Chemical Engineering

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Significance        Reference Seki, Wakana & Sagara, Raisei & Hirata, Aika & Kubota, Jun. (2026). Methane synthesis from CO2 and H2O with concentrated NaOH–KOH electrolyte at 200–250 °C using electrochemical Pd–Ag membrane reactor. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 10. 2070-2080. 10.1039/D5SE01657F.

Reference Ning Han, Yifei Li, Zhiyuan Zhang, Jiabao Gong, Yanfeng Li, Based on generative adversarial networks combined with gradient descent-A new method for evaluating the importance of coal oxide characteristics, Fuel, Volume 410, 2026, 137947,

Significance  Reference Laurent Souqui, Christopher M. Caroff, R. Joseph Lastowski, Samyukta Shrivastav, Gregory S. Girolami, Jessica A. Krogstad, John R. Abelson, MgH2 thin films and nanowires deposited by CVD from a magnesium diamidodiboranate precursor, Materials Today Communications, Volume 50, 2026, 114615,

Reference Jiahao Liu, Meichen Liu, Jie Li, Yujiao Li, Chunwang Yi*, Metal-free, scalable synthesis of degradable polyester resins for high-resolution DLP 3D printing via organoboron-catalyzed ROCOP, Green Chemistry, Volume 28, Issue 19, 2026, Pages 8213-8222,

Significance  Reference Hongbin YANG, Chunchang ZHANG, Wenwen XIA, Li YAO, Ring formation mechanism of C4H3 radical and acetylene in soot precursor formation, Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, Volume 54, Issue 4, 2026, 20250198,

Significance  Reference Chenghao Hang, Song Chen, Guofu Qiao, A novel indirect impedance approach for steel corrosion assessment in concrete: Principle, sensor, and instrument, Electrochimica Acta, Volume 554, 2026, 148318,

Significance    Reference Li, Yang & Zhang, Jibao & Gao, Jingbo & Chen, Guangjin & Yin, Zhenyuan. (2026). l-Methionine modified active ice enables ultra-rapid methane hydrate kinetics for solidified natural gas storage. Green Chemistry. 28. 5226-5239. 10.1039/d5gc06216k.

Featured Highlight: October 15, 2026 Significance  Reference Chenxi Su, Cheng Gong, Meizhou Qi, Yulun Tao, Wentuan Bi; Magnetic Separation Coupled with Low-Temperature Pyrolysis for Efficient Purification of Cathode Materials from Spent LiFePO4 Batteries. ACS Sustainable Resour. Manage. 2026; 3 (3): 824–833. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.5c00647

Significance  Reference Xu, Wenyu & Chang, Zelin & Wang, Hongwei & Wang, Binfen & Ding, Hongbo & Xu, Jijian & Li, Xinliang. (2026). Competitive solvent occupation chemistry enabling robust four-electron conversion for anti-freezing aqueous zinc-iodine batteries. Energy & Environmental Science. 19. 10.1039/D6EE00755D.

Significance  Reference Hall, N.J., Grant, D.M., Prosser, J.L. et al. Reversible hydrogen storage in reactive hydride composites under 400 K. Nat Commun (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-75313-0

Significance  Reference Jiyu Zhu, Xinlu He, Zhu Zhuo, Wenjing Wang, Daqiang Yuan; MOF-derived hierarchical nanoporous carbons for improved hydrogen isotope separation. Dalton Trans. 2026; 55 (16): 6523–6529. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6dt00516k

Significance    Reference Zuyang Zhang, Liyuan Zhang, Hongjian Tang, Daoyin Liu, Coupled precursor mass transfer and atomic layer deposition in nanoparticle agglomerates: From primary to complex structures via CFD-DEM simulation, Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 318, 2025, 122157,

Significance  Reference McClellan J, Zong A, Pham KH, Liu H, Iton ZWB, Guzelturk B, Walko DA, Wen H, Cushing SK, Zuerch MW. Photoinduced correlations in stochastic dynamics of a solid-state ionic conductor. Nat Commun. 2026 . doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-72663-7. 

Significance    Reference Liu, Zhanqi & Zhang, Ya & Wang, Yuqing & Tang, Long‐Cheng & Pan, Biwang & Wu, Haidi & Gao, Jiefeng. (2025). Low-Temperature, Solvent-Free and Closed-Loop Calendering Overcomes the Strength-Water Content Trade-Off in Hydrogels. Macromolecules. 58. 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c02118.

Significance  Reference Jiangfan Yi, Baoxiu Wang, Weidong Yang, Tao Sun, In-situ ECMP polishing of silicon wafers assisted by piezo-electric abrasives, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Volume 205, 2026, 110341,

Significance    Reference Suwa K, Ito S, Tanaka K. Phosphorescence properties of boron β-diketiminate complexes modulated by spiro structures. Dalton Trans. 2026 ;55(15):6035-6043. doi: 10.1039/d6dt00417b