Ionic liquid-based antimicrobial materials for water treatment, air filtration, food packaging and anticorrosion coatings

Z Fallah, EN Zare, MA Khan, S Iftekhar, M Ghomi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Efforts to widen the scope of ionic liquids applications across diverse research areas have
flourished in the last two decades with developments in understanding and tailoring their …

Antimicrobial ionic liquid‐based materials for biomedical applications

N Nikfarjam, M Ghomi, T Agarwal… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Excessive and unwarranted administration of antibiotics has invigorated the evolution of
multidrug‐resistant microbes. There is, therefore, an urgent need for advanced active …

The antimicrobial potential of ionic liquids: A source of chemical diversity for infection and biofilm control

JN Pendleton, BF Gilmore - International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2015 - Elsevier
Although described almost a century ago, interest in ionic liquids has flourished in the last
two decades, with significant advances in the understanding of their chemical, physical and …

[PDF][PDF] Antimicrobial ionic liquids

BF Gilmore - Ionic liquids: applications and perspectives, 2011 - openresearchlibrary.org
First described almost a century ago (Walden, 1914), ionic liquids are a novel class of low
temperature (typically< 100 C) molten salts, comprised of discrete anions and cations …

Ionic Liquids as Biocompatible Antibacterial Agents: A Case Study on Structure-Related Bioactivity on Escherichia coli

MM Fernandes, EO Carvalho, DM Correia… - ACS applied bio …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The potential of ionic liquids (ILs) to be used as antimicrobial agents for biomedical
applications has been hindered by the fact that most of them are cytotoxic toward …

Ionic liquids and organic salts with antimicrobial activity as a strategy against resistant microorganisms

FMS Costa, MLMFS Saraiva, MLC Passos - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a subject of growing concern facing humanity caused
mainly by the overuse and misuse of antimicrobials, lack of adherence to antimicrobial …

Anti-microbial activities of ionic liquids

J Pernak, K Sobaszkiewicz, I Mirska - Green Chemistry, 2003 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquids (ILs) are shown to display anti-microbial activity with the activities being greatly
affected by alkyl chain lengths. Shorter substituents on the cation result in a lack of activity …

The ionic liquid 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium demonstrates comparable antimicrobial and antibiofilm behavior to a cationic surfactant

Y Venkata Nancharaiah, GKK Reddy… - Biofouling, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Biofilms are problematic in health and industry because they are resistant to various
antimicrobial treatments. Ionic liquids are a novel class of low temperature liquid salts …

Comparative evaluation of antimicrobial activity of different types of ionic liquids

W Florio, S Becherini, F D'Andrea, A Lupetti… - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to identify most suitable ionic liquids (ILs) for potential applications in infection
prevention and control, in the present study we comparatively evaluated the antimicrobial …

An update on synthesis, properties, applications and toxicity of the ILs

APS Raman, MB Singh, P Jain, P Chaudhary… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been in utility since the beginning of the 1980s due to their vast
range of features, uses, and environmentally acceptable nature. They have been presented …