Immobilization of lipases on hydrophobic supports: immobilization mechanism, advantages, problems, and solutions

RC Rodrigues, JJ Virgen-Ortíz, JCS Dos Santos… - Biotechnology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lipases are the most widely used enzymes in biocatalysis, and the most utilized method for
enzyme immobilization is using hydrophobic supports at low ionic strength. This method …

Ionic liquids as tool to improve enzymatic organic synthesis

T Itoh - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) have now been acknowledged as reaction media for biotransformations.
The first three examples were reported in this field in 2000, and since then, numerous …

Room-temperature ionic liquids: solvents for synthesis and catalysis. 2

JP Hallett, T Welton - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids: Solvents for Synthesis and Catalysis. 2 | Chemical Reviews
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Green solvents in carbohydrate chemistry: from raw materials to fine chemicals

A Farrán, C Cai, M Sandoval, Y Xu, J Liu… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In recent decades, there has been an increasing effort to reduce the use of fossil fuels and
oil derivatives, to decrease environmental pollution, and to counteract global warming. The …

Nano‐gold as artificial enzymes: hidden talents

Y Lin, J Ren, X Qu - Advanced materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Creating artificial enzymes that mimic the complexity and function of natural systems has
been a great challenge for the past two decades. In this Progress Report, the focus is on …

Advances in sodium secondary batteries utilizing ionic liquid electrolytes

K Matsumoto, J Hwang, S Kaushik, CY Chen… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of Na secondary batteries that exhibit both sustainability and high energy
density as potential successors to lithium-ion batteries for certain large-scale applications …

Natural deep eutectic solvents providing enhanced stability of natural colorants from safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

Y Dai, R Verpoorte, YH Choi - Food chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
A certain combination of natural products in the solid state becomes liquid, so called natural
deep eutectic solvents (NADES). Recently, they have been considered promising new green …

[HTML][HTML] Enzyme immobilization strategies for the design of robust and efficient biocatalysts

JM Guisan, G Fernandez-Lorente… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Different strategies for the preparation of efficient and robust immobilized biocatalysts are
here reviewed. Different physico-chemical approaches are discussed. i.-The stabilization of …

Biocatalysis in ionic liquids

F Van Rantwijk, RA Sheldon - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids1 are substances that are completely composed of ions and are liquid at or close
to room temperature. Interest in these compounds, often heralded as the green, high-tech …

Protein stabilization and enzyme activation in ionic liquids: specific ion effects

H Zhao - Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
There are still debates on whether the hydration of ions perturbs the water structure, and
what is the degree of such disturbance; therefore, the origin of the Hofmeister effect on …