In recent years, with the continuous
development of artificial
intelligence (AI) technology, the digital process in chemistry has
also changed with each passing day. However, the current digitalization
of chemistry mainly uses AI technology to assist some scientific research
related to computational chemistry, such as molecular design, catalyst
design, reaction route design, etc. There is still no clear digital
route to connect with experimental chemistry; digitization in experimental
and theoretical chemistry is still in its infancy. This work sorts
out some of the main references and logic of the digitalization of
experimental chemistry. It puts forward a central point: in a truly
digital world, there is no boundary between chemical experiments,
theory, and calculation. The Mateverse platform based on Metaverse
technology makes all of this possible, primarily through a digital
process assisted by human researchers, which will significantly change
the research paradigm of chemistry. Metaverse is a technology that
should not be ignored for the future development of chemistry, which
is impelled by the merged data from experiments, simulations, and
theory.