Nanofiltration membranes with bespoke porous architectures enable ultra-selective and energy-efficient separation of complex mixtures.

Highly complex MOF materials made for sustainability applications such as carbon capture can be rationally devised using a new "merged nets" design framework

Understanding hydrogen sulfide decomposition provides a design strategy to improve catalyst activity.

A new way to utilize a greenhouse gas can enhance the efficiency and stability of carbon dioxide hydrogenation.

Bio-inspired membrane materials from fungi mycelium are set to revolutionize separation technologies.

Systems that combine multiple spectroscopy and reactor technologies can bring a more accurate image of catalysts.

Metal-organic frameworks with designer windows show exceptional gas storage capability.

A venerable industrial method for making butadiene bounces back to prominence.

Machine learning could fast-track the formulation of tailor-made mixtures, including “greener” fuels.

Heat treatment shrinks polymer’s pores to enhance solvent filtration.

Systematic study resolves a debate on the best combination of metals to catalytically clean NO_x from vehicle emissions.

Membranes made from date seed biomass could provide a greener and more cost-effective alternative for industrial separation.

Waste materials are used to create an environmentally friendly filtration system for industrial applications.

An energy efficient membrane technology could lead to a low-cost and environmentally sustainable separation technique.

The conversion of captured CO₂ into fuels and other valuable hydrocarbons could enable a sustainable nonfossil-fuel-based economy.

Polymer membranes with precisely controlled, uniform and very small pore structure could bring ion-sieving capacity to many applications.

Perfecting the dimensions of chemical separation membranes is a step toward a sustainable chemical industry.

The system offers an economical way to source essential battery material.

The tightly defined ratios of metals in metallic organic frameworks makes them ideal starting materials for novel catalyst creation.

Catalyst nanoparticles trap an unprecedented range of wavelengths of light to convert carbon dioxide into methane. 

Volatile alkanes can rapidly acquire oxygen atoms in a free radical chain reaction, a process significant for fuel combustion and air pollution.

Nanostructure-templated electrochemical polymerization enhances speed and selectivity in organic membrane-based processes.

Chemistry computer algorithm does more with less experimental data to reveal the optimal way to make green materials.

Looking closely at the chemical process that transforms methane into useful products could help unveil more efficient ways to use natural gas.

Machine learning models can rapidly and accurately estimate key chemical parameters related to molecular reactivity.

Modified metal-organic frameworks that can behave as porous liquids offer new possibilities for gas separation technologies.

Highly modular metal-organic framework-based materials show great potential for photocatalytic hydrogen production.

A more sensitive technique shows a cigarette alternative seems to emit more chemicals than manufacturer testing had found.

Self-assembled channels in a polymer membrane could greatly enhance extraction of water from gases.

Covalent organic crystal networks generate high-selectivity and high-flux membranes for organic solvent filtration.

A membrane made of porous carbon-fiber structures grown on a porous ceramic substrate is more efficient than similar existing membranes at filtering seawater.

A new conceptual model for describing a fuel’s composition can accelerate and simplify combustion simulations.

The transition to renewables will take decades, so we must rush to clean up conventional fuel combustion, says Mani Sarathy.

Synchrotron study reveals oxygen’s influence on the chemistry that surrounds us.

Cone-shaped sugar structures can be connected together to form selectively porous nanofiltration membranes.

Car manufacturers could clean up vehicle exhausts using a new model of gasoline combustion developed using experimental data.

Stable and recyclable materials synthesized using intrinsically porous polymers selectively retain CO₂ from exhaust emissions and natural gas.

A better understanding of fuel ignition processes in internal combustion engines could help break new barriers in fuel efficiency and emission reductions.

Bringing three powerful chemical groups together offers new possibilities in drug development.

Graphene oxide combined with a polymer membrane creates a barrier that is selectively permeable to carbon dioxide.

The right blend of polymers enables rapid and molecule-selective filtering of tiny particles from water.

Chemical reaction modeling and combustion experiments reveal how 2-methylbutanol would behave in advanced engines.

A material for filtration that is easy and cheap to produce could aid water treatment, solvent filtration and membrane-catalysis.

Nanoparticles with pores that expand and shrink could prove valuable for biochemical research and drug delivery applications.