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Chemist, Cat-Enthusiast, Punsmith, and Senior Editor at Nature Chemistry
There's been a major push to understand water oxidation electrocatalyst materials, but the interface with water is also crucial. Congrats to Cuenya, Oener, and team for their work
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examining interfacial solvation's impact on the transition state!
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Interfacial solvation pre-organizes the transition state of the oxygen evolution reaction - Nature Chemistry
The oxygen evolution reaction proceeds over a surface that undergoes (frustrated) phase transitions to accommodate bias-dependent excess charge. Now it has been shown that this excess charge is intima...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01932-7
21 days ago
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Plastics have been incredibly useful, but we've got too much now! We need better ways to break them down. Congrats to Miller, Kratish, Marks, and team for their work
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on a single-site nickel catalyst that prefers to cut branched polyolefin C–C bonds!
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Stable single-site organonickel catalyst preferentially hydrogenolyses branched polyolefin C–C bonds - Nature Chemistry
Selective chemical upcycling of polyolefin mixtures remains challenging due to the structural similarity of their backbones. Now it has been shown that a single-site nickel catalyst can preferentially...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01892-y
22 days ago
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Battery research involves a multitude of competing interactions, such balancing cycling stability with material recyclability! So congrats to Cho, Ortony and team for their work
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examining aramid amphiphile self-assembly for recyclable batteries!
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Reversible self-assembly of small molecules for recyclable solid-state battery electrolytes - Nature Chemistry
Battery recyclability presents a sustainability challenge in materials design. Now it has been shown that aramid amphiphile self-assembly yields solid-state electrolytes with fast ion conductivity and...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01917-6
22 days ago
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O2 evolution is a crucial half-reaction to figure out for electrolysis, especially when using (hydr)oxide-based catalysts. Congrats to Li, Zhang and colleagues for their work
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elucidating the role of lattice O–O ligands in water oxidation!
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Lattice O–O ligands in Fe-incorporated hydroxides enhance water oxidation electrocatalysis - Nature Chemistry
While the ligand coordination microenvironment surrounding catalytic centres influences reactivity, dynamic oxygen reconstruction during water oxidation electrocatalysis complicates structure-based me...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01898-6
22 days ago
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Moving ions and charge around involves cooperation on multiple scales! Congrats to Peng, Chen and team for their work
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on polymer cathodes!
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Ultrafast charging of two-dimensional polymer cathodes enabled by cross-flow structure design - Nature Chemistry
Electrochemical energy-storage devices require rapid charge–discharge profiles, but the dense electrode packing required to achieve high energy densities results in sluggish ion-transport kinetics. No...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01899-5
22 days ago
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Chemistry is not just about the past. It should also look to the future. And so we take one step closer to the stars: congrats to Romero-Calvo, Brinkert, and team for their work
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using magnets to enhance water electrolysis in microgravity!
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Magnetically induced convection enhances water electrolysis in microgravity - Nature Chemistry
Electrochemical devices producing oxygen in space face limited buoyancy, hindering gas bubble removal and increasing reaction overpotentials. Now, it has been shown that commercial magnets can enhance...
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-025-01890-0
22 days ago
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Magnetic fields can impact catalysis involving reactants/products with unpaired electrons. But intermediates can also have unpaired electrons! Congrats to Xu and team for their work
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showing magnetic spins to alter electrochemical ammonia oxidation!
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Cooperative spin alignment enhances dimerization in the electrochemical ammonia oxidation reaction - Nature Chemistry
Ammonia represents a promising fuel resource, but its efficient conversion to dinitrogen faces high energy barriers. Now magnetic domain structures of Co/Pt thin films have been engineered to facilita...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01900-1
23 days ago
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So many factors impact lithium growth (electrolyte, temperature, etc), so it's hard to gain clear insights. Congrats to Liu and team for their work
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connecting lithium nucleation/growth to interfaces with the surface and electrolyte!
