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Safe, scalable and solvent-free acyl azide synthesis via continuous mechanochemistry
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01438K, PaperTabrez R. Shaikh, Arshad Hussain, Amol A. Kulkarni
Acyl azides are synthesised within seconds under solvent-free and additive-free continuous-flow mechanochemical process using a custom single-screw reactor, enabling rapid, safe, scalable, and sustainable production.
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Sustainable multifunctional bioplastics enabled by ion-engineered rapid dissolution of cellulose at room temperature
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01776B, PaperXin Li, Lili Zhang, Xi Guan, Dongqi Yang, Huicong Jiang, Jinxia Ma, Penghui Zhu, Zhiguo Wang
A synergistic room-temperature ion-engineering strategy enables the rapid dissolution of diverse cellulose to fabricate fully biodegradable, high-strength bioplastics with intrinsic antibacterial and photocatalytic multifunctionality.
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Correction: Exploring the robust engineered ω-transaminase for manufacturing biobased amines from biomass-derived aldehydes
Green Chem., 2026, 28,9924-9924
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC90105K, Correction
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Qi Li, Junhua Di, Zhengyu Tang, Qing Li, Zhiyi Lu, Die Hu, Yu-Cai He, Cuiluan Ma
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DOI: 10.1039/D6GC90105K, Correction
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Qi Li, Junhua Di, Zhengyu Tang, Qing Li, Zhiyi Lu, Die Hu, Yu-Cai He, Cuiluan MaThe content of this RSS Feed (c) The Royal Society of Chemistry
Upcycling waste PET into functional multiblock copolymers through controlled macromolecular design
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01907B, Paper
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  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Shelby Watson-Sanders, Alison Biery, Karina Guerrero, Nicholas J. Galan, Tomonori Saito, Brian K. Long, Mark D. DadmunDepolymerization of post-consumer PET yields telechelic oligomers that enable upcycling into novel multiblock copolymers.
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Engineering an HEA/CN Schottky heterojunction with high-entropy and cocktail effects for enhanced charge separation in photocatalytic xylose oxidation
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01412G, PaperZhe Zheng, Yushun Han, Weikang Ling, Min Hong, Jiliang Ma, Runcang Sun
Noble metal catalysts face multiple challenges in photocatalytic applications, including high cost, limited active sites, and insufficient stability.
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Photo-mechanochemistry: a new paradigm for coupled energy inputs in sustainable chemical processing?
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC02591A, Perspective
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Jesús A. Camez-Cota, Daily Rodríguez-Padrón, Andrés Castro-Beltrán, Paulette Gómez-López, Gabriel Blázquez, Mónica Calero, Clemente G. Alvarado-Beltrán, Mario J. Muñoz-BatistaMechanochemistry and photocatalysis have emerged as sustainable strategies for driving chemical transformations and can be combined to synergistically enhance the efficiency of the processes. Parts of the image have been created using Google Gemini.
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Enhanced photo-enzyme CO2 reduction using PEI-modified TPDE/SFN-FE photoenzyme composite catalysts
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01620K, PaperLin Zhang, Feng Xue, Shengxin Zhang, Qingyang Ye, Xinyuan Tang, Liang Zhou
The “two-in-one” photo-enzymatic system achieves efficient CO2 reduction under light, yielding formic acid at 5580 μmol g−1 h−1. It presents a promising strategy for sustainable CO2 conversion toward carbon neutrality.
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Chemo-enzymatic cascade synthesis of D-danshensu and its derivatives from lignin
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01908K, PaperSiyu Qi, Xiaoyi Zhai, Zhonghao Chen, Lei Wang, Lei Ji, Haocheng Zhuang, Weisheng Yang, Hanjie Ying, Zhuotao Tan, Chenjie Zhu
A chemo-enzymatic cascade strategy converts lignin from pine into D-danshensu and its derivative, offering an economically viable and more sustainable alternative to traditional plant extraction.
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Dynamic conformation-aware protein language modeling enables structure-guided engineering of Candida antarctica lipase B
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00310A, PaperYuqi Dong, Jidong Shen, Meng Zhang, Lianggang Huang, Xiaojian Zhang, Zhiqiang Liu, Yuguo Zheng
This study presents a dynamic conformation-aware protein language modeling (DC-PLM) strategy for engineering Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB), enabling enhanced long-chain ester hydrolysis and green valorization of industrial waste oils.
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Performance of composite oxygen carriers for plasma-assisted nitrogen fixation and ammonia synthesis
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06222E, PaperBaiqiang Zhang, Yongqi Liang, Jia Wang, Xi Chen, Anqi Li, Yuyang Zhang, Yuhui Chen, Shiquan Zhu, Nobusuke Kobayashi, Bo Wu
High oxygen vacancy (Ov)-rich nitrogen carriers are developed via the synergy between plasma and oxygen carriers, significantly enhancing NH3 yield.
