Publications
2024
Scholarly publications
Chang, Y., Nguyen, V. S., Hergesell, A. H., Seitzinger, C. L., Meisner, J., Vollmer, I., Schork, F. J., & Sievers, C. (2024). Thermodynamic limits of the depolymerization of poly(olefin)s using mechanochemistry. RSC mechanochemistry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4mr00079j
van de Minkelis, J. H., Hergesell, A. H., van der Waal, J. C., Altink, R. M., Vollmer, I., & Weckhuysen, B. M. (2024). Catalytic Pyrolysis of Polyethylene with Microporous and Mesoporous Materials: Assessing Performance and Mechanistic Understanding. ChemSusChem, Article e202401141. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202401141
Hergesell, A. H., Baarslag, R. J., Seitzinger, C. L., Meena, R., Schara, P., Tomović, Ž., Li, G., Weckhuysen, B. M., & Vollmer, I. (2024). Surface-Activated Mechano-Catalysis for Ambient Conversion of Plastic Waste. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(38), 26139-26147. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c07157
Haben, S., Kromwijk, J. J. G., Vollmer, I., & Weckhuysen, B. M. (2024). Operando UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy insights into the methane dehydroaromatization reaction over Mo/H-ZSM-5 catalysts. Journal of Catalysis, 436, Article 115619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115619
Vollmer, I., Jenks, MJF., Rejman, S., Meirer, F., Gurinov, A., Baldus, M., & Weckhuysen, BM. (2024). Correction: Unravelling potential reaction intermediates during catalytic pyrolysis of polypropylene with microscopy and spectroscopy. Catalysis Science & Technology, 14, Article 2305. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cy90029d
Aydonat, S., Hergesell, A. H., Seitzinger, C. L., Lennarz, R., Chang, G., Sievers, C., Meisner, J., Vollmer, I., & Göstl, R. (2024). Leveraging mechanochemistry for sustainable polymer degradation. Polymer Journal, 56(4), 249–268. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41428-023-00863-9
Schnabl, K. B., Mandemaker, L. D. B., Ganjkhanlou, Y., Vollmer, I., & Weckhuysen, B. M. (2024). Green Additives in Chitosan-based Bioplastic Films: Long-term Stability Assessment and Aging Effects. ChemSusChem, 17(13), Article e202301426. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202301426
Vollmer, I., Jenks, M. J. F., Rejman, S., Meirer, F., Gurinov, A., Baldus, M., & Weckhuysen, B. M. (2024). Unravelling potential reaction intermediates during catalytic pyrolysis of polypropylene with microscopy and spectroscopy. Catalysis Science and Technology, 14, 894-902. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cy01473h
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437167/d3cy01473h.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/437167/d3cy01473h.pdf?sequence=1
Smak, T. J., de Peinder, P., Van der Waal, J. C., Altink, R., Vollmer, I., & Weckhuysen, B. M. (2024). Oxidative Conversion of Polyethylene Towards Di-Carboxylic Acids: A Multi-Analytical Approach. ChemSusChem, 17(7), Article e202301198. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202301198
2023
Scholarly publications
Thevenon, A., & Vollmer, I. (2023). Towards a Cradle-to-Cradle Polyolefin Lifecycle. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 62(3), Article e202216163. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202216163
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435641/Angew_Chem_Int_Ed_-_2022_-_Thevenon_-_Towards_a_Cradle_to_Cradle_Polyolefin_Lifecycle.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/435641/Angew_Chem_Int_Ed_-_2022_-_Thevenon_-_Towards_a_Cradle_to_Cradle_Polyolefin_Lifecycle.pdf?sequence=1
Jöbsis, H. J., Fykouras, K., Reinders, J. W. C., van Katwijk, J., Dorresteijn, J. M., Arens, T., Vollmer, I., Muscarella, L. A., Leppert, L., & Hutter, E. M. (2023). Conduction Band Tuning by Controlled Alloying of Fe into Cs2AgBiBr6 Double Perovskite Powders. Advanced Functional Materials, Article 202306106. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202306106
Vollmer, I., Sardon, H., Huber, G. W., & Li, Z. (2023). Introduction to Plastic Conversion. Catalysis Science & Technology, 13(13), 3737-3739. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CY90036C
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434274/d3cy90036c.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434274/d3cy90036c.pdf?sequence=1
Rejman, S., Vollmer, I., Werny, M. J., Vogt, E. T. C., Meirer, F., & Weckhuysen, B. (2023). Transport Limitations in Polyolefin Cracking at the Single Catalyst Particle Level. Chemical Science, 14(37), 10068-10080. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sc03229a
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434262/d3sc03229a.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434262/d3sc03229a.pdf?sequence=1
