👏Great to see our MERGE partners actively contributing to the scientific community!
🤩Proud to see Politecnico di Milano at the ENMIX Workshop in Valencia, engaging with the latest trends in #catalysis and connecting with leading experts that drive innovation!
#HorizonEurope #mergeprojectEU
Proud to collaborate with Gianvito Vile (Politecnico di Milano) in #HorizonEurope MERGE 🤝
From pioneering #SingleAtomCatalysts to global recognition —
IUPAC naming SACs among the Top 10 Emerging Technologies, citing 3 key papers from his group 👏
Excited to advance greener chemistry together!
✨Inspiring paper from EWABA showing the strong emissions-saving potential of waste-based biofuels.
♻️This supports MERGE’s goal to valorise non-food biomass into green fuels & high-value chemicals via advanced catalytic processes.
👉Read the paper here: bit.ly/4725gf1
🚀Are you interested in cutting-edge #materialcharacterization techniques?
🔬At NSFE 2026, you can explore #nanoscale techniques relevant for #catalyst development.
👉 Details: nanoscientific.org/nsf_europe/m...
💐The MERGE project review meeting took place last week, marking 17 months of progress. All partners shared key results and the reviewers welcomed the strong progress of the project.
Thanks to our partners for the great collaboration! 🚀
#HorizonEurope #WIDERA #twinning #biofuels
🧐 How can standalone thin electrode films with SACs on organic substrates be fabricated reproducibly?
🤩 New research from our partner Politecnico Di Milano, aligned with MERGE goals, on innovative materials for sustainable energy.
🔗 advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../admi.202...
🎉MERGE just completed its 1st reporting period!
😌Want to see all the progress it made the past 6 months?
👇Check below its 3rd Newsletter!
merge-twinning.eu/newsletter
🔬♻️Waste surgical masks → next-gen supercapacitors.
🌷With MERGE’s contribution, etched manganese–aluminum carbide (EMAX) combines low work function, high redox activity & sustainable synthesis to push aqueous energy density to new limits.
Read more 👇
www.merge-twinning.eu/library/scie...
🙏Last week, early-career researchers from our partner
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava joined the 4th Scientific Writing Camp to strengthen publishing skills and research communication.
💪As part of MERGE project, University of Ostrava continues to empower the next generation of researchers.
🌱Biofuels are set to play a key role in the #energytransition by 2026, driven by innovation, policy and leadership.
🎯EU projects like MERGE are crucial, advancing sustainable biomass-to-fuel technologies and strengthening EU research excellence.
Source: biofuels-news.com/news/the-bio...
🚀 MERGE partners kick-start the year with highlighted publications!
👏 The group of Prof. Gianvito Vile from our partner Politecnico di Milano contributed to two publications recently highlighted in #Synfacts, focusing single-atom catalysts.
👇Links to highlights:
bit.ly/3MaKlPv
bit.ly/4jXXuYA
Strengthening Proposal Writing Skills with MERGE!
🎯 Q-PLAN delivered another successful MERGE webinar, providing practical guidance on budgeting, costs and gender aspects — all key to supporting strong @horizoneu.bsky.social proposals .
👉Read the details in: www.merge-twinning.eu/news-events/...
🌟 We are proud of our MERGE partners!
🎉 Prof. Gianvito Vilé @vilegroup.bsky.social from our partner POLIMI , won the MaP Award of ETH for the best doctoral thesis back in 2016.
Today, ETH promotes a new series of posts to highlight the career evolution of past winners of the MaP Award.
Need a quick refresher on our mission? 🧠
📽️ Watch our technologies and pathway towards #sustainablefuels and #Greenchemicals !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wkn...
@rug.nl @vilegroup.bsky.social
🎉 MERGE wishes you a happy holiday season and all the best for the new year!
This year has been full of #research towards #Greenchemicals and #sustainablefuels ! Looking ahead to exciting outcomes in next year! 🚀
@rug.nl @vilegroup.bsky.social
Fe+2 – Fe+3 dimer single atom catalyst in action for upgrading key biomass-derived chemicals in water 🌱➡️🧪
👉Read the full article in pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
👏Congratulations to the teams of VSB and all contributing researchers and co-authors !
