Institute of Sustainable Chemistry

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

At the Institute of Sustainable Chemistry the research and teaching activities focus on Environmental Chemistry as well as Sustainable Chemistry. Environmental Chemistry focuses on studies regarding the environmental fate and behaviour of already existing chemicals, Sustainable Chemistry develops in a more holistic approach solutions that meet the criteria of sustainability.

In addition, the Institute for Sustainable Chemistry is also home to the didactics of natural sciences with its research and teaching activities in the profession of chemistry, biology and science education with the reference subject of natural sciences.

 

 

Main research areas

Key topics of our research field are as follows:

  • Sustainable Chemistry and Sustainable Pharmacy
  • Inclusive science education
  • Efficient use of biogenic resources
  1. 2011
  2. Published

    Vertical emission profiles for Europe based on plume rise calculations

    Bieser, J., Aulinger, A., Matthias, V., Quante, M. & Denier Van Der Gon, H. A. C., 10.2011, In: Environmental Pollution. 159, 10, p. 2935-2946 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Identifying the Research and Infrastructure Needs for the Global Assessment of Hazardous Chemicals Ten Years after Establishing the Stockholm Convention

    Klánová, J., Diamond, M., Jones, K., Lammel, G., Lohmann, R., Pirrone, N., Scheringer, M., Balducci, C., Bidleman, T., Bláha, K., Bláha, L., Booij, K., Bouwman, H., Breivik, K., Eckhardt, S., Fiedler, H., Garrigues, P., Harner, T., Holoubek, I., Hung, H., MacLeod, M., Magulova, K., Mosca, S., Pistocchi, A., Simonich, S., Smedes, F., Stephanou, E., Sweetman, A., Sebková, K., Venier, M., Vighi, M., Vrana, B., Wania, F., Weber, R. & Weiss, P., 15.09.2011, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 45, 18, p. 7617-7619 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  4. Published

    Spray-dried chitosan-metal microparticles for ciprofloxacin adsorption: Kinetic and equilibrium studies

    Reynaud, F., Tsapis, N., Deyme, M., Vasconcelos, T. G., Gueutin, C., Guterres, S. S., Pohlmann, A. R. & Fattal , E., 21.08.2011, In: Soft Matter. 7, 16, p. 7304-7312 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Verfahren, Wärmespeicher und Wärmespeichersystem zur Erwärmung und Abkühlung eines Arbeitsfluides

    Ruck, W., Opel, O. & Homberger, G., 18.08.2011, IPC No. F01K25/06 , F01K3/00 , F28D17/00 , F28D20/003, Y02E60/14, Europäisches Patentamt, Patent No. WO2011098228A2, 03.02.2011, Priority date 15.02.2010, Priority No. DE102010008111A

    Research output: PatentsPatent

  6. Published

    Identifizierung und Bewertung ausgewählter Arzneimittel und ihrer Metaboliten (Ab- und Umbauprodukte) im Wasserkreislauf

    Kümmerer, K., Schuster, A., Längin, A., Happel, O., Thoma, A., Schneider, K., Hassauer, M., Gartiser, S. & Hafner, C., 01.08.2011, Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 195 p. (Texte; vol. 46/2011).

    Research output: Working paperProject reportsTransfer

  7. Published

    Analyses of Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

    Ali, I., Aboul-Enein, H. Y. & Kümmerer, K., 05.07.2011, Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Anthropogenic Organic Compounds in Environmental Systems. Xing, B., Senesi, N. & Ming, P. (eds.). 1 ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc., p. 439-462 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    Exposure of the Irish population to PBDEs in food: consideration of parameter uncertainty and variability for risk assessment

    Trudel, D., Tlustos, C., von Goetz, N., Scheringer, M., Reichert, P. & Hungerbühler, K., 07.2011, In: Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment. 28, 7, p. 943-955 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Assessment of the environmental persistence and long-range transport of endosulfan

    Becker, L., Scheringer, M., Schenker, U. & Hungerbühler, K., 01.06.2011, In: Environmental Pollution. 159, 6, p. 1737-1743 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Contrasting temporal trends and relationships of total organic carbon, black carbon, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rural low-altitude and remote high-altitude lakes

    Bogdal, C., Bucheli, T. D., Agarwal, T., Anselmetti, F. S., Blum, F., Hungerbühler, K., Kohler, M., Schmid, P., Scheringer, M. & Sobek, A., 01.05.2011, In: Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 13, 5, p. 1316-1326 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Identification of perfluoroalkyl acid sources in Swiss surface waters with the help of the artificial sweetener acesulfame

