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Connecting scales in reaction engineering

As part of the March Focus issue of Nature Chemical Engineering, we asked 13 leading researchers to spotlight a challenge or opportunity in reaction engineering that they believe holds particular promise for advancing this core area of chemical engineering research and practice.

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Correspondence to Jeremy Luterbacher, Bert Weckhuysen, Sophia Haussener, Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Daniel E. Resasco, Carlos G. Morales-Guio, Feng Jiao, Nanfeng Zheng, Kazunari Domen, Patricia Concepción, Louise Olsson, Curtis Berlinguette or Hongliang Xin.

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Luterbacher, J., Weckhuysen, B., Haussener, S. et al. Connecting scales in reaction engineering. Nat Chem Eng 2, 156–159 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44286-025-00197-8

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