Mechanical recycling

• Blends by different processing methodologies

• Blending, extrusion, melt spinning, force-spinning and electrospinning, 3D Bioprinting, spray-drying, foaming technologies to obtain improved properties of materials
• Structural and morphological properties of polymers using conventional techniques and synchrotron facilities
• Encapsulation methodology to incorporate the valuable properties

(Thermo-) Chemical recycling

• Chemical functionalization of polymers (e.g., oxidation control)
  
• Determination of the physico-chemical properties of the polymers by spectroscopic, chromatographic, microscopic and thermal techniques
• Analysis of the surface properties
• Migration of compounds in food simulants   
• Capacity to determine the release of components (antimicrobial, antioxidant) from plastics by spectroscopy methods
• NIR optical methodology for microplastic monitoring
  
• Experimental set-up and procedure for a fast monitoring of microplastic suspensions and aggregates
• Surface modification using plasma (plasma reactors and photoelectron spectroscopy)
• Supercritical CO2 technology to perform polymers or reinforce plastics
• Microwave Induced Pyrolysis (MIP) of organic residues
• Syngas from microwave-assisted dry reforming of methane and methane rich gases or by  atmospheric pressure plasmas
• Synthesis of xerogel-based porous substrates for enzyme purification and enzyme immobilization
• Syngas characterization by gas chromatography
• Chemical characterization of carbons and organic wastes

Biotechnological recycling

• Enzymatic reactions of synthesis, degradation and functionalization of polymers. Enzymatic cascade reactions. Enzyme production and purification. Enzyme immobilization
• Biopolymers functionalization by microbial metabolic engineering
• Bacterial bioprospecting
• Omics, Systems and Synthetic Biology approaches towards novel biopolymers for biotechnological applications
• Enzyme engineering techniques to develop new biocatalysts for bioplastics synthesis, functionalization and degradation
  
• Determination of plastics degradation in different media including biological systems (human body), soils and ocean
  
• Cell cultures to determine biocompatibility and bioactivity of polymeric systems