    Müller, C. E., Gerecke, A. C., Alder, A. C., Scheringer, M. & Hungerbühler, K., 01.05.2011, In: Environmental Pollution. 159, 5, p. 1419-1426 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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Activities

  1. Transformative Wissenschaft – autonom, nützlich oder transversal? Ein feldtheoretischer Öffnungsversuch der Gaia-Debatte
  2. Rural Gender Relations and Sustainable Development – Theoretical Remarks and Empirical Findings on Feminization Trends
  3. Formative Leistungsbeurteilung. Didaktische Elemente der individuellen Diagnose und lernprozessbegleitenden Förderung
  4. Co-Production of Tools and Strategies to Upscale the Local Model of the Viscri Association by Involving a Policy Expert
  5. Fachtagung "Chormusikkultur und Migrationsgesellschaft - Kinder und Jugendchöre als Orte transkulturellen Lernens?" - 2015
  6. A Simple Likelihood-based Panel Cointegration Test in the Presence of a Linear Time Trend and Cross-sectional Dependence
  7. 28th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association and 67th European Meeting of the Econometric Society - EEA 2013
  8. Relationen der Auflösung sind Relationen der Konstituierung: Überlegungen zur Ontogenese im Anschluss an Gilbert Simondon
  9. Networkers, Grazers, and Explorers: how sustainability-oriented innovation in SMEs unfolds through a regional network setting.
  10. 5. Tagung des EU-Forschungsverbundes CAPRIGHT - Resources, Rights and Capabilities, towards a social foundation for Europe 2010
  11. Comparing responses of carbon dyamics to elevated atmosperic CO2 concentrations in arable crop rotations in Germany and China
  12. Die Deutschdidaktik und die Musikdidaktik. Anmerkungen eines Sprachdidaktikers zum Tagungsthema "Perspektiven der Musikdidaktik"
  13. MEPs on the Web - different from national MPs or just the same? Socialisation and the new digital media in the European Parliament
  14. 13. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises ,,Wahlen und politische Einstellungen'' der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaften - 2010

Publications

  1. Die Edition der Lodzer Getto-Chronik und ihre Multimedialisierung im Spiegel medialer Transformationen des Holocaust
  2. A Geometric Approach by Using Switching and Flatness Based Control in Electromechanical Actuators for Linear Motion
  3. Identification of environmentally biodegradable scaffolds for the benign design of quinolones and related substances
  4. Teachers' content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge: The role of structural differences in teacher education
  5. Conference on Contract Practice in the European Space Sector, 26 - 27 November 2009, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Bremen
  6. Nitrogen deposition and drought events have non-additive effects on plant growth – Evidence from greenhouse experiments
  7. For the good of the people: establishing public value creation as an objective for sustainable entrepreneurship policy
  8. Acute effects of resistance training at different range of motions on plantar flexion mechanical properties and force
  9. Interdependenzen zwischen Unternehmenskultur und städtischer Kultur am Beispiel der mittelalterlichen Saline Lüneburg
  10. Does adhering to the principles of green finance matter for stock valuation? Evidence from testing for (co-)explosiveness
  11. Ein Smartphone-gestütztes internetbasiertes Programm für Patienten mit Diabetes mellitus Typ 2 und komorbider Depression
  12. Demokratisierung gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse im Spannungsfeld von Politisierung und Entpolitisierungsprozessen
  13. Lern- und Leistungsschwierigkeiten im Mathematikunterricht aus der Sicht von Grundschullehrerinnen und Grundschullehrern
  14. Platform for sustainable aviation fuels-combining ecological research and sustainability management with industrial needs
  15. Network access charges, vertical integration, and property rights structure-experiences from the German electricity markets
  16. Training effects of two different unstable shoe constructions on postural control in static and dynamic testing situations
  17. Psychische Störungen und psychiatrische Versorgung von Bewohner/Innen von Alten- und Bewohner/Innen von Alten- und Pflegeheimen
  18. Identification of ozonation by-products of 4- and 5-methyl-1H-benzotriazole during the treatment of surface water to drinking water
  19. Marius Welling, Was kann die Verbandsklage vom KapMuG lernen? - Untersuchung zentraler Regelungen des VDuG im Vergleich zum KapMuG
  20. Second comment on 'The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions'