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Communications Chemistry, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s42004-026-01894-yPhotocatalysis holds promise for sustainable synthesis, but AI-driven reaction prediction is hindered by limited data. Here, the authors introduce PhotoCatDB, a comprehensive database of 26.7 K reactions, and develop PhotoCat, a transformer-based tool achieving high accuracy in photocatalytic reaction prediction, retrosynthesis, and condition recommendation, as well as experimentally validate the newly discovered photocatalytic reactions.

Two-dimensional poly(arylene vinylene) frameworks are promising polymer semiconductors, yet obtaining highly crystalline materials is a major challenge. Now a series of 11 highly crystalline or single...

Industry insiders expect rise in the adoption of virtual lab assistants

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Advances in high-throughput instrumentation and laboratory automation are revolutionizing materials synthesis by enabling the rapid generation of large libraries of novel materials. However, efficient characterization of these synthetic libraries remains a significant bottleneck in the discovery of new materials. T

Overcoming the intrinsic polarity of hydrogen bonds to construct a C2H6-affinitive nonpolar pore environment using an entirely pore-oriented π-conjugated core presents a formidable challenge within hy...