Schnabl, K. B., Mandemaker, L. D. B., Nierop, K. G. J., Deen, O., Eefting, D. D., Vollmer, I., & Weckhuysen, B. M. (2023). Green Additives in Chitosan-based Bioplastic Films: Physical, Mechanical, and Chemical Properties. ChemSusChem, 16(20), 1-12. Article e202300585. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202300585
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434239/ChemSusChem_-_2023_-_Schnabl_-_Green_Additives_in_Chitosan_Based_Bioplastic_Films_Physical_Mechanical_and_Chemical.pdf?sequence=1
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434239/ChemSusChem_-_2023_-_Schnabl_-_Green_Additives_in_Chitosan_Based_Bioplastic_Films_Physical_Mechanical_and_Chemical.pdf?sequence=1
2021
Scholarly publications
ten Have, I., Duijndam, A., Oord, R., van Berlo - van den Broek, H., Vollmer, I., Weckhuysen, B. M., & Meirer, F. (2021). Photoinduced Force Microscopy as an Efficient Method Towards the Detection of Nanoplastics. Chemistry–Methods, 1(5), 205-209. https://doi.org/10.1002/cmtd.202100017
Vaksmaa, A., Knittel, K., Abdala Asbun, A., Goudriaan, M., Ellrott, A., Witte, H. J., Vollmer, I., Meirer, F., Lott, C., Weber, M., Engelmann, J. C., & Niemann, H. (2021). Microbial Communities on Plastic Polymers in the Mediterranean Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 1-15. Article 673553. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.673553
Vollmer, I., Jenks, M. J. F., Mayorga González, R., Meirer, F., & Weckhuysen, B. M. (2021). Plastic Waste Conversion over a Refinery Waste Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 60(29), 16101-16108. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202104110
2020
Scholarly publications
Vollmer, I., Abou‐Hamad, E., Gascon, J., & Kapteijn, F. (2020). Aromatization of Ethylene – Main Intermediate for MDA? ChemCatChem. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201901655
Vollmer, I., Jenks, M. J. F., Roelands, M. C. P., White, R. J., van Harmelen, T., de Wild, P., van der Laan, G. P., Meirer, F., Keurentjes, J. T. F., & Weckhuysen, B. M. (2020). Beyond Mechanical Recycling: Giving New Life to Plastic Waste. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59(36), 15402-15423. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201915651
2019
Scholarly publications
Vollmer, I., Kosinov, N., Szécsényi, Á., Li, G., Yarulina, I., Abou-Hamad, E., Gurinov, A., Ould-Chikh, S., Aguilar-Tapia, A., Hazemann, J.-L., Pidko, E., Hensen, E., Kapteijn, F., & Gascon, J. (2019). A site-sensitive quasi-in situ strategy to characterize Mo/HZSM-5 during activation. Journal of Catalysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2019.01.013
Vollmer, I., Mondal, A., Yarulina, I., Abou-Hamad, E., Kapteijn, F., & Gascon, J. (2019). Quantifying the impact of dispersion, acidity and porosity of Mo/HZSM-5 on the performance in methane dehydroaromatization. Applied Catalysis A: General. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2019.01.022
Vollmer, I. (2019). Structure and Reactivity of the Mo/ZSM-5 Dehydroaromatization Catalyst: An Operando Computational Study. ACS Catalysis. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b02213
Vollmer, I. (2019). Activity descriptors derived from comparison of Mo and Fe as active metal for methane conversion to aromatics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b09710
2018
Scholarly publications
Vollmer, I., Linden, B. V. D., Ould-Chikh, S., Aguilar-Tapia, A., Yarulina, I., Abou-Hamad, E., Sneider, Y. G., Suarez, A. I. O., Hazemann, J.-L., Kapteijn, F., & Gascon, J. (2018). On the dynamic nature of Mo sites for methane dehydroaromatization. Chemical Science. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sc01263f
Vollmer, I., Yarulina, I., Kapteijn, F., & Gascon, J. (2018). Progress in Developing a Structure-Activity Relationship for the Direct Aromatization of Methane. ChemCatChem. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201800880
Yarulina, I., De Wispelaere, K., Bailleul, S., Goetze, J., Radersma, M., Abou-Hamad, E., Vollmer, I., Goesten, M., Mezari, B., Hensen, E. J. M., Martínez-Espín, J. S., Morten, M., Mitchell, S., Perez-Ramirez, J., Olsbye, U., Weckhuysen, B. M., Van Speybroeck, V., Kapteijn, F., & Gascon, J. (2018). Structure–performance descriptors and the role of Lewis acidity in the methanol-to-propylene process. Nature Chemistry, 10(8), 804-812. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-018-0081-0
Vollmer, I., Li, G., Yarulina, I., Kosinov, N., Hensen, E. J. M., Houben, K., Mance, D., Baldus, M., Gascon, J., & Kapteijn, F. (2018). Relevance of the Mo-precursor State in H-ZSM-5 for the Methane Dehydroaromatization. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2018(3). https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CY01789H
2017
Scholarly publications
Kosinov, N., Parastaev, A., Wijpkema, A. S. G., Vollmer, I., Gascon, J., Kapteijn, F., & Hensen, E. J. M. (2017). Comment on “Efficient Conversion of Methane to Aromatics by Coupling Methylation Reaction”. ACS Catalysis. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b00665