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View article: Enhancing Biopolyester Backbone Rigidity with an Asymmetric Furanic Monomer
Enhancing Biopolyester Backbone Rigidity with an Asymmetric Furanic Monomer Open
Biobased furanic polyesters can exhibit performance advantages over petroleum-derived polyesters, primarily due to their rigid furan-containing backbones. Herein, we develop two strategies to polymerize methyl 5-hydroxymethyl furanoate to …
View article: Scale Up Analysis of Inductively Heated Metamaterial Reactors
Scale Up Analysis of Inductively Heated Metamaterial Reactors Open
Inductively heated metamaterial reactors, which utilize an open cell lattice baffle structure as a heating susceptor for magnetic induction, are promising candidates for scaled electrified thermochemical reactor operation due to their abil…
View article: Electrochemical Production of >1 M Acid and Base from Neutral Salt at High Current Density and Low Energy Demand
Electrochemical Production of >1 M Acid and Base from Neutral Salt at High Current Density and Low Energy Demand Open
The use of acid and base to drive chemical transformations underpins industrial hydrometallurgical processes and many proposed carbon management technologies. The production of the acid and base are key drivers of the energy demand, emissi…
View article: Membrane-Free Electrochemical Production of Acid and Base Solutions Capable of Processing Ultramafic Rocks
Membrane-Free Electrochemical Production of Acid and Base Solutions Capable of Processing Ultramafic Rocks Open
The electrochemical production of acid and base from water enables their use as regenerable reagents in closed-loop processes that drive chemical transformations by sequential acid and base addition. Such processes have attractive applicat…
View article: Intermediate-Temperature Reverse Water–Gas Shift under Process-Relevant Conditions Catalyzed by Dispersed Alkali Carbonates
Intermediate-Temperature Reverse Water–Gas Shift under Process-Relevant Conditions Catalyzed by Dispersed Alkali Carbonates Open
Current reverse water-gas shift (RWGS) technologies require extreme temperatures of >900 °C. The ability to perform RWGS at lower temperatures could open new opportunities for sustainable chemical and fuel production, but most catalyst mat…
View article: Accurate and Efficient Structure Elucidation from Routine One-Dimensional NMR Spectra Using Multitask Machine Learning
Accurate and Efficient Structure Elucidation from Routine One-Dimensional NMR Spectra Using Multitask Machine Learning Open
Rapid determination of molecular structures can greatly accelerate workflows across many chemical disciplines. However, elucidating structure using only one-dimensional (1D) NMR spectra, the most readily accessible data, remains an extreme…
View article: Accurate and efficient structure elucidation from routine one-dimensional NMR spectra using multitask machine learning
Accurate and efficient structure elucidation from routine one-dimensional NMR spectra using multitask machine learning Open
Rapid determination of molecular structures can greatly accelerate workflows across many chemical disciplines. However, elucidating structure using only one-dimensional (1D) NMR spectra, the most readily accessible data, remains an extreme…
View article: Thermal Ca^2+/Mg^2+ Exchange Reactions to Transform Abundant Silicates Into Alkaline Materials for Carbon Dioxide Removal
Thermal Ca^2+/Mg^2+ Exchange Reactions to Transform Abundant Silicates Into Alkaline Materials for Carbon Dioxide Removal Open
The removal of CO2 from the atmosphere (CDR) on the multi-hundred gigaton (Gton) scale is essential for nearly all strategies to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to 2°C by 2100. CDR must capture CO2 from a…
View article: Carbonate Management to Enable Energy- and Carbon-Efficient CO<sub>2</sub> Electrolysis (Final Technical Report)
Carbonate Management to Enable Energy- and Carbon-Efficient CO<sub>2</sub> Electrolysis (Final Technical Report) Open
The rapid growth and plummeting cost of solar energy have spurred growing interest in using CO2 electrolysis to produce chemicals and fuels as an alternative to conventional petrochemical processes. High-temperature (>800 °C) solid oxide e…
View article: Membrane-Free Electrochemical Production of Acid and Base Solutions Capable of Processing Ultramafic Rocks
Membrane-Free Electrochemical Production of Acid and Base Solutions Capable of Processing Ultramafic Rocks Open
Chemical transformations that are effected by sequential addition of acid and base can be performed in closed-loop processes powered by electricity if the acid and base are produced electrochemically from water. Conventional methods of ele…
View article: Carbonate-Catalyzed CO<sub>2</sub> Insertion into Hydrocarbon C-H Bonds (Final Technical Report)
Carbonate-Catalyzed CO<sub>2</sub> Insertion into Hydrocarbon C-H Bonds (Final Technical Report) Open
The development of methods to utilize CO2 as a feedstock for chemical and fuel synthesis is critical for creating renewable alternatives to fossil fuel-based products. This project investigated a class of catalyst materials known as "dispe…
View article: Thermal Ca^2+/Mg^2+ Exchange Reactions to Transform Abundant Silicates Into Alkaline Materials for Carbon Dioxide Removal
Thermal Ca^2+/Mg^2+ Exchange Reactions to Transform Abundant Silicates Into Alkaline Materials for Carbon Dioxide Removal Open
