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Merel van ‘t Hoff – In Search of the Origin of Life

29 May, 2021

To make plastic, you need an initiator. This is a molecule that splits in two, thereby starting the chain reaction of the long chain of the plastic. However, the initiators currently in use release unwanted volatile substances and a great deal of heat. That is why Eva is using computer simulations…

To make plastic, you need an initiator. This is a molecule that splits in two, thereby starting the chain reaction that forms the long polymer chain of the plastic. However, the initiators currently in use release unwanted volatile compounds and generate a great deal of heat. That is why Eva is using computer simulations to search for new initiators.