Themed collection 2026 Green Chemistry Hot Articles

This Perspective looks at the original 12 Principles: where they are after over a quarter of a century relative to the original vision by Anastas & Warner, and what changes are needed given the events that have taken place in the world since 1998.

Advancing SSbD requires an effective and efficient regulatory-based data strategy to improve data availability and quality for safety assessments and LCA; without it, new methods may merely become empty promises that avoid the real issue.

Muconic acid occupies a pivotal position at the confluence of biology, chemistry, and industrial technology. Synthesis and polymerization of muconic acid hold promise advanced materials and applications.

Flash Joule heating upcycles degraded hard carbon anodes: interphase residues transform into conductive graphitic coatings, delivering higher electrochemical performance than commercial hard carbon while enabling sustainable battery recycling.

The one-pot synthesis of cyclic carbonates from carbon dioxide and styrenes using a potentially recyclable oxidant was realised with a single, homogeneous quaternary ammonium halide catalyst.

CarAT is a molecular-level framework for tracing carbon through industrial value chains, enabling biogenic carbon accounting to support crade-to-grave assessments, inform decarbon.

Direct mechano-organocatalysis with covalent catalyst functionalization on zirconia balls. Highly efficient reusable system. Purification-free process with near zero E-factor.

A comparative techno-economic and planetary assessment reveals the current limitations and future sustainability pathways of micellar catalysis across industrial reactions.

A crystal-phase-engineered hcp Ni/fcc Rh heterostructure achieves dual-site catalysis with exceptional alkaline HER and AEMWE performance.

A multi-parameter study maps how reactor geometry, plasma microdischarges, and excitation pathways govern ammonia formation in a dielectric-barrier discharge reactor, revealing design rules for catalyst-free electrified nitrogen activation.

LCA was applied to compare helium and hydrogen as carrier gases for routine gas chromatography. The main insight is that the comparative advantage of hydrogen arises primarily from reduced analysis time rather than avoidance of helium extraction.

Harvest optimization offers an effective strategy for maximizing lignin valorization yields and overall biorefinery production of fuels, chemicals, and materials.

A uniformly autotrophic K/O-CN–R. eutropha biohybrid was designed to efficiently convert CO₂ into visible C₄ bioplastics without the need for any auxiliary agents.

PO₄ built protective layers form fast proton channels that boost proton-coupled electron transfer while shielding catalysts from proton corrosion, enabling biomimetic electrocatalysts for high current, sustainable biopolymer electrosynthesis.