In a new paper published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels we show that alkyl doalkoxyalkanoates (DAOAs) have low sooting tendencies. DAOAs are alternative diesel fuels that combine the high synthesis yield and bioavailability associated with ester functional groups with the strong combustion performance of alkyl ethers. This work was done in collaboration with Ryan Davis’ group at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore. The paper is available at https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SE00804E.