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The existential threat posed by the climate crisis calls for urgent solutions to manage hard-to-abate and unavoidable CO2 emissions. This Comment shows, by example, the key role that scientists can play in launching pioneering pilot projects, leveraging their research, systems understanding and networks, and thus educating the next generation of climate innovators.
Biomolecular engineering enriches the toolkit of chemical engineers, enabling them to tackle diverse challenges in biotechnology and medicine; we welcome submissions in this space.
Researchers Katrina Knauer, Taylor Uekert and Alberta Carpenter, each at different stages of their careers, share perspectives on the national laboratory research ecosystem and how it can inspire transformative work in plastics recycling, sustainable manufacturing and beyond.
We explore the challenges and opportunities for electrochemical energy storage technologies that harvest active materials from their surroundings. Progress hinges on advances in chemical engineering science related to membrane design; control of mass transport, reaction kinetics and precipitation at electrified interfaces; and regulation of electrocrystallization of metals through substrate design.
Kai Qiao, a senior engineer at SINOPEC Dalian Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals Co., Ltd, and a visiting professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Dalian University of Technology, talks to Nature Chemical Engineering about his career as a chemical engineer working on biomass-derived chemical production.
Polyimide-derived carbon molecular sieve (CMS) membranes mark an important step for various current, key energy-intensive separations. The excellent separation performance combined with economical scalability make CMS membranes ready to enable energy-transition-focused gas separations.
Chemical engineering principles will continue to help scientists design and optimize new medical devices, treatments and modalities. This Comment reflects on historical developments and potential opportunities in medicine for chemical engineering.
Professor Arthi Jayaraman from the University of Delaware talks to Nature Chemical Engineering about her path to becoming a chemical engineer, focus on modeling and simulations, and thoughts on bridging computational and experimental research.
Heterogeneous catalysis will continue to be a fundamental pillar of chemicals manufacturing. The development of sustainable catalytic technologies requires a multidimensional approach, bridging atomic-level design with planetary impact considerations. Prioritizing sustainability metrics, industry partnerships and circular economy principles as well as raising public awareness are crucial.
Welcome to the first issue of Nature Chemical Engineering, a new home for chemical engineering research spanning fundamental scientific advances to the design, scale-up and optimization of chemical and biological processes of importance to society.
Opportunities and challenges in data-driven chemical engineering thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and molecular simulation are discussed, and new possibilities offered by machine learning in these areas are assessed. Examples suggest how integration of data science and molecular simulation can prove impactful for the future of chemical engineering.
The balance of ‘outside–in’ and ‘inside–out’ signaling is critical in tissue development and regeneration. This Comment highlights emerging strategies to engineer and manipulate this delicate equilibrium and fine-tune cellular responses using complementary tools in biomaterials design and synthetic biology.
