Hydrotropic solubilization of zinc acetates for sustainable aqueous battery electrolytes

D Dong, T Wang, Y Sun, J Fan, YC Lu - Nature Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
Among the more sustainable battery chemistries, the aqueous zinc system is receiving
renewed interest. To accelerate the practical applications of this promising technology, an …

Hydrotropes: Solubilization of nonpolar compounds and modification of surfactant solutions

LY Zakharova, EA Vasilieva, AB Mirgorodskaya… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Control of size, charge, morphological characteristics, stability and functional activity of
practically important compounds is of particular interest. Two classes of amphiphiles …

Progress in the field of hydrotropy: mechanism, applications and green concepts

AD Patel, MA Desai - Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2023 - degruyter.com
Sustainability and greenness are the concepts of growing interest in the area of research as
well as industries. One of the frequently encountered challenges faced in research and …

Structure and properties of eucalyptus lignin extracted with benzenesulfonic and p-toluenesulfonic acids under mild conditions

JY Yang, TS Guo, YH Xu, MF Li, J Bian - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
Acid hydrotrope is a novel solvent used for biomass refining, because it can effectively
separate lignocellulose for value-added utilization of products. In this case, eucalyptus was …

Solubility-Enhancing Hydrotrope Electrolyte with Tailor-Made Organic Redox-Active Species for Redox-Enhanced Electrochemical Capacitors

J Byeon, J Ko, S Lee, DH Kim, SW Kim, D Kim… - ACS Energy …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The solubility of redox molecules is a critical factor that influences cell performance in redox-
enhanced electrochemical capacitors (redox ECs). Unfortunately, commonly used organic …

Synthesis and Performance of Biobased Surfactants Prepared by the One-Pot Reductive Amination of l-Arabinose and d-Galacturonic Acid

LM Jansen, KWM van Rijbroek… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a method for the synthesis of biobased surfactants derived from sugar beet
pulp (SBP) monosaccharides, l-Ara and d-GalA. The surfactants were prepared via one-pot …

Sustainable cascade reaction combining transition metal-biocatalysis and hydrophobic substrates in surfactant-free aqueous solutions

E Hofmann, L Schmauser, J Neugebauer… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
A cascade reaction consisting of a Heck reaction followed by an enzyme-catalyzed reaction
is carried out in different aqueous solutions. In particular, the impact of the structuring of the …

Exploring the impact of sodium salts on hydrotropic solubilization

J Benfica, AC Martins, G Peréz-Sanchéz… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Some ionic liquids (ILs) were shown to display a strong ability to enhance the solubility of
phenolic compounds through hydrotropy. However, evidence shows that salt ions in …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating the hydrotropism behaviour of aqueous caffeine and sodium benzoate solution through NMR and neutron total scattering analysis

Y Shen, Y Xiao, RM Edkins, TGA Youngs… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrotropism is a convenient way to increase the solubility of drugs by up to several orders
of magnitude, and even though it has been researched for decades with both experimental …

On the thermal response of multiscale nanodomains formed in trans-anethol/ethanol/water surfactant-free microemulsion

M Li, Y Wakata, H Zeng, C Sun - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Surfactant-free microemulsion (SFME), an emerging phenomenology that occurs
in the monophasic zone of a broad category of ternary mixtures 'hydrophobe/hydrotrope …