Chemical processes, new compounds and functional materials.
Dr. Kedar Hippalgaonkar's team used GPT-3.5 to extract synthesis recipes for ternary chalcogenides from published papers, then trained a classifier to predict whether recipes yield pure compounds.
Dr. Yangguang Ou's team coated carbon fibre microelectrodes with an ethynyl linker in a single step, making them more sensitive and selective for copper ions, even alongside other metal ions.
Professor George Shields and his undergraduate co-authors used computational chemistry to show that different atmospheric acids stabilise the tiny clusters that seed aerosols at different stages of growth.
Dr. Ton Janssens's team used X-ray spectroscopy to show how sulfur dioxide reacts with copper complexes in diesel exhaust catalysts, forming sulfated species that hamper their performance.
Dr. Bhaven Patel's team developed a safer way to make mono- and bis-methylated pyrroloquinoxalines from a shared precursor, and used it to synthesise the natural product marinoquinoline A.
Professor Hai-Bin Yu's simulations show that metallic glasses contain liquid-like clusters that dissipate energy like a liquid without atoms diffusing, explaining a low-temperature relaxation process.
Dr. Thomas Shell and Joshua Boldon found that adding fluorine atoms to acedoben made it far more fat-soluble, which could help it cross biological barriers, while its acidity barely changed.
Jasem Suliman Al Ebraheem and colleagues made mesoporous vanadium–molybdenum nanocatalysts that improved oxalic acid production from molasses while using less sulfuric acid than traditional processes.
Dr. Peijian Shi's team showed that controlling solidification speed and applying a strong magnetic field can tune the microstructure, strength and ductility of a eutectic high-entropy alloy.
Dr. Ke Xie and colleagues set out principles for designing molecular catalysts that use electricity to turn carbon dioxide into fuels and chemicals more efficiently and selectively.
Dr. Judit Beagle's team developed a quick microwave-assisted, one-pot method to make quinoxaline derivatives without metal catalysts, offering simpler access to useful building blocks.
Professor Zheng-Hong Xu's team combined single-cell Raman spectroscopy with machine learning to identify the main microbes in solid-state vinegar fermentation and predict how far it has progressed.
