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Chemistry plays a key role in tackling today’s challenges and ensuring a sustainable future. Since 2019, IUPAC has been identifying technologies with the potential to advance our society and improve our quality of life.

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Fig. 1: IUPAC Top Ten Technologies selection for 2021.

top left and top right, IUPAC; Blockchain, Olga Salt / Alamy Stock Photo; Semisynthetic life, Supparsorn Wantarnagon / Alamy Stock Photo; Superwettability, Peerasith Chaisanit / Alamy Stock Photo; Artificial humus, Claudio Rampinini / Alamy Stock Photo; RNA synthesis, Simon Lehmann / Alamy Stock Photo; Sonochemical coating, Dmytro Razinkov / Alamy Stock Photo; Chemoluminescence, Andrew Paterson / Alamy Stock Photo; Sustainable ammonia, incamerastock / Alamy Stock Photo; Targeted protein degradation, Pedro Antonio Salaverría Calahorra / Alamy Stock Photo; Single-cell metabolomics, Phanie / Alamy Stock Photo

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F.G.-B. is paid by IUPAC to write the feature articles on the Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry. J.G.-M. is currently the president-elect of IUPAC and will be the president during 2022 and 2023.

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Gomollón-Bel, F., García-Martínez, J. Emerging chemistry technologies for a better world. Nat. Chem. 14, 113–114 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-021-00887-9

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