FROST8 targets innovative areas of organic chemistry with great future potential focusing on the following fields:
Innovation in flow synthesis technologies
- Translation of novel synthetic methods into flow: photo- and electrochemistry
- Mimicking Nature: biocatalysis, micellar nanocatalysis
- Nanotechnology and polymer synthesis/material science
Flow chemistry in MedChem/Pharma
- Flow synthesis of Covid-19 medicines
- Scale-up processes
- Hybrid systems: biology and chemistry in one main system
On-demand approaches/space chemistry
- Continuous flow manufacturing at remote locations
- Challenges performing flow chemistry in space
- Flow chemistry under special gravitational conditions (smaller / larger)
Applying Artificial Intelligence in reactor design and operation
- Machine Vision/Machine Learning
- Automation and Self-optimisation, virtual home laboratory (virtual reality, remote controlled robots)
- Printing the Future: 3D Printing
Education: Teaching the Next Generation
- Introduction of the new Textbook: from the fundamentals to practice, and How to use the textbook: best practices and tips
- Implementation into academic and industrial courses
- Educational: Advanced approaches for educating flow chemistry