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The shape of complex systems 复杂系统的形态

Nature Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00101-w

Victor M. Zavala, Alexander D. Smith

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Controlling transport across artificial cell membranes 控制人工细胞膜上的运输

Nature Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00091-9

Atul N. Parikh

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Fungible and non-fungible technologies in biomanufacturing scale-up 生物制造放大过程中的可发菌和不可发菌技术

Nature Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00093-7

Sang Yup Lee

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Ionic-liquid-based technologies for waste management 基于离子液体的废物管理技术

Nature Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00097-3

Yanfei Zhu

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Switchable thermal pathways in batteries 电池中的可切换热通路

Nature Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00098-2

Mo Qiao

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Connected three-dimensional polyhedral frames for programmable liquid processing 用于可编程液体处理的连接三维多面体框架

Nature Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00090-w

Yiyuan Zhang, Zhandong Huang, Feifei Qin, Hongzhou Wang, Kai Cui, Kun Guo, Zheren Cai, Xiaobing Cai, Junfeng Xiao, Jan Carmeliet, Jinjia Wei, Yanlin Song, Jun Yang, Liqiu Wang

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Determining photon flux and effective optical path length in intensified flow photoreactors 确定强化流动光反应器中的光子通量和有效光路长度

Nature Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00089-3

Stefan D. A. Zondag, Jasper H. A. Schuurmans, Arnab Chaudhuri, Robin P. L. Visser, Cíntia Soares, Natan Padoin, Koen P. L. Kuijpers, Matthieu Dorbec, John van der Schaaf, Timothy Noël

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Interfacial energy-mediated bulk transport across artificial cell membranes 跨人工细胞膜的界面能介导的大容量传输

Nature Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00088-4

Jia-Qi Tian, Mu-Yueh Chang, Chen Chen, Zhen-Hong Luo, Wilhelm T. S. Huck, Nan-Nan Deng

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Electrifying hypersaline wastewater decontamination 超高盐废水净化电气化

Nature Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00094-6

Mo Qiao

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All-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries through a reaction engineering lens 从反应工程角度看全固态锂硫电池

Nature Chemical Engineering Pub Date : 2024-06-25 DOI: 10.1038/s44286-024-00079-5

Jung Tae Kim, Han Su, Yu Zhong, Chongzhen Wang, Haoyang Wu, Dingyi Zhao, Changhong Wang, Xueliang Sun, Yuzhang Li

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