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Nitrogen source-regulated biomass-based COF@CNF aerogel: achieving efficient photothermal–photocatalytic synergy
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01211F, PaperRanran Ji, Yaning Xu, Menglu Yang, Chengxu Zhou, Tiantian Wu, Yujie Zhao, Qing Huang, Dan Tian
A COF@CNF evaporator integrating aligned CNF microchannels and nitrogen-engineered COFs enables simultaneous efficient solar evaporation and photocatalytic H2O2 production.
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Radical-driven upcycling of spent graphite into defect-controllable nitrogen-doped graphene for sustainable energy storage
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01392A, PaperXiangfei Zeng, Yunhui Han, Huimin Yang, Hao Li, Anlong Han, Qian Liang, Ling Hu, Rong Wang, Mengjun Chen
Unveiling a radical-driven wedge-cleavage mechanism in suspension electrolysis for the green upcycling of spent battery graphite. This yields high-value N-doped graphene tailored for efficient OER and supercapacitor applications.
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Ionic liquids for sustainable lignin biorefinery: from dissolution mechanisms to electrocatalytic upgrading
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01240J, Tutorial ReviewZiqi Zhai, Yumiao Lu, Wei-Lu Ding, Yuxuan Guo, Songsong Chen, Hongyan He, Suojiang Zhang
Ionic liquids integrate dissolution and electrocatalysis to overcome lignin recalcitrance, enabling lignin valorization.
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Low-voltage suspension electrolysis enables redox-coupled synergistic leaching for closed-loop recycling of mixed NCM-LFP cathodes
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01668E, PaperKenan Zhong, Fucheng Wang, Wenke Liu, Zhuo Ye, Xueyang Hou, Kai Yang, Zhao Fang
Low-voltage suspension electrolysis enables reductant-free synergistic leaching of mixed NCM/LFP cathodes via Fe-mediated redox coupling, achieving >98% metal recovery and enabling closed-loop regeneration of battery materials with low energy input.
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Electroreductive divergent hydrolysis and hydrogenation of 2-oxazolidinones
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01195K, PaperZe-Zhao Huang, Wen-Xi Duan, Fan Li, Yan-Zhao Wang, Jin-Yu He, Cuiju Zhu
Electroreductive divergent hydrolysis and hydrogenation of 2-oxazolidinones for accessing various chiral amino alcohols and amines.
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Scalable and sustainable mechanochemical deracemisation by resonant acoustic mixing
DOI: 10.1039/D5GC06927K, PaperGuillaume Wery, Job Gieling, Zoer El Kaderi, Leeroy Hendrickx, Thomas Wiegand, Carsten Bolm, Tom Leyssens, Daniel M. Baier
Resonant Acoustic Mixing (RAM) presents a scalable, solvent-minimised method for deracemisation, achieving up to 91% enantiomeric enrichment. This approach offers a faster, waste-reducing, and scalable pathway for large-scale deracemisation.
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Two-second surface-confined reconstruction of cellulose paper via a recyclable molten salt hydrate for water-resistant bioplastics
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01239F, Paper
Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ping Wang, Zhonglei Huang, Meiyan Wu, Safoora Mirmohamadsadeghi, Chao Liu, Guang Yu, Haishun Du, Jing Shen, Bin LiTwo-second surface-confined reconstruction upgrades cellulose paper into high-strength, water-resistant bioplastics using recyclable LiBr·3H2O.
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Polymers in ionic liquids and ionic liquids in polymers: critical factors for compatibility and materialization
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC01648K, PerspectiveMasayoshi Watanabe
The compatibility of polymers in ionic liquids (ILs) is governed by the competition between solute–IL and cation–anion interactions. This enables the development of novel IL/polymer materials.
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Improvement of the operational stability and durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells by using a novel lignin-containing nanocellulose fiber modified carbon fiber paper
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC00753H, PaperRuyin Ma, Yunfei Zhang, Jinghang Zhu, Daliang Guo, Jianbin Chen, Linxin Zhong, Chengliang Duan, Yinchao Xu, Jing Li, Huifang Zhao, Lizheng Sha
Biomass-derived lignin-cellulose nanofiber reinforced carbon paper is used for PEMFCs. The optimized sample demonstrated excellent durability after 4000 cycles, while balancing strength, conductivity and cost.
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Photocatalytic CO2-promoted divergent C(sp3)–H carboxylation of benzyl alcohols
DOI: 10.1039/D6GC02235A, PaperWenlong Shan, Zeyu Zhang, Jiayuan Li, Chanjuan Xi
A photocatalytic CO2-promoted divergent C(sp3)–H carboxylation of benzyl alcohols was developed. This redox-neutral process achieves superior atom economy, transforming simple feedstocks into value-added functionalized acids.
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