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ReviewACS central science2026

Shaking Up Photochemistry: The Future Frontiers of Mechanophotocatalysis.

Francis Millward, Eli Zysman-Colman

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Review in ACS central science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Francis MillwardOrganic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, U.K.
Eli Zysman-ColmanOrganic Semiconductor Centre, EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-6022

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solution-state photocatalysis is fundamentally reliant on the use of organic solvents, which are associated with significant safety, sustainability, and implementation challenges for conducting light-driven reactions. Mechanophotocatalysis tantalizingly addresses these issues by significantly reducing the use of reaction solvents, using mechanical mixing to mediate light-driven transformations. In this Outlook, we examine the motivations for combining photocatalysis with mechanochemistry, assess how this nascent methodology has evolved, and speculate on future research directions that should be explored in order for mechanophotocatalysis to emerge as a useful and complementary methodology for conducting photochemical reactions under solvent-minimized conditions.

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PMID41647254
PMCPMC12871882

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