The Annual Meeting, held last week at the University of Eindhoven, was a great success. Around 220 members of the DPI community attended the first day of the meeting, the theme of which was "Polymers and the Biosphere". There were several speakers throughout the day, all of whom shared their vision on the theme of this year's meeting.

At this year's Annual Meeting, held in Eindhoven, the Golden Thesis Award was granted to Casper van Oosten. His thesis entitled "Responsive Liquid Crystal Networks" was chosen by the jury as the absolute winner. It was clear that his research and thesis truly captured the jury's attention. The presentation only confirmed this.

The Annual Meeting, held last week at the University of Eindhoven, was a great success. Around 220 members of the DPI community attended the meeting, the theme of which was "Polymers and the Biosphere". There were several speakers throughout the day, all of whom shared their vision on the theme of this year's meeting.

On behalf of the judges Dutch Polymer Institute is pleased to announce the nominees for the Golden Thesis Award.

On October 14th it was announced that Jacques Noordermeer, scientific chairman of the DPI technology area Performance Polymers, will receive the George S. Whitby Award 2010. This award is of the American Chemical Society Rubber Division and is rewarded to Prof. Dr. Ir. Noordermeer for Distinguished Teaching and Research.

Het Dutch Polymer Institute kent aan ‘rising stars’ in het vakgebied een onderzoeksbudget van 1 miljoen euro toe: het DPI Fellowship. Theo Dingemans van de Technische Universiteit Delft is verkozen tot eerste Fellow.

Researchers from the Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Ulm have made the first high-resolution 3D images of the inside of a polymer solar cell.

DPI has signed a contract with the DPI Value Centre regarding the valorization of research.

At the European Polymer Congress 2009 in Graz (Austria), Professor dr. Ulrich S. Schubert of the Eindhoven University of Technology and Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena is granted with the Pieter Jan Lemstra Invention Award of the Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI).

In the period from 3-20 July 2009 the 3rd floor of our Kennispoort office will be rebuilt.

The DPI aims at securing relevant long-term pre-competitive polymer science and education for its industrial partners. With the DPI Fellowship as one of the instruments, DPI wants to develop young, talented academics with a tenured or tenure track position at Dutch Universities partnering with the DPI.

DPI will grant the second Pieter Jan Lemstra Invention Award at the European Polymer Congress '09 in Graz, Austria to a researcher who has significantly contributed to the development of polymer technology in Europe.

Wetenschap bundelt krachten om grenzen te verleggen in polymeeronderzoek.

Open innovation starts with... inspiration.

DPI has set up a new Technology Area: Emerging Technologies (EMT). Its first research theme is water-soluble polymers.

Dutch Universities want to attract talented polymer Post-Doc researchers and prepare them for a polymer-related professor position. To this aim DPI stimulates the formation of new academic polymer-related chairs via a new initiative, the DPI Fellowship Programme.

The Borealis Student Innovation Award recognizes the most innovative students having graduated in the area of chemistry, polymers or applications with a particular focus on polyolefins, olefins and melamine.

Op 23 maart ontvangt u informatie over de Subsidieregeling Polymeren en DPI Value Centre licht de activiteiten toe.

Scientific Chairman of DPI Polyolefins technology area receives Ziegler-Natta Lecture Award 2009

Scientific Chairman of DPI Polyolefins technology area receives Ziegler-Natta Lecture Award 2009

Op 21 januari is het eindrapport van de Voortgangscommissie Sleutelgebieden gepresenteerd en aangeboden aan de minister van Economische Zaken, Maria van der Hoeven. Sleutelgebied Chemie ontving het compliment dat haar zelforganisatie en haar vooruitstrevende ambities hoog worden gewaardeerd.

Current DPI research on solar cells, biobased polymers and synthetics & polymers came up at DPI Annual Meeting 2008

Professor Martien Cohen Stuart starts as Scientific Director of the Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI).

Four billion people in the world make up the Bottom of the Pyramid. They earn two dollar a day, or less.

