
Scientific Publications
Sharing insights to inform the scientific debate
ISC3 promotes the scientific debate on the emerging concept of Sustainable Chemistry. Below, please find a compilation of scientific articles and thought-starters, discussing Green and Sustainable Chemistry as future guiding principle in chemical sciences and a contribution to sustainable innovation and the 2030 Agenda.
politische ökologie, 171, Dezember 2022, 40. Jahrgang, Nachhaltige Stoffpolitik
Für eine neue Nachhaltigkeit
by Klaus Kümmerer, Markus Große Ophoff
12 theses on "Circular Economy. Safeguarding metal resources sustainably“, August 2022
by Michael Jordan, Werkleiter Aurubis AG, Lünen | a.jordan@aurubis.com | Andreas Nolte, Integrated Managementsystems, Aurubis AG, Lünen | a.nolte@aurubis.com | Dr. Martin Held, Freier Mitarbeiter Evangelische Akademie Tutzing | transformations-held@gmx.de | Prof. Dr. Klaus Kümmerer, Professur für nachhaltige Chemie und stoffliche Ressourcen, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg und ISC3 Re-search and Education Hub | klaus.kuemmerer@leuphana.de© Lünen | Tutzing | Lüneburg – 6. September 2022
Renewable and Sustainable Energy ReviewsVolume 168, October 2022, 112678
Improving the end-of-life management of solar panels in Germany
by Livia El-hawad, Dorota Bartkowiak, Klaus Kümmerer
Chemosphere, Volume 299, July 2022, 134385
Inventory of biodegradation data of ionic liquids
by Ann-Kathrin Amsel, Oliver Olsson, Klaus Kümmerer
Nat Rev Mater 7, 76–78 (2022)
Chemistry and materials science for a sustainable circular polymeric economy
by Dr. Dr. Vania Zuin, Prof. K. Kümmerer
Journal of Chemical Education 2021 98 (4), 1061-1063
Integrating Sustainability into Learning in Chemistry
by Jane E. Wissinger, Aurelia Visa, Bipul B. Saha, Stephen A. Matlin, Peter G. Mahaffy, Klaus Kümmerer, and Sarah Cornell
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Volume 17, September 2020, 100312
Material circularity and the role of the chemical sciences as a key enabler of a sustainable post-trash age
by Stephen A. Matlin, Goverdhan Mehta, Henning Hopf, Alain Krief, Lisa Keßler, Klaus Kümmerer
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Volume 12, June 2019, 100136
a problem to a business opportunity-design of pharmaceuticals for environmental biodegradability
by Klaus Kümmerer (klaus.kuemmerer©isc3.org)
NATURE CHEMISTRY, VOL 11, MARCH 2019, Pages 190–195
Circular chemistry to enable a circular economy
by Tom Keijer, Vincent Bakker and J. Chris Slootweg
Science 20 Jul 2018, Vol. 361, Issue 6399, pp. 222-224
A path to clean water
by Klaus Kümmerer, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Oliver Olsson and Despo Fatta-Kassinos
GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, 2018, Volume 27, Number 2
Sustainable Chemistry and the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3)
by Myriam Elschami and Klaus Kümmerer
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 162, 20 September 2017, Pages 273-285
Acknowledging temporal diversity in sustainability transformations at the nexus of interconnected systems
by Annika Weiser, Lotte M. Lutza, Daniel J. Lang, Klaus Kümmerer (klaus.kuemmerer©isc3.org)
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Volume 5, June 2017, Pages 94-104
The concept of sustainable chemistry: Key drivers for the transition towards sustainable development
by Christopher Blum, Dirk Bunke, Maximilian Hungsberg, Elsbeth Roelofs, Anke Joas, Reinhard Joas Markus Blepp, Hans-Christian Stolzenberg
Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, Volume 5, June 2017, Pages 105-114
Putting sustainable chemistry and resource use into context: The role of temporal diversity
by Annika Weiser, Daniel J. Lang, Klaus Kümmerer (klaus.kuemmerer©isc3.org )
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2017, 56, 16420 – 16421
Sustainable Chemistry: A Future Guiding Principle
Guest Editorial by Klaus Kümmerer