This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three scientists from three generations and three cultural backgrounds—who are also friends. Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi played pivotal roles in developing so-called MOFs, which are linked to major hopes in the fight against climate change, among other applications.
Electrolysis
Inside, everything is different
The chemical industry is energy- and resource-intensive. Electrifying its processes can significantly contribute to making it more climate-friendly. In the research and innovation project “ETOS”, Evonik is working together with partners from industry and academia to operate chemical reactions with electricity instead of fossil energy sources in the future.
Metall & Machines
Key Material for Our Daily Lives
With a new facility in Yokkaichi, Evonik is supplying key materials for batteries, coatings, and high-tech applications—setting new standards for sustainable production.
Interview
"Climate change mitigation must be fun"
Climate change mitigation and nature conservation are currently having a hard time: The economy is weakening, the geopolitical situation is fragile, and major players such as the United States are pulling back. Climate researcher Mojib Latif and conservationist Myriam Rapior discuss the consequences for global warming and biodiversity loss
Soil Protection
Regaining Ground
Housing is now being built in many places where factories or barracks once stood. However, cleaning contaminated sites is time-consuming and expensive. Various substances from Evonik convert pollutants in the ground into harmless products or bind them in place—and offer a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to traditional remediation methods
Implants
Biological Innovation in Breast Reconstruction
When women undergo breast cancer surgery, many opt for silicone implants afterward. In the future, structures made from the bioresorbable polymer Resomer could support natural healing and replace lost tissue through natural cell growth.
Polyamide
Invisibly green
Polyamide 12 makes products more robust, more durable—and more sustainable. Evonik produces this high-performance polymer in various sustainability levels. The customer decides how much the climate benefits. The inner values of the material always remain the same
Circularity
As Good as New
It is impossible to imagine our world without plastic. In order to conserve fossil resources and reduce waste, the circular economy is bringing about a paradigm shift. Recycling is already being taken into account in the design and manufacture of new products. To speed up this process, Evonik is working with partners to develop new solutions. Its motto is “Design for Circularity”
Artificial Intelligence
On Good Terms with AI
Sometimes researchers come up against their limits. Experiments are too complex—there are too many possibilities, and that prevents them from reaching the goal quickly and efficiently. In cases like these, artificial intelligence can get a project moving again. At Evonik, AIChemBuddy supports its human colleagues with advice and provides space for new inspiration
Long before sustainability became a societal trend, Evonik introduced the first enzymatically produced emollients to the market. Today, they are in high demand in the cosmetics industry.
Care & Cosmetics
“We share the same vision”
L’Oréal is the world’s leading cosmetics manufacturer. Guillaume Climeau, the company’s Head of Business Development and Alliance Management for R&I Open Innovation, explains what sustainability and the tripartite collaboration with Abolis and Evonik mean for L’Oréal.
Care & Cosmetics
Cultivating relationships
Cosmetics don’t just make us look and feel good, they are increasingly eco-friendly too. Through innovation, partnerships and acquisitions, Evonik is reinforcing its focus on biobased ingredients and sustainable production. Now, with beauty giant L’Oréal, the company has invested in the French startup Abolis, which uses biotechnology to produces molecules for care products.
Care & Cosmetics
No-cow-Know-how: Vegan Collagen
The market for vegan cosmetics is growing. Evonik now offers a collagen that is free of animal-based raw materials but still corresponds to the natural collagen of human skin.
Biosolutions
Benefiting from the Tree of Life
The fruit of the African baobab tree serves as an important source of income for the local population and provides broad benefits beyond Africa—as a superfood and as an ingredient in skin and hair care products.
"We want to build the most accurate clock in the world"
Time is no longer measured solely in human dimensions. Atomic clocks control and regulate time more accurately than humans ever could. The Vienna University of Technology now wants to go one step further and base clocks on the atomic nucleus.
Hydrogen from the biorefinery
At the Evonik site in Rheinfelden, on the border with Switzerland, hydrogen is produced in an unconventional way.
“I’m reaching for the stars”
Dr. Andrea “Annie” Kritcher is a nuclear engineer and physicist on the National Ignition Faculty at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. For the December 2022 experiment, she designed the capsule that contained the deuterium and tritium fuel
Evonik Countries
Here, we present countries and their cultures where Evonik is active.
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MEDTECH
Implants
Biological Innovation in Breast Reconstruction
When women undergo breast cancer surgery, many opt for silicone implants afterward. In the future, structures made from the bioresorbable polymer Resomer could support natural healing and replace lost tissue through natural cell growth.
Medtech
Close to the bone
PEEK is an important material in the medical device industry. Together with an ambitious inventor and entrepreneur, Evonik has developed a variant of the thermoplastic that allows the manufacturing of 3D-printed implants that could improve the health of patients
Chart
From head to toe
High-performance plastics or biosynthetic materials are indispensable for many medical applications. They can be formed into a variety of shapes, are robust or biodegradable depending on the intended use and are compatible with the human organism. An overview of the possible applications for medical products
Interview
What makes a good collaboration?
Andrea Engel coordinates a diverse team of scientists, technical and business experts working on the partnership with Stanford University. This is her view on cooperations in the field of R&D
Fermentation
From Jena to the World
In the laboratories of JeNaCell, bacteria are producing the material for a dressing that enables wounds to heal quickly and gently. This area of application is scheduled to grow further following the company’s acquisition by Evonik
