The world of green chemistry and the chance for a sustainable future.
Green chemistry is the utilization of a set of principles that will reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances during the manufacture and application of chemical related products. Implementation of these principles will reduce waste from chemical processes leading to a cleaner environment and more cost effective use of starting materials.
There is increasing political, economic, social and environmental demand for the introduction of this new clean technology, which will allow the rethinking and redesign of many chemical processes considered the industrial norm.
Here at Leicester we have a dedicated team of inorganic, organic and physical chemists working together to meet these demands. This research into ionic liquids, supercritical fluids and catalysis is of great importance to many industrial processes.
It is of vital importance that industries respond to this changing new technology.
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