ARC CBBC is the Dutch national research center that investigates chemical building blocks for novel sustainable energy and materials. We are a public-private organisation in which academic, industrial and governmental partners are cooperating intensively. Our many research projects focus on three themes.
Chemical building blocks for a sustainable future
Functional materials & specialties
Coatings
Energy carriers
Team science unravels the mechanism behind CO2 conversion
Thanks to joint efforts of Utrecht University, Eindhoven University of Technology and BASF, all united in ARC CBBC, researchers have found how CO2 conversion occurs at the surfaces of metals. […]
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A promising new cross-linking technique for paints and coatings
ARC CBBC researchers Felix de Zwart, Johan Bootsma and Bas de Bruin of the University of Amsterdam explain in scientific journal Science their excitement about a new method for cross-linking […]
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Infographics Workshop: visualising scientific data
Halfway through September, a group of twelve ARC CBBC researchers worked on their visual communication skills. In a two-day training they learned all about the necessary tools to create beautiful […]
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Hans Kuipers
Professor of Multi-scale modelling of multiphase flowsEindhoven University of Technology
