Omnium

Nou article científic sobre recuperació de metà dissolt d'efluents anaerobis en col·laboració amb Global Omnium i finançat per IVACE+i i el Ministeri de Ciència i Innovació.[Read more]

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