Het grootste gedeelte van het geld, 36 miljoen euro, gaat naar het Dutch Polymer Institute voor research. Het DPI Value Centre gaat met 13,55 miljoen euro nieuwe bedrijvigheid scheppen door kennis uit de verschillende onderzoeksprogramma's beter aan het MKB ter beschikking te stellen.

Druk bezocht symposium van TU/e, FEI en DPI

Vanwege de enorme vooruitgang in de elektronenmicroscopie organiseren de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e), FEI Company en het Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI) op maandag 8 september hierover een symposium. Microscopen zijn verbeterd dat de elektronenbundel zachte materialen niet meer meteen kapotschiet. Daardoor kunnen zelfs polymeren en biomaterialen zonder schade worden bekeken.

Woensdag 10 september lanceert Minister Van der Hoeven van Economische Zaken officieel het Polymeren Innovatie Programma

Imagine: a lightweight car that doesn’t need as much filling up as now. Makes quite a difference to your wallet. Do you like running? Maybe a lighter running shoe could knock seconds off your five kilometre record. Or what about a smooth, wear-resistant epoxy floor in the living room of your newly purchased house? The fascinating world of polymers makes this all possible.

Triple-colour reflection makes cooling of beamer redundant

Op vrijdag 27 juni 2008 is de Subsidieregeling Polymerenmodule gepubliceerd in de Staatscourant. U kunt vanaf dinsdag 1 juli 2008 indienen in deze regeling. De regeling werkt via een ‘eerst komt, eerst maalt’ systeem

Conductive foil and plastics now transparent and affordable

Innovating together, joining forces, working together on a unique Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), at an international top level. That is what we stand for, and it will continue to be our mission for the years to come!

Electron Microscopy: Novel Perspectives for Soft Matter Sciences

We do not need chemistry that is less bad, we need chemistry that is good.

According to the latest report of the Netherlands Observatory of Science and Technology (NOWT), DPI has a very high citation impact: “The Dutch Polymer Institute scores highly, with an impact that is twice the world average”.

DPI has experienced quite a good year in terms of patents and inventions. A total of 27 invention disclosures was submitted in 2007, which is an 80% growth compared to 2006.

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has awarded A-ratings to two researchers from the Faculty of Science, polymer scientist Prof Bert Klumperman and ecologist Prof Dave Richardson. This brings the number of world class scientists at Stellenbosch University (SU) to nine. A-rated scientists are unequivocally accepted by their peers as world leaders in their fields of interest.

On December 19, 2007, the pressure vessel arrived and was hoisted into the High Pressure Lab at the University of Twente

NWO-Talent Classes on 22 April, 20 May and 17 June 2008

NWO Talent Day 2008 Tuesday 18 March 2008

Thursday March 6th 2008 Time: 10.30 – 16.00, including buffet lunch Location: Eindhoven University of Technology

We are extremely pleased to inform you that we received today the formal letter of approval of the budget for the Polymer Innovation Programme. The letter is signed by Maria van der Hoeven, Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs.

On December 4, during the Innovation Lecture organised by the Ministry of Economic Afffairs, three innovation programmes have been approved, a.o. the programme of the key area Chemistry. The Polymer Innovation Programme which is a crucial part of this programme, will be executed by the Dutch Polymer Institute and the DPI Value Centre.

The DPI Annual Meeting on the occasion of its 10th anniversary was very successful.

DPI granted its Golden thesis award 2007 to Jan Anton Koster.

Since the beginning of the 2007-2008 academic year Prof. Ulrich S. Schubert has been appointed at the Friedrich Schiller Universität in Jena.

DPI/SKT colloquium Date December 11, 2007 Venue: TU/e, SKT, 16.00 hrs Lecturer: Markus Antonietti , Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, D-14424 Potsdam, Germany Title: Polymers and Materials for Energy Applications and the Raw Material Change

Follow-up Polymer Innovation Programme

The DPI Value Centre received financial support from the regional economic development organization Brainport