Beyond the MOF Nobel: From seeds of science to sustainable future
Available online 29 October 2025
Advances and treaty towards greener and safer plastics
Available online 25 October 2025
Plastics play an irreplaceable and indispensable role in modern societies, leading to a rapid increase in plastic waste and its associated adverse impacts on climate change, ecosystems, and human health....
Recent advances and applications of soft-ionization mass spectrometry in electrochemical transformations
Available online 3 October 2025
Electrochemical transformations play a vital role in various fields such as chemistry, energy conversion and storage, and environmental protection. These processes are complex and involve multiple reaction...
Dual piezoelectric catalytic system for efficient CO2 reduction
September 2025
In the pursuit of sustainable carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction strategies, this study explores the potential of a novel dual piezoelectric system comprising K0.5Na0.5NbO3 (KNN) and polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene...
Adipic acid synthesis from bio-derived 2-furoic acid by reduction-carbonylation
September 2025
Adipic acid (ADA) serves as a crucial monomer for the manufacturing of nylon and polyurethanes. However, current production methods are based on petrochemical feedstocks and pose significant environmental...
Perspective: Roles of rare earth elements in Bacteria
September 2025
Rare earth elements (REEs), particularly those within the lanthanide series, have become known to be crucial for microbial methane and methanol oxidation, a key process in the global carbon cycle. This...
Porous materials with terminal zinc hydride sites to capture high-temperature carbon dioxide
September 2025
Hydrogenation of layered oxide cathodes as a new pathway of self-discharge in lithium-ion batteries
September 2025
Selective conversion of polyolefin waste to light olefins by tandem catalytic cracking and isomerizing ethenolysis
September 2025
Developments of catalysts for the direct conversion of aqueous ethanol to butadiene
September 2025
1,3-Butadiene is an important chemical raw material, especially with its large market demand as the main monomer for rubber tires. It is mainly produced by the thermal cracking of naphtha as a by-product...
Application of nanocellulose in solar photo/thermal energy conversion and electrochemical energy storage devices
September 2025
The recent spate of environmental challenges and increase in global warming have spurred increased focus on renewable biomaterials and the development of next-generation green energy conversion and...
Rational design of d-hydantoinase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa for desymmetric synthesis of chiral intermediate for (S)-pregabalin
September 2025
(S)-Pregabalin (S-PGB) is extensively employed in analgesic therapy. One of the current chemical processes used to produce S-PGB involves the Hofmann rearrangement of (R)-3-isobutyl glutaric acid monoamide...
Revolutionizing unsymmetrical urea synthesis: A bimetallic catalytic approach with synchronous recognition mechanism
September 2025
State-of-the-art advances in biotechnology for polyethylene terephthalate bio-depolymerization
September 2025
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a widely used thermoplastic material that contributes significantly to global plastic pollution. To address the pressing need to recycle fossil-derived PET and the...
Recent advancements and assessments in MXene-based composites stability for efficient solar-heating water evaporation: A systematic and comprehensive review
September 2025
MXenes, an extensive family of two-dimensional (2D) materials, have attracted significant attention across diverse fields owing to their exceptional biological, optoelectronic, mechanical, and chemical...
Photoinduced α-C(sp³)–H Functionalization of Cyclic Ethers via Synergistic Photocatalysis and HAT for Efficient C–C Bond Formation
Available online 5 September 2025
The selective transformation of inert C(sp³)−H bonds remains a significant challenge in modern organic synthesis. Herein, we report a photocatalytic strategy for achieving the efficient and selective...
Challenges and strategies for CO2 electroreduction to C2+ products under acidic conditions
Available online 3 September 2025
The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2RR) is a promising technology that utilizes renewable energy to convert CO2 into value-added chemicals or fuels. Currently, most eCO2RR is conducted...
Dual-functional Fe3O4-decorated porous carbon nanosheets for kinetics-enhanced aqueous zinc-iodine batteries
Available online 30 August 2025
Aqueous rechargeable zinc-iodine batteries (ARZIBs) are highlighted as a favorable solution for energy storage in view of their sustainability, cost-effectiveness, and safety. Nonetheless, the practical...
iMARS: Advancing Artificial Multienzyme Architecture Design Through Rational Approaches
Available online 21 August 2025
Self-biodegradable Polylactide Plastic With Embedded Engineered Enzyme
Available online 21 August 2025
Machine Learning Models for Rapid Prediction of Chemicals’ Life-Cycle Environmental Impacts: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions
Available online 20 August 2025
Understanding and reducing the life-cycle environmental impacts of chemicals can benefit a wide range of industries. However, current life cycle assessments (LCA) of chemicals are limited by slow speed...
ZMQ-1 Breakthrough: A New Milestone in Zeolite Science & Technology
Available online 20 August 2025
Stepwise Engineering of Clostridium ljungdahlii for Efficient Ethanol Production from Single-Carbon Gases
Available online 31 July 2025
Ethanol, a cornerstone biofuel, has been successfully produced on an industrial scale via fermentation of industrial off-gases (CO/CO2) using gas-fermenting Clostridium strains. To further enhance clostridial...
Facile Functionalization of ZIF-8 via Mechanochemical Post-Synthetic Linker Exchange for Improved CO2 Capture Performance
Available online 25 July 2025
Effective CO2 capture is one of the crucial prerequisites for successful carbon management. The development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their subgroup, zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs),...
Recent Advances in Catalytic Hydroprocessing of Lignin and Plastics for Aromatic Compound Production
Available online 2 July 2025
Lignin and plastics are two of the most extensively used polymeric materials in contemporary industrial systems. As a biomass-derived polymer containing abundant aromatic units, lignin has emerged as...
