NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY SLOVENIA / KEMIJSKI INSTITUT
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY SLOVENIA / KEMIJSKI INSTITUT

Slovenia: West Slovenia

Overview

National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia (NIC), is a leading Slovenian research institution in the field of chemistry and related disciplines. Basic and applied research are oriented towards fields which are of long-term importance to both Slovenia and the world: biotechnology, environmental protection, structural and theoretical chemistry, analytical chemistry, materials research, and chemical engineering, through which the institute is in line with the needs of the domestic chemical, pharmaceutical, tire, and food industries. The work of the Institute is also in line with the priority thematic areas of the EU Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020. NIC has 300 employees of which around 266 carry out research work in 14 laboratories and two infrastructure centres; 136 of these have doctorates of science degrees. The Institute was the first research institution in Slovenia to obtain ISO 9001 standards in December 2003 with the goal of improving the conditions, as well as organization… NIC owns some pieces of equipment that are unique for the Slovene research area and in the “new member states” area:

AR STEM – state of the art atomic resolution scanning transmission electron microscope

Karl Zeiss Supra 35 VP Electronic Microscope with EDX analysis-

a high resolution powder x-ray diffractometer,

a 800, 600, 400 MHz NMR spectrometer

. Research and development expertizes od NIC departments, which are also interesting for the cooperation with industry, can be found at the following links:

Computer simulations

life sciences and bioinformatics
chemometrics and statistical methods in chemistry, proteomics and genomics
studies of links between the structure and function of complex molecular systems

Materials

analysis and synthesis of polymeric materials
development of porous adsorbents and porous catalysts
development of heterogeneous catalysts
development of advanced batteries
development of coatings

Chemical technology and engineering

development and optimization of chemical processes
wastewater cleaning

Chemical analysis

inorganic materials and ionic species
chemical and biochemical analysis of water
substances in food supplements
development, validation and analysis of active pharmaceutical ingredients and products  according to GMP standard
characterization of chemical…. Yes. service.

Sectors
Chemicals - Construction & building sector - Energy - Environment - Agro-food - Measurement - Healthcare - Textiles
Technology
High performance computing / cloud-based simulation services - Environmental materials (e.g. recycling, recourse efficiency, less impact, CO2 capture/ utilisation) - Industrial materials (incl. catalysts, membranes, adhesives, filters) - High performance materials (strong, light weight, resistant) - Materials for energy storage and generation - Smart and multifunctional materials (incl. phase change, shape memory, self-healing, self-manufacturing) - Surface engineering and coatings - Vitamins - Polymers, bioplastics - High value food & feed additives - Amino acids - Antibiotics - Biobased chemicals - Biofuels - Nanomedicine - Nanomembranes - Nanostructured coatings - Nanoemulsions and pigments - Photodetectors (solar cells, photo-diodes, photo-transistors)
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