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Review of Materials Research inaugural issue cover, January 2025

Review of Materials Research

Partially cracked ammonia as a carbon-free fuel for high-temperature industries: A material-centric review

2026 · 2 · 100293

Partial cracking turns ammonia into a more reactive ammonia–hydrogen fuel for high-temperature industrial heating. This review examines the material and system-design challenges on the path to industrial use.

Applied Thermal Engineering

Applied Thermal Engineering

Staged ammonia-air combustion in a heat-recirculating Swiss-roll burner

2026 · 303 · 132174

Heat recirculation and air staging offer ways to use low-reactivity fuels efficiently with lower emissions. This study explores how Swiss-roll burner design can reconcile ammonia flame stability with NO control.

Combustion and Flame

Combustion and Flame

Formation of NO in counterflow diffusion flames of ammonia-methane: Spatially-resolved measurements and kinetic analysis

2026 · 288 · 114970

Using ammonia alongside natural gas offers a route toward lower-carbon industrial fuels, with NO control a key challenge. This study examines NO-formation mechanisms to inform cleaner combustion.

Energy & Fuels, Volume 38, Issue 22, 2024

Energy & Fuels

Pure Ammonia-Fueled Roller Kiln for the Production of Ceramic Tiles: A First Demonstration

2024 · 38(22) · 22593–22604

Decarbonizing high-temperature industry calls for clean heat sources compatible with continuous production. A pure-ammonia roller-kiln demonstration explores this potential in practical ceramic firing.

Measurement Science and Technology journal illustration, January 2022 issue

Measurement Science and Technology

A laser absorption sensor for fuel slip monitoring in high-humidity flue gases from ammonia combustion

2023 · 34(9) · 094005

Clean ammonia use requires control of both combustion efficiency and unburned fuel emissions. Online laser sensing in humid exhaust provides real-time information for industrial-furnace optimization and emissions control.

Optics Express

Optics Express

Spatially and temporally resolved temperature measurements in counterflow flames using a single interband cascade laser

2020 · 28(25) · 37879–37902

Accurate, fast thermometry is essential for understanding combustion and evaluating reaction mechanisms. This work develops spatially and temporally resolved measurements with a single laser to characterize counterflow flames.