The removal of CO2 from the atmosphere (CDR) on the multi-hundred gigaton (Gton) scale is essential for nearly all strategies to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and limit global warming to 2°C by 2100. CDR must capture CO2 from a…
View article: Rapid prototyping of lab-scale electrolysis cells using stereolithography and electroless plating
Rapid prototyping of lab-scale electrolysis cells using stereolithography and electroless plating Open
Electrolysis research is typically conducted using commercially available cells with standard designs that are difficult to modify or custom-machined parts that are time-consuming to produce. Here, we describe a method to rapidly produce l…
View article: Rapid Prototyping of Lab-scale Electrolysis Cells Using Stereolithography and Electroless Plating
Rapid Prototyping of Lab-scale Electrolysis Cells Using Stereolithography and Electroless Plating Open
Electrolysis research is typically conducted using commercially available cells with standard designs that are difficult to modify or custom-machined parts that are time-consuming to produce. Herein, we describe a method to rapidly produce…
View article: Improving Carbonate-Promoted C–H Carboxylation Using Mesoporous Carbon Supports
Improving Carbonate-Promoted C–H Carboxylation Using Mesoporous Carbon Supports Open
C–H carboxylation is an attractive way to utilize CO2 for chemical production provided that it does not consume resource-intensive reagents. Alkali carbonates dispersed into the pores of mesoporous supports display strongly basic reactivit…
View article: CCDC 2217815: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 2217815: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Operando Nanoscale Imaging of Electrochemically Induced Strain in a Locally Polarized Pt Grain
Operando Nanoscale Imaging of Electrochemically Induced Strain in a Locally Polarized Pt Grain Open
Developing new methods that reveal the structure of electrode materials under polarization is key to constructing robust structure-property relationships. However, many existing methods lack the spatial resolution in structural changes and…
View article: CCDC 2010705: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
CCDC 2010705: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination Open
An entry from the Cambridge Structural Database, the world’s repository for small molecule crystal structures. The entry contains experimental data from a crystal diffraction study. The deposited dataset for this entry is freely available …
View article: Carbonate-Catalyzed Reverse Water-Gas Shift to Produce Gas Fermentation Feedstocks for Renewable Liquid Fuel Synthesis
Carbonate-Catalyzed Reverse Water-Gas Shift to Produce Gas Fermentation Feedstocks for Renewable Liquid Fuel Synthesis Open
Carbon-neutral liquid fuel generation is essential for decarbonizing sectors that cannot readily electrify. Recently commercialized acetogenic gas fermentation offers an alternative to conventional biofuels that circumvents efficiency limi…
View article: Carbonate-Catalyzed Reverse Water-Gas Shift to Produce Gas Fermentation Feedstocks for Renewable Liquid Fuel Synthesis
Carbonate-Catalyzed Reverse Water-Gas Shift to Produce Gas Fermentation Feedstocks for Renewable Liquid Fuel Synthesis Open
Carbon-neutral liquid fuel generation is essential for decarbonizing sectors that cannot readily electrify. Recently commercialized acetogenic gas fermentation offers an alternative to conventional biofuels that circumvents efficiency limi…
View article: A framework for automated structure elucidation from routine NMR spectra
A framework for automated structure elucidation from routine NMR spectra Open
A machine learning model and graph generator were able to accurately predict for the presence of nearly 1000 substructures and the connectivity of small organic molecules from experimental 1D NMR data.
View article: Phase Behavior that Enables Solvent-Free Carbonate-Promoted Furoate Carboxylation
Phase Behavior that Enables Solvent-Free Carbonate-Promoted Furoate Carboxylation Open
A solvent-free transformation that enables production of polyester precursors from inedible biomass proceeds from a heterogeneous reaction mixture containing both solid and molten components. Characterization of the evolution of these comp…
View article: Phase Behavior that Enables Solvent-Free Carbonate-Promoted Furoate Carboxylation
Phase Behavior that Enables Solvent-Free Carbonate-Promoted Furoate Carboxylation Open
A solvent-free transformation that enables production of polyester precursors from inedible biomass proceeds from a heterogeneous reaction mixture containing both solid and molten components. Characterization of the evolution of these comp…
View article: Comparing Scanning Electron Microscope and Transmission Electron Microscope Grain Mapping Techniques Applied to Well-Defined and Highly Irregular Nanoparticles
Comparing Scanning Electron Microscope and Transmission Electron Microscope Grain Mapping Techniques Applied to Well-Defined and Highly Irregular Nanoparticles Open
Investigating how grain structure affects the functional properties of nanoparticles requires a robust method for nanoscale grain mapping. In this study, we directly compare the grain mapping ability of transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TK…
View article: Carbonate-promoted C–H carboxylation of electron-rich heteroarenes
Carbonate-promoted C–H carboxylation of electron-rich heteroarenes Open
Carboxylation of heteroarenes with CO2is achieved using alkali carbonate dispersed in mesoporous titania as a regenerable reagent.