MISSION

The Chemical Research Center (CRC) was established by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences with a view to offering better conditions for chemical research with successful scientific results and of higher efficiency in economic terms. The CRC started with its activity in 1998. The Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (IMEC) is a non-profit oriented research institute belonging to CRC. Within the Center, IMEC is an independent institute in terms of its scientific affairs and financial activities.

The mission of IMEC is to perform research on the chemical problems of materials science and environmental science. Research in materials science is aiming at revealing the chemical relationships among the composition, microstructure, properties and processing of selected structural and functional materials, as models. Research in environmental chemistry is dedicated to disclose basic chemical and physicochemical phenomena in order to decrease the environmental impacts of products and technologies on the one hand, and to develop new processes and technologies with a minimum or negligible environmental impact on the other.