🚀 We are proud of our partners' publications in top journals! 🚀
Discover the latest publication with significant contribution of VSB, in www.merge-twinning.eu/library/scie...
Congratulations to Prof. Radek Zboril and Dr. Aristides Bakandritsos who contributed! 👏
@vilegroup.bsky.social @rug.nl
🤔 How can researchers address complex #catalysis challenges and turn them into winning Horizon Europe proposals?
🤝The first MERGE school, hosted by @vilegroup.bsky.social in our partner Politecnico di Milano, gave us the answer!
👉 Read the details in www.merge-twinning.eu/news-events/... .
How can new #material #technologies transform industrial practices?
📢 VSB, CATEN and MSIC co-organise a #workshop on the industrial potential of new technologies utilising single atom #engineering and artificial intelligence (AI).
MERGE is co-funding this workshop!
@rug.nl @vilegroup.bsky.social
Want a quick preview on proposal-writing essentials? 💵
We are sharing experience and material in proposal writing for Horizon Europe! ✍
📢 Q-PLAN led a webinar about proposal writing, targeted to experienced researchers !
👉 Read the details in: www.merge-twinning.eu/news-events/...
⭐ VSB presence through MERGE in NanoCon 2025 #conference on nanomaterials #engineering!⭐
👉 Read more here www.merge-twinning.eu/news-events/....
🚀VSB had a strong presence, with Prof. Radek Zboril chairing the conference and numerous VSB researchers participating !
@vilegroup.bsky.social @rug.nl
🚀 MERGE partners contributing to #sustainability of #research ! 🚀
👏Prof. Gianvito Vilé @vilegroup.bsky.social from our partner Politecnico di Milano contributed to drafting the revised Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (#MSCA) Green Charter .
👉 www.linkedin.com/posts/ugcPos...
🎉 Working together for better research and innovation!
We’re very happy to start a new #collaboration between MERGE and SAN4fuel ! 🤝
👉Read more here: www.merge-twinning.eu/news-events/...
Our cooperation already started with co-hosting the EU–Asia #Workshop on Sustainable Technologies !
⭐ VSB showcased MERGE at #NanoBio2025! ⭐
🧑🔬Dr. @ArisBakandritsos presented “Single Atom Engineered Antibiotics Overcome Bacterial Resistance,” highlighting Mn-doped #graphene via single-atom engineering — paving the way for waste #biomass to #GreenChemicals! ⚛️
🚀 MERGE partner Politecnico di Milano contributes to address key major environmental #challenges: the removal of emerging #pollutants, by applying #catalysis design and photoreactor #engineering! ⚗️
👇 Read more details in www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
@vilegroup.bsky.social @rug.nl
⭐Our coordinator Dr. Aristides Bakandritsos from VSB gave a #keynote #presentation titled “Low-Dimensional Functional Materials for Catalysis and Energy Storage” in nanoBalkan 2025 international #conference.
👉 Details here (www.merge-twinning.eu/news-events/...) !
@vilegroup.bsky.social @rug.nl
🙌 Sustainable #synthesis of #esters through Single-Atom #Catalysts (SACs)! ⚛
A new #paper about the production of esters using Nickel - based SACs was published from our partner Politecnico di Milano.
👉 Read the full publication in
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
@vilegroup.bsky.social
@rug.nl
🧪 Can #innovation in chemistry lead the way toward #sustainability?🏭
Professor Matthias Beller, Vice President of the Leibniz Association, gave a lecture “How to Achieve Sustainable Energy Technologies and a Circular Chemical Industry” at our coordinator VSB!
www.merge-twinning.eu/news-events/...
🚀 Boosting #research capacity with top #scientists! 🚀
👩🔬 Professor Klaus Müllen joined the scientific team of our coordinator VSB-TU Ostrava! Read more about Prof. Müllen, one of the ten most cited chemists, below:
www.merge-twinning.eu/news-events/...
@vilegroup.bsky.social
@rug.nl
💡 How could #nanomaterials pave the way for Sustainable Technologies?
🎉 MERGE Project proudly co-hosted the EU-Asia Workshop on #Sustainable Technologies, along with SAN4Fuel project!
👉 Read all the details: www.merge-twinning.eu/news-events/...!
@vilegroup.bsky.social
@rug.nl