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BASF launches JONAS advanced materials research initiative with 3 European universities

BASF SE has established a research initiative called Joint Research Network on Advanced Materials and Systems (JONAS) in collaboration with the universities of Strasbourg, France; Freiburg, Germany, and ETH Zurich, Switzerland. The aim is to work jointly to strengthen the scientific base and understanding of modern materials and systems and expand the international research network.

Functional materials with new combinations of properties offer vast innovative potential. To realize that potential, we need both wide-ranging expertise and a creative interdisciplinary network in order to develop new impulses and ideas and joint exploration of new themes. That is precisely what we hope to achieve through close cooperation with these top universities.

—Dr. Christian Fischer, head of Polymer Research at BASF

The cooperation will create approximately 20 new post-doc positions at the three universities. The spectrum of future research themes is broad. One area is multi-materials, which are made up of a variety of components and in that way present new and improved performance profiles. Other examples of future research topics are bio-based and biodegradable polymers. System solutions in heat management, lightweight construction and sustainable packaging are also areas of interest.

“We take a close look at the strategies Nature has developed to achieve certain effects, try to learn from those examples and put them to work in innovative technologies. It is highly possible that we will be working in the near future on topics and issues that BASF has not been actively involved in yet. We are receptive to good ideas.

—Dr. Bernd Bruchmann, BASF Vice President in Polymer Research and head of JONAS

Since 2003, BASF has been cooperating closely with the Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), which was founded by Nobel laureate Professor Jean-Marie Lehn. The initiative opened up new avenues in collaborative university-industry research.

The researchers benefit from the support and expertise of a scientific advisory board featuring Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn and Prof. Paolo Samori from Strasbourg, Prof. Rolf Mülhaupt and Prof. Jürgen Rühe from Freiburg, Prof. Massimo Morbidelli and Prof. Ludwig J. Gauckler from Zurich as well as BASF scientists.

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