What to watch for in chemistry in 2025

Maxx Arguilla , inorganic chemist, University of California, Irvine “2025 will see breakthroughs in the precision chemistry of chiral materials and the physics arising from structural chirality. Driven by organic materials in earlier years, significant leaps in understanding how chiral motifs can be inscribed onto inorganic crystals will enable access to deeper insights on the origin of chiral-induced spin selectivity and related properties. These advances will also broaden the materials toolbox towards more predictable and controllable chiral-induced behavior. The classes of organic, hybrid, and inorganic chiral materials that are unceasingly being discovered will open opportunities in translating chiral-induced properties into quantum and spintronic devices, chiroptics, chemical separations, and electrocatalysis in bulk and approaching the atomic scale.” Rachel Carter , battery specialist, US Naval Research Laboratory “2025 trends in battery research will center around diversifying our energy storage landscape. Recent history has focused heavily on lithium systems, but supply chain concerns