RSC Mechanochemistry


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Advancing our fundamental understanding and application of the use of mechanical force for driving and controlling chemical reactions and materials transformations in the gas, liquid, and solid state.


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(left) Example of a ball mill apparatus used for mechanochemical reactions. (right) A schematic diagram of a mechanochemical reaction using a ball mill and the influence of mechanical force on the formation of products from reactants. (Photo: Ito lab; Illustration: Tetsuya Yamamoto, et al. RSC Mechanochemistry. December 7, 2024)
24 Jan 2025
Hokkaido University
A new theory predicts one of the effects of macroscopic mechanical forces on mechanochemical organic synthesis by a ball mill.