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Nucleation processes at interfaces with both substrate and electrolyte control lithium growth - Nature Chemistry
Lithium-metal batteries require the controlled growth of lithium for reliable operation, but it has been challenging to understand which factors impact and determine lithium nucleation and growth. Now...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01911-y
23 days ago
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It's not just our singular abilities that make big changes, but the connections between us. At least, that's how it can be in chemistry. Congrats to Musser, Milner and team for their work
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on electrophotocatalysis!
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Polymer connectivity governs electrophotocatalytic activity in the solid state - Nature Chemistry
The combination of electricity and light can provide a sustainable route to drive challenging synthetic transformations, but current catalysts are plagued by poor stability and mechanistic ambiguity. ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01897-7
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A tough call? Cost vs speed. So congrats to Michaelides and all for their modelling work
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that asks 'Why not both?'
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An accurate and efficient framework for modelling the surface chemistry of ionic materials - Nature Chemistry
Simulating molecular adsorption on surfaces presents considerable challenges, as computational methods typically suffer from either insufficient accuracy or prohibitive computational costs. Now, with ...
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I enjoy seeing creative ways to harness light for CO2 capture! So congrats to Liu and team for their recent work
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using photobases to grab and store CO2 from air!
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Reversible fluorenol photobases that perform CO2 capture and concentration from ambient air - Nature Chemistry
Current COâ‚‚ capture strategies often suffer from high thermal regeneration costs. Now a photobase has been shown to reversibly capture and release COâ‚‚ from ambient air using visible light, offering a ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01901-0
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Solid-state 'solvation' provides an intriguing handle to modulate electrolyte chemistry. Congrats to Wang and Sun on their recent work
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Solid solvation structure design improves all-solid-state organic batteries - Nature Chemistry
Organic electrode materials offer a versatile and sustainable route for lithium-ion batteries, but their application is hindered by low working voltages and poor cycling stability. Now, it has been sh...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01866-0
23 days ago
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Fire is wonderful and does so much for us. So congrats to Guo, Caruso, Pan and team for the work on the flame-synthesis of high-entropy nanomaterials!
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Flame synthesis achieves compositionally tailorable high-entropy metal-containing nanomaterials - Nature Chemistry
High-entropy nanomaterials, which incorporate multiple homogeneously dispersed elements, are promising for energy conversion, but typically require complex, high-temperature synthesis. Now a scalable ...
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23 days ago
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Alrighty Chemists, putting this out there: I'll be attending my first ACS Meeting
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, so if you're around and want to chat with an
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editor, let me know! I've still got slots in my schedule, so happy to discuss science, ideas, and whatnot. See you there!
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And thank you Dr Oener for clarifying
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what it means for concentrated electrolytes to tune transition states
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Transition state tuning with concentrated electrolytes - Nature Chemistry
Electrochemical CO2 and CO reduction are promising for the sustainable synthesis of multi-carbon products. However, the kinetics that govern the activity and selectivity of the interface between catal...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01882-0
2 months ago
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Enthalpy and entropy are pretty critical in chemical reactions, but (for some reason) don't get enough attention in some big-picture reactions. Congrats to Zhang, Raciti, and Hall for work
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examining interfacial H2O on C-C coupling for CO reduction!
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Disordered interfacial H2O promotes electrochemical C–C coupling - Nature Chemistry
The structure of interfacial water plays a key role in the electrochemical reduction of CO to multi-carbon products on copper electrodes. Now it is shown that highly concentrated electrolytes modulate...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01859-z
2 months ago
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Methylamine electrosynthesis has potential! Thank you MĂĽnchow & Ackermann for your engaging examination
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on a recent work using electrochemistry to push nitromethane all the way to methylamine
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Expedient access to methylamine with potential - Nature Chemistry
Traditional methylamine synthesis from methanol and ammonia relies on high-temperature and high-pressure reaction conditions, resulting in byproducts and challenging purification. Now, electrochemical...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01877-x
2 months ago
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While we all love industrial chemistry, there's probably ways to make some molecules in a more sustainable way. Congrats to Prof Zhang and team for their work in
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on methylamine electrosynthesis!
