Tribochemistry, mechanical alloying, mechanochemistry: what is in a name?

AAL Michalchuk, EV Boldyreva, AM Belenguer… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Over the decades, the application of mechanical force to influence chemical reactions has
been called by various names: mechanochemistry, tribochemistry, mechanical alloying, to …

Time‐resolved in situ monitoring of mechanochemical reactions

AAL Michalchuk, F Emmerling - … Chemie International Edition, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanochemical transformations offer environmentally benign synthesis routes, whilst
enhancing both the speed and selectivity of reactions. In this regard, mechanochemistry …

Toward Mechanistic Understanding of Mechanochemical Reactions Using Real-Time In Situ Monitoring

S Lukin, LS Germann, T Friščić… - Accounts of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The past two decades have witnessed a rapid emergence of interest in
mechanochemistry–chemical and materials reactivity achieved or sustained by the action of …

Methods for monitoring milling reactions and mechanistic studies of mechanochemistry: a primer

PA Julien, T Friščić - Crystal Growth & Design, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mechanochemistry by ball milling is garnering significant attention as an efficient and
versatile means of chemical synthesis which minimizes the need for solvents and reduces …

Tinkering with mechanochemical tools for scale up

JF Reynes, V Isoni, F García - … Chemie International Edition, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mechanochemistry provides an environmentally benign platform to develop more
sustainable chemical processes by limiting raw materials, energy use, and waste generation …

Crystal engineering: from promise to delivery

D Braga - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Twenty years ago, I wrote a Chem. Commun. feature article entitled “Crystal Engineering:
where from? Where to?”: an update is in order. In this Highlight I argue that molecular crystal …

Direct mechanocatalysis by resonant acoustic mixing (RAM)

CB Lennox, TH Borchers, L Gonnet, CJ Barrett… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate the use of a metal surface to directly catalyse copper-catalysed alkyne–
azide click-coupling (CuAAC) reactions under the conditions of Resonant Acoustic Mixing …

Leveraging mechanochemistry for sustainable polymer degradation

S Aydonat, AH Hergesell, CL Seitzinger, R Lennarz… - Polymer Journal, 2024 - nature.com
Over 8 billion tons of plastic have been produced to date, and a 100% reclamation recycling
strategy is not foreseeable. This review summarizes how the mechanochemistry of polymers …

Controlling polymorphism in molecular cocrystals by variable temperature ball milling

K Linberg, B Röder, D Al-Sabbagh, F Emmerling… - Faraday …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanochemistry offers a unique opportunity to modify and manipulate crystal forms, often
providing new products as compared with conventional solution methods. While promising …

NMR in operando monitoring of mechanochemically accelerated sublimations

F Puccetti, T Rinesch, S Suljić, K Rahimi, A Herrmann… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Solid-solid interactions in optically active materials lead to the phenomena of spontaneous
enantioenrichment, with implications in prebiotic chemistry and materials purification …