This study presents a bioresorbable magnesium–molybdenum trioxide paper battery that delivers 1.84 V under physiological conditions and degrades after use. Validated in swine models, the platform powers battery-assisted RFID medication adherence tracking and capsule-based gastric electrical stimulation, establishing a foundation for retrieval-free bioelectronic medicine.

The tiny power sources, tested in pigs, dissolve inside the digestive tract after several months.

This study develops ångström-scale hydrated manganese oxide ionic channels to separate lanthanides by coupling confinement-controlled dehydration and coordination. Group-dependent phase responses enab...

This study quantifies how interfacial mechanics govern interfacial polymerization. Using photoreactive amphiphiles to precisely tune two-dimensional rheology at the water–oil interface, this approach ...

Inspired by analogies between electrochemical cells and chemical reactors, this Perspective explores a process-engineering framework for battery electrolyte design. By connecting electrolyte thermodyn...

This study develops a modular synthetic platform for highly tunable polymeric silica scale inhibitors. Systematic investigation of structure–performance relationships reveals how chain microstructure ...

This study demonstrates scalable photocatalytic reforming by leveraging single-source precursor chemistry and versatile deposition techniques, including drop casting, spin coating and high-throughput ...

Solid oxide cells have traditionally been confined to operation as standalone electrolyzers or fuel cells, with research predominantly focused on materials performance. This Comment highlights opportu...

Intermittent renewable electricity makes dynamic operation unavoidable for alkaline water electrolysis. This Comment discusses how shunt and reverse currents emerge from an alkaline water electrolysis...

This study demonstrates scalable photocatalytic reforming by leveraging single-source precursor chemistry and versatile deposition techniques, including drop casting, spin coating and high-throughput ...

Electrochemical direct air capture achieves high energy efficiency only when producing a dilute hydroxide stream that is incompatible with existing air contactors. This study reports a redox-decoupled...

This study reports on flow-synchronized ring-shaped electrochemical ion pumping, which eliminates the need for terminal electrodes and enables redox-free, energy-efficient and continuous desalination ...

A machine learning-guided hybrid bioprinting strategy integrates extrusion and aerosol jet printing to create hierarchical vascular networks with capillary-scale resolution. This approach enables prec...

Electrochemical direct air capture achieves high energy efficiency only when producing a dilute hydroxide stream that is incompatible with existing air contactors. This study reports a redox-decoupled...

A machine learning-guided hybrid bioprinting strategy integrates extrusion and aerosol jet printing to create hierarchical vascular networks with capillary-scale resolution. This approach enables prec...

Decarbonizing oil refining is essential to meeting climate targets. Here the authors develop a plant-level low-carbon pathway model to reveal heterogeneous decarbonization pathways across oil refineri...

As techno-economic assessments become standard in process research, their scope and application should be calibrated to the maturity of the technology under study.

Cost-effective, environmentally sustainable and energy-efficient ways to address rising atmospheric CO2 levels are urgently needed. Here the authors combine electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate...

This study reports a knowledge graph framework for constructing evolvable predictive physical models to support the development of digital twins for chemical processes, enabling the seamless incorpora...

Electrolysis can resemble a modern version of alchemy. Start with one compound, run it through an electrochemical process and end up with an entirely different mix of chemicals.

As the CO2 electrolysis field transitions to technological implementation, operational stability emerges as an essential focus of both fundamental and engineering research. This Comment discusses the ...

This Editorial highlights recent strategies for bridging electrochemical half-reactions that have been deliberately separated into distinct environments, showcasing how creative recoupling approaches ...

CO and CO2 electrolysis have progressed rapidly from laboratory test cells to pilot-scale stacks. This Comment argues that the field must now shift focus to confront the unique engineering and deploym...

This study reports an alkaline polymer layer-coated proton-exchange-membrane electrolyzer that enables the co-electrolysis of CO2 and pure water, mitigating salt precipitation and carbon loss. By usin...

Artificial intelligence assistants can now survey a field rapidly and with increasing accuracy, but impactful Review and Perspective articles have never been just surveys. Their value lies in perspect...

This study presents a framework for the automated generation of reaction networks in heterogeneous catalysis. Powered by state-of-the-art machine learning models, the framework enables the investigati...

This study harnesses reductive catalytic fractionation to produce lignin oligomers within a design space that enables efficient epoxidation. The developed epoxidation process activates aliphatic hydro...

Electrochemical synthesis typically occurs in coupled systems, in which anodic and cathodic half-reactions proceed simultaneously in the same cell. This Comment discusses strategies that can decouple half-reactions to achieve modular electrochemical synthesis for flexible chemical manufacturing.

This Comment discusses the common practice of measuring selectivity from the change of feed composition, which faces critical challenges of severe error propagation and loss of mechanistic insight. Th...

This study reports on an industrial-grade, large-scale, all-in-one integrated and automated laboratory (iAutoEvoLab), combined with a genetic circuit-controlled, growth-coupled continuous evolution sy...

Carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies have attracted substantial attention as a potential approach to climate mitigation. In this Editorial, we examine the need for both feasibility ass...

This study reports on a hydrogen-molecule-mediated proton-exchange membrane. The design leverages hydrogen evolution and oxidation reactions on gas diffusion electrodes to overcome the typical trade-o...

This study reports a post-assembly, reversible crosslinking strategy that enhances lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-mediated mRNA delivery while preserving efficient intracellular release. The resulting cross...

As we enter our third volume, we take a moment to celebrate chemical engineering’s past and look ahead to many more exciting years for both the field and the journal.

Solar fuels synthesis is a promising technology for net-zero chemicals production, but capacity is inherently tied to area, and water is often required as a reagent, making land-based deployment costl...

Conventional hemodialysis devices are limited by their need for large dialysate volumes, which restricts portability. This study introduces a dialysate-free wearable artificial kidney prototype that u...

From vacuum tubes to heterogeneous photocatalysts, the Menzel–Gomer–Redhead mechanism describes how electronically excited molecules behave on surfaces. Advances in LED light sources and photocatalyst...

Polymer membranes able to separate organic molecules present in hydrocarbon liquids were demonstrated in the 1960s and first commercialized in the 1990s. Now, a new generation of research advocates us...

Solar fuels synthesis is a promising technology for net-zero chemicals production, but capacity is inherently tied to area, and water is often required as a reagent, making land-based deployment costl...

Fifty years after it was commercialized, global carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity is equal to 0.09% of global emissions. Meanwhile, global emission-free electricity generation grows at a stead...

Yushan Yan from the University of Delaware and Versogen, Inc. talks to Nature Chemical Engineering about his path to developing and scaling up PiperION, a globally leading anion-exchange membrane for ...