Bringing together experts from industry and academia in petrochemistry

Energy and Material Flows in Sustainable Petrochemistry – Opportunities and Implications

SCS Fall Meeting 2024
One of the largest annual research conferences held in Switzerland

The Chemistry Behind the Aroma of Beer
Presenting the path from raw materials to the final product

How Do Organic Radicals Aggregate in Polar Fluorocarbon Solvents?
Aggregates of radicals that form intermolecular hydrogen bonds can accelerate catalysis

First Total Synthesis of Pepluacetal
Route relying on a Wolff rearrangement/lactonization cascade, a ring-closing metathesis/cyclopropanation sequence, and a late-stage transannular carbenoid insertion

Behind the Science: Singlet Fission in a New Series of Tetracene Oligomers
Novel molecular system with a hexaphenylbenzene core and multiple tetracene chromophores arranged to dictate through-space coupling, addressing low singlet fission efficiencies in tetracene dimers

Aggregation and Aging of Nanoparticle-Protein Complexes
Use of evanescent light scattering to observe polystyrene nanoparticles-fibrinogen aggregation on substrates with different surface properties

4th SCI / RSC Symposium on Anti-Infectives Drug Discovery
Bringing together leading exponents in the antimicrobial resistance and anti-infectives drug discovery fields from academia and industry

Exploring Superatomic-Based Chirality
Using superatoms as centers and simulating inter-atomic bonding behavior through inter-superatomic bonding shows promise for constructing novel asymmetric chiral molecules

Cannabis Vapes May Contain Toxic Metal Particles
Toxic nano-sized metal particles may be present in cannabis vaping liquids even before the vaping device is heated, and the effect is worse in unregulated products