Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
146(18), P. 12271 - 12287
Published: April 24, 2024
The
integration
of
next-generation
electronics
into
society
is
rapidly
reshaping
our
daily
interactions
and
lifestyles,
revolutionizing
communication
engagement
with
the
world.
Future
promise
stimuli-responsive
features
enhanced
biocompatibility,
such
as
skin-like
health
monitors
sensors
embedded
in
food
packaging,
transforming
healthcare
reducing
waste.
Imparting
degradability
may
reduce
adverse
environmental
impact
lead
to
opportunities
for
monitoring.
While
advancements
have
been
made
producing
degradable
materials
encapsulants,
substrates,
dielectrics,
availability
conducting
semiconducting
remains
restricted.
π-Conjugated
polymers
are
promising
candidates
development
conductors
or
semiconductors
due
ability
tune
their
stimuli-responsiveness,
mechanical
durability.
This
perspective
highlights
three
design
considerations:
selection
π-conjugated
monomers,
synthetic
coupling
strategies,
degradation
polymers,
generating
electronics.
We
describe
current
challenges
monomeric
present
options
circumvent
these
issues
by
highlighting
biobased
compounds
known
pathways
stable
monomers
that
allow
chemically
recyclable
polymers.
Next,
we
strategies
compatible
synthesis
including
direct
arylation
polymerization
enzymatic
polymerization.
Lastly,
discuss
various
modes
depolymerization
characterization
techniques
enhance
comprehension
potential
byproducts
formed
during
polymer
cleavage.
Our
considers
parameters
parallel
rather
than
independently
while
having
a
targeted
application
mind
accelerate
discovery
high-performance
organic
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
123(23), P. 12795 - 13208
Published: Nov. 15, 2023
Transition
metal
borides,
carbides,
pnictides,
and
chalcogenides
(X-ides)
have
emerged
as
a
class
of
materials
for
the
oxygen
evolution
reaction
(OER).
Because
their
high
earth
abundance,
electrical
conductivity,
OER
performance,
these
electrocatalysts
potential
to
enable
practical
application
green
energy
conversion
storage.
Under
potentials,
X-ide
demonstrate
various
degrees
oxidation
resistance
due
differences
in
chemical
composition,
crystal
structure,
morphology.
Depending
on
oxidation,
catalysts
will
fall
into
one
three
post-OER
electrocatalyst
categories:
fully
oxidized
oxide/(oxy)hydroxide
material,
partially
core@shell
unoxidized
material.
In
past
ten
years
(from
2013
2022),
over
890
peer-reviewed
research
papers
focused
electrocatalysts.
Previous
review
provided
limited
conclusions
omitted
significance
"catalytically
active
sites/species/phases"
this
review,
comprehensive
summary
(i)
experimental
parameters
(e.g.,
substrates,
loading
amounts,
geometric
overpotentials,
Tafel
slopes,
etc.)
(ii)
electrochemical
stability
tests
post-analyses
publications
from
2022
is
provided.
Both
mono
polyanion
X-ides
are
discussed
classified
with
respect
material
transformation
during
OER.
Special
analytical
techniques
employed
study
reconstruction
also
evaluated.
Additionally,
future
challenges
questions
yet
be
answered
each
section.
This
aims
provide
researchers
toolkit
approach
showcase
necessary
avenues
investigation.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: March 14, 2023
Closed-loop,
autonomous
experimentation
enables
accelerated
and
material-efficient
exploration
of
large
reaction
spaces
without
the
need
for
user
intervention.
However,
advanced
materials
with
complex,
multi-step
processes
data
sparse
environments
remains
a
challenge.
In
this
work,
we
present
AlphaFlow,
self-driven
fluidic
lab
capable
discovery
complex
chemistries.
AlphaFlow
uses
reinforcement
learning
integrated
modular
microdroplet
reactor
performing
steps
variable
sequence,
phase
separation,
washing,
continuous
in-situ
spectral
monitoring.
To
demonstrate
power
toward
high
dimensionality
chemistries,
use
to
discover
optimize
synthetic
routes
shell-growth
core-shell
semiconductor
nanoparticles,
inspired
by
colloidal
atomic
layer
deposition
(cALD).
Without
prior
knowledge
conventional
cALD
parameters,
successfully
identified
optimized
novel
route,
up
40
that
outperformed
sequences.
Through
capabilities
closed-loop,
learning-guided
systems
in
exploring
solving
challenges
nanoparticle
syntheses,
while
relying
solely
on
in-house
generated
from
miniaturized
microfluidic
platform.
Further
application
chemistries
beyond
can
lead
fundamental
generation
as
well
route
discoveries
optimization.
Nature Chemical Engineering,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
1(1), P. 97 - 107
Published: Jan. 11, 2024
Abstract
Protein
engineering
has
nearly
limitless
applications
across
chemistry,
energy
and
medicine,
but
creating
new
proteins
with
improved
or
novel
functions
remains
slow,
labor-intensive
inefficient.
Here
we
present
the
Self-driving
Autonomous
Machines
for
Landscape
Exploration
(SAMPLE)
platform
fully
autonomous
protein
engineering.
SAMPLE
is
driven
by
an
intelligent
agent
that
learns
sequence–function
relationships,
designs
sends
to
a
automated
robotic
system
experimentally
tests
designed
provides
feedback
improve
agent’s
understanding
of
system.
We
deploy
four
agents
goal
glycoside
hydrolase
enzymes
enhanced
thermal
tolerance.
