Themed collection RSC Sustainability 2023 Hot Papers

Enabling the design of silica materials with ordered and controllable pore structure using the principles of green and sustainable chemistry.

Current European (EU) policies, such as the Green Deal, envisage safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) practices for the management of chemicals, which cogently entail nanomaterials (NMs) and advanced materials (AdMa).

Production quantity ratio of petroleum derived chemical products. This also presents the concept of replacing all petroleum-based chemical products with natural biomass-based chemical products.

Rare Earths (REs) are referred to as ‘industrial vitamins’ and play an indispensable role in a variety of domains.

This tutorial review showcases the diversity & utility of organophosphorus molecules, focusing on P(V) structures. Their rich nomenclature, application & industrial synthesis will be highlighted within the context of sustainable chemistry.

Platinum group metal nanoparticles (Pt, Pd, and Rh) were synthesized in aqueous NaCl solutions using, as reducing agent, H₂/CO electrogenerated in situ by the reduction of CO₂ and water.

The use of flow-through (FT) systems in the lignin-first approach can improve the proficiency of the process. Herein, the reductive catalytic fractionation of beech wood sawdust was conducted in an FT system using 35Ni/NDC pellets.

Using supercritical fluids, our novel process selectively extracts rare earth elements from coal fly ashes that were previously considered as waste and an environmental threat.

Furan based building blocks have potential of introducing new commodity chemicals at low cost with low carbon impact.

Testing composite carbon-based anode materials for high-perfoming soil microbial fuel cells.

Aluminates have been used as synthetic inorganic pigments due to their structural stability.

A metal complex bearing 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane and terpyridine scaffolds as a single polydentate ligand was used as a recyclable catalyst for synthesizing the nylon precursor, KA oil.

Antibacterial resistance is a massive universal health crisis and one of the most significant threats to human life. Many bacterial species have evolved and acquired resistance against multiple drugs.

The phosphate-addition induced improvement of the synthesis yield of fumarate from CO₂ and pyruvate in an aqueous medium using a multi-biocatalytic system of ME from Sulfobus tokodaii and FUM from porcine heart in the presence of NADH was demonstrated.

The synergy of Ni-phytocat and microwave driven process leads to highly desirable monocyclic aromatics and low molecular weight hydrocarbons, and H₂, thereby paving the way to harness complete circular chemical potential of plastic waste.