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Strong dipole-promoted N–O bond hydrogenolysis enables ampere-level electrosynthesis of methylamine - Nature Chemistry
Nitromethane electroreduction offers a sustainable route for methylamine synthesis, but poor N–O activation yields low selectivity. Now N-methylhydroxylamine adsorption on low-coordination copper has ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01864-2
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I had thought ligand field states more relevant for molecules, than for materials. Wrongo! Congrats
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for their recent work
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on transition metal oxide photocatalysts!
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Metal-centred states control carrier lifetimes in transition metal oxide photocatalysts - Nature Chemistry
Efficient sunlight-to-fuel conversion requires materials that produce long-lived charges, but increasing carrier lifetimes in visible-light-active photocatalysts has proven difficult. Now it has been ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01868-y
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Some molecules have a special role in our civilization. They have been a part of our history, provide a rich source of modern research, and may meet our future energy and materials needs. Come read about the superhero molecule lignin
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!
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Linked in with lignin - Nature Chemistry
Moses Dike and Shudipto Konika Dishari explore lignin’s historic journey alongside human civilization and showcase its game-changing potential to drive sustainability without compromising performance.
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3 months ago
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Just like this presently late post, oxygen evolution catalysts need an extra push to work! But why? Congrats to Huang, Fabbri and team for their latest
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work examining OER (not why I'm late to post, that's a smaller question)
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Oxidation of interfacial cobalt controls the pH dependence of the oxygen evolution reaction - Nature Chemistry
Transition metal oxides serve as important electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction, although Co-based oxides typically undergo pH-dependent dynamic surface reconstruction under catalytic co...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01784-1
6 months ago
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Years of watching Voltron/Power Rangers-type shows has primed me to believe in the power of cooperativity (+big 'bots). Congrats to Profs Xiao, Wang, and team for their work on super-dry methane reforming via tandem electro-thermocatalysis
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Super-dry reforming of methane using a tandem electro-thermocatalytic system - Nature Chemistry
Although dry reforming of methane can convert CO2 to valuable chemicals, the reaction requires near-equivalent amounts of CH4. Now it has been demonstrated that an electro-thermocatalytic CH4 reformin...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01768-1
6 months ago
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Who's ready for summer at the beach? Just soak up the sun and enjoy the water. Funny enough, the same strategy helps heterogeneous catalysts avoid harsh reaction conditions! Congrats Profs Yao, Yang, Liu, and team for their new work
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Light-driven propane dehydrogenation by a single-atom catalyst under near-ambient conditions - Nature Chemistry
Propane dehydrogenation is challenging to perform under mild conditions due to the reaction’s endothermic nature. Now, near-ambient propane dehydrogenation has been shown using copper single-atom cata...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01766-3
6 months ago
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We behave differently under pressure, and so do photocatalysts! Congrats to Ivanović-Burmazović, Guldi & team for their latest work
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High-pressure pump–probe experiments reveal the mechanism of excited-state proton-coupled electron transfer and a shift from stepwise to concerted pathways - Nature Chemistry
Chemical energy conversion and storage rely on the selective movement of protons and electrons, thus understanding these processes is important for applications. Now experiments at elevated pressures ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01772-5
6 months ago
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"Single atom catalysis" promises the precision of molecular chemistry and the practicality of heterogeneous catalysis. Congrats to Prof Bates for the latest Perspective on the progress and pitfalls of this area!
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Progress and pitfalls in designing heterogeneous catalysts with molecular precision - Nature Chemistry
Atomically dispersed heterogeneous catalysts impact diverse areas of chemistry through the design of active sites with molecular precision, but this vision is not fully realized. This Perspective pres...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-024-01731-6
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Our flaws and defects, not just our strengths, define us as valuable individuals. So too (sorta) with catalysts! Congrats to Tada, Hisono, Kitano and team for their work showing anion vacancies to be rather active for N2 conversion!
