Recent Development of Mechanochemical Synthesis
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Organic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2019) | Viewed by 65743
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanochemistry; organic synthesis; green chemistry; solid state photocatalysis; guanidines; (thio)ureas
Interests: mechanochemistry; ball milling; materials science; natural materials; environmental chemistry; nanoparticle synthesis; adsorption; solid-state synthesis; eggshell; waste treatment; suflides
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Dear Colleagues,
In order to face the challenges of modern life, chemists around the world are being engaged in a quest for an efficient and practical, yet sustainable, alternative to synthesis in solution. In this respect, mechanochemical synthesis, recognized as an environmentally-friendly methodology, has enabled the implementation of Green Chemistry Principles and is currently going through its renaissance period. Although mechanical milling has been well known as a processing method in inorganic and materials chemistry for decades, its application in other areas of chemical research largely remained unexplored until breakthrough discoveries in solid state reactivity which took place at the turn of the last century. With liquid-assisted, ion and liquid-assisted and polymer-assisted grinding, as powerful tools to enhance and steer the reactivity of molecules in the solid state, mechanochemical synthesis has found its way into fields of supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering, pharmaceutical science, metal-organic frameworks, and particularly organic chemistry. However, the „older“ branches of mechanochemistry like inorganic synthesis, catalysis or nanomaterials synthesis are still active. The environmental approach is well documented by many publications connecting mechanochemistry and waste treatment, mechanochemical dehalogenation, hydrogen storage or synthesis of advanced materials for various applications (e.g. energy storage and conversion or biomedical applications). The last 15 years have witnessed an enormous progress in solid state mechanochemistry, which has developed from a curiosity into a well-established synthetic methodology. The phenomenon has turned globally, with the number of research groups dealing with different aspects of mechanochemistry growing each year.
This Special Issue of Molecules is devoted to recent developments in this exciting field and is intended to reflect many exciting faces of mechanochemistry. Contributions reporting on the utilization of mechanochemistry for the synthesis of organic and inorganic molecules, cocrystals, metal-organic frameworks, as well as the studies with strong environmental impact (e.g. waste treatment) and mechanochemcial synthesis of advanced materials, including the mechanistic studies on solid state reactions, are welcome.
Dr. Vjekoslav Štrukil
Dr. Matej Baláž
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mechanochemistry
- reaction mechanisms
- organic synthesis
- crystal engineering
- metal-organic frameworks
- green chemistry
- inorganic synthesis
- nanomaterials
- advanced materials synthesis
- waste treatment
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