Retsch is overwhelmed by the abundance of innovative submissions we received from 23 countries, which gave the Company an idea of the great variety of applications ball mills are used for in research.
All projects aim at improving environmental and social conditions and increasing sustainability. The Company is proud that their ball mills form a part of these innovations directed at enabling progress for a better future.
The application experts have thoroughly reviewed every submission and it was difficult to select the winners because all entries were of such high quality.
The main prizes: new Mixer Mill MM 400 or Planetary Ball Mill PM 300 with grinding jars – and the 8 runners up. The awarded scientists have a clear focus on improving sustainability and demonstrate great creativity and open-mindedness in their research.
The winners are:
Drs. Riccardo Gallorini and Benedetta Ciuffi Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
For: Functionalization of biochar from waste biomass for sustainable production of energy and secondary raw materials
José Manuel Mendoza, Gabriela Tarango, Ivanovich Estrada, Carlos Gamaliel Garay, Roberto Martinez ; Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, S. C., Chihuahua, Mexico
For: Engineering Environmental Solutions: Graphite expansion preparation through mechanochemical route for oil removal in water
Prof. Petrica Vizureanu, Madalina Simona Baltatu, Assoc. Prof. Andrei Victor Sandu ; Gheorghe Asachi Technical University Iasi, Romania
For: Sustainable biomaterial innovations for healthcare – study on the microstructural evolution of Ti-Mo-Si based alloy obtained by high-energy ball milling.
These projects will receive a Retsch Goods Voucher:
- Dr. Jana Novotná & Team | Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic
Microplastics from textiles in aquatic ecosystems: identification, characterization and effects assessment
- Yuichiro Kobayashi & Team | Osaka University, Japan
Creation of sulphur polymer composite materials - Dr. Vasco Bonifácio & Team | Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Mechanosyntesis of lycopene oligosulfides by inverse vulcanization - Anthony Psulkowski | Institute for Advanced Materials, United States
Synthesis, characterization, and printability evaluation of lunar regolith for selective laser sintering in off-world in situ resource utilization fabrication
- Dr. Ina Vollmer & Team | Utrecht University, Netherlands
Catalytic grinding spheres for chemical conversion of plastic waste - Dr. Blaine Fiss & Prof. Mita Dasog | Dalhousie University, Canada
Mechanochemical synthesis of metal nitride and carbon nitride nanocatalysts for photocatalytic water treatment and ammonia generation - Natalia Rosiak, Ewa Garbiec i Judyta Cielecka-Piontek | University of Medical Sciences Poznań, Poland
A green approach to delivering poorly soluble polyphenols with proven biological properties - Luis Schnürer | Technical University of Munich, Germany
Artificial Intelligence for smart design and testing of cement and concrete
Source: Retsch