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Anion vacancies activate N2 to ammonia on Ba–Si orthosilicate oxynitride-hydride - Nature Chemistry
N2 reduction to ammonia typically requires transition metal catalysts, proceeding via a strong metal–nitrogen interaction. Now a Ba–Si orthosilicate oxynitride–hydride has been shown to function as a ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01737-8
7 months ago
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Polysulfide solubility is a finicky thing. We want enough solubility to ensure quick kinetics, but the shuttling between electrodes hurts stability. Congrats to Zou, Pang and team for finding an interesting balance in their new work!
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Surface-localized phase mediation accelerates quasi-solid-state reaction kinetics in sulfur batteries - Nature Chemistry
Lithium–sulfur batteries are a promising electrochemical energy storage technology; however, they are limited by the dissolution of polysulfide intermediates. Now, it has been shown that sparingly sol...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01735-w
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One of the tricky bits about CO2 conversion is how many products are possible, especially using copper. Congrats to Wang, Lum, and team for their work delving into mechanisms and identifying how each contributes to the products obtained:
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Isotopic labelling of water reveals the hydrogen transfer route in electrochemical CO2 reduction - Nature Chemistry
CO2 electroreduction to higher-value carbons can occur through adsorbed hydrogen or through proton-coupled electron transfer from water. Understanding the impact of each route on product selectivity i...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-024-01721-8
8 months ago
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In life, we cannot be too rigid, otherwise we fracture when stressed. So too with molecular contacts in perovskite solar cells. How can we be more flexible? With some [orthogonal]-pi designs! Congrats to the researchers on their latest work:
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Molecular contacts with an orthogonal π-skeleton induce amorphization to enhance perovskite solar cell performance - Nature Chemistry
Perovskite solar cells often rely on ordered molecular contacts for favourable charge-carrier transport, and any organizational disruption reduces device efficiency. Now a contact featuring an orthogo...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01732-z
8 months ago
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I hadn't thought about them this way, but protons can be devious little devils. At least for lithium-ion batteries!
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Protons undermine lithium-ion batteries with positively disastrous results - Nature Chemistry
Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries can exhibit a voltage decay over time, a complex process that diminishes storable energy and device lifetime. Now, hydrogen transfer from the electrolyte solvent to ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-025-01733-y
8 months ago
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There's a certain elegance to well-designed molecules showing new functionality. Congrats to Richert, Jentzsch and team for their new work on supramolecular dyads as light-generated qubit candidates!
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And who knows maybe this post will one day rely on these qubits!
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Supramolecular dyads as photogenerated qubit candidates - Nature Chemistry
Molecular approaches in quantum information science are highly promising, but the synthesis and scale-up of suitable covalently linked moieties represent major challenges. Here it is demonstrated that...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-024-01716-5
8 months ago
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Chemistry is often dynamic, and so our understanding of complex structural spaces should reflect this point. No need to be quiet for these living libraries, so congrats to Da Silva, Fischer, and team for their latest work! *cue fanfare*
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A living library concept to capture the dynamics and reactivity of mixed-metal clusters for catalysis - Nature Chemistry
Understanding ligated metal clusters’ reactivities is challenging. Now, a methodology has been developed to explore dynamic mixtures of metal clusters. Interrelated cluster populations are constructed...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-024-01726-3
8 months ago
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Appearances can be deceiving: just because we see something by one method doesn't mean we've understood the whole story. Congrats to Profs Cui and Bao and their teams on their new work, online now at Nature Chemistry!
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Electrochemical formation of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide-derived solid-electrolyte interphase at Li-metal potential - Nature Chemistry
Li-metal batteries often utilize liquid electrolytes that yield a solid–electrolyte interphase on electrodes; however, the role of anions in interphase formation remains unclear. Now it has been shown...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-024-01689-5
10 months ago
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Chemistry cannot just be about the science. Researchers should be more self-aware of how their work fits into the larger world. This will require a new mindset toward research. Congrats to Prof Toney and team for a thoughtful Comment, now online at Nature Chemistry!
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The importance of integrating energy justice into chemistry graduate student research and the associated pathways and barriers - Nature Chemistry
Legacy energy production has generated a climate crisis and left in its wake a history of injustices that have disproportionately impacted marginalized communities. Integrating energy justice into the...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-024-01681-z
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