Despite
showing
individual
differences
in
their
search
behavior,
all
quickly
converge
on
thermostable
enzymes.
laboratories
automate
accelerate
scientific
discovery
process
hold
great
potential
fields
synthetic
biology.
Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
382(6677)
Published: Dec. 21, 2023
A
closed-loop,
autonomous
molecular
discovery
platform
driven
by
integrated
machine
learning
tools
was
developed
to
accelerate
the
design
of
molecules
with
desired
properties.
We
demonstrated
two
case
studies
on
dye-like
molecules,
targeting
absorption
wavelength,
lipophilicity,
and
photooxidative
stability.
In
first
study,
experimentally
realized
294
unreported
across
three
automatic
iterations
design-make-test-analyze
cycles
while
exploring
structure-function
space
four
rarely
reported
scaffolds.
each
iteration,
property
prediction
models
that
guided
exploration
learned
structure-property
diverse
scaffold
derivatives,
which
were
multistep
syntheses
a
variety
reactions.
The
second
study
exploited
trained
explored
chemical
previously
discover
nine
top-performing
within
lightly
space.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
124(16), P. 9633 - 9732
Published: Aug. 13, 2024
Self-driving
laboratories
(SDLs)
promise
an
accelerated
application
of
the
scientific
method.
Through
automation
experimental
workflows,
along
with
autonomous
planning,
SDLs
hold
potential
to
greatly
accelerate
research
in
chemistry
and
materials
discovery.
This
review
provides
in-depth
analysis
state-of-the-art
SDL
technology,
its
applications
across
various
disciplines,
implications
for
industry.
additionally
overview
enabling
technologies
SDLs,
including
their
hardware,
software,
integration
laboratory
infrastructure.
Most
importantly,
this
explores
diverse
range
domains
where
have
made
significant
contributions,
from
drug
discovery
science
genomics
chemistry.
We
provide
a
comprehensive
existing
real-world
examples
different
levels
automation,
challenges
limitations
associated
each
domain.
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
124(21), P. 11767 - 11847
Published: July 5, 2024
Anthropogenic
activities
related
to
population
growth,
economic
development,
technological
advances,
and
changes
in
lifestyle
climate
patterns
result
a
continuous
increase
energy
consumption.
At
the
same
time,
rare
metal
elements
frequently
deployed
as
catalysts
processes
are
not
only
costly
view
of
their
low
natural
abundance,
but
availability
is
often
further
limited
due
geopolitical
reasons.
Thus,
electrochemical
storage
conversion
with
earth-abundant
metals,
mainly
form
single-atom
(SACs),
highly
relevant
timely
technologies.
In
this
review
application
SACs
electrocatalytic
chemicals
fuels
or
products
high
content
discussed.
The
oxygen
reduction
reaction
also
appraised,
which
primarily
harnessed
fuel
cell
technologies
metal-air
batteries.
coordination,
active
sites,
mechanistic
aspects
transition
analyzed
for
two-electron
four-electron
pathways.
Further,
water
splitting
toward
green
hydrogen
discussed
terms
evolution
reaction.
Similarly,
production
ammonia
clean
via
nitrogen
portrayed,
highlighting
potential
single
species.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(40), P. 21699 - 21716
Published: Sept. 27, 2023
Exceptional
molecules
and
materials
with
one
or
more
extraordinary
properties
are
both
technologically
valuable
fundamentally
interesting,
because
they
often
involve
new
physical
phenomena
compositions
that
defy
expectations.
Historically,
exceptionality
has
been
achieved
through
serendipity,
but
recently,
machine
learning
(ML)
automated
experimentation
have
widely
proposed
to
accelerate
target
identification
synthesis
planning.
In
this
Perspective,
we
argue
the
data-driven
methods
commonly
used
today
well-suited
for
optimization
not
realization
of
exceptional
molecules.
Finding
such
outliers
should
be
possible
using
ML,
only
by
shifting
away
from
traditional
ML
approaches
tweak
composition,
crystal
structure,
reaction
pathway.
We
highlight
case
studies
high-Tc
oxide
superconductors
superhard
demonstrate
challenges
ML-guided
discovery
discuss
limitations
automation
task.
then
provide
six
recommendations
development
capable
discovery:
(i)
Avoid
tyranny
middle
focus
on
extrema;
(ii)
When
data
limited,
qualitative
predictions
direction
than
interpolative
accuracy;
(iii)
Sample
what
can
made
how
make
it
defer
optimization;
(iv)
Create
room
(and
look)
unexpected
while
pursuing
your
goal;
(v)
Try
fill-in-the-blanks
input
output
space;
(vi)
Do
confuse
human
understanding
model
interpretability.
conclude
a
description
these
integrated
into
workflows,
which
enable
materials.
Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
384(6697)
Published: May 16, 2024
Contemporary
materials
discovery
requires
intricate
sequences
of
synthesis,
formulation,
and
characterization
that
often
span
multiple
locations
with
specialized
expertise
or
instrumentation.
To
accelerate
these
workflows,
we
present
a
cloud-based
strategy
enabled
delocalized
asynchronous
design-make-test-analyze
cycles.
We
showcased
this
approach
through
the
exploration
molecular
gain
for
organic
solid-state
lasers
as
frontier
application
in
optoelectronics.
Distributed
robotic
synthesis
in-line
property
characterization,
orchestrated
by
artificial
intelligence
experiment
planner,
resulted
21
new
state-of-the-art
materials.
Gram-scale
ultimately
allowed
verification
best-in-class
stimulated
emission
thin-film
device.
Demonstrating
integration
five
laboratories
across
globe,
workflow
provides
blueprint
delocalizing-and
democratizing-scientific
discovery.