Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

This review addresses research and development on the use of ionic liquids as extractants
and diluents in the solvent extraction of metals. Primary attention is given to the efficiency …

Task-specific ionic liquids (TSILs) represent a sub-family of ionic liquids characterized by
their high specificity towards a target analyte or group of analytes. This characteristic has …

A large amount of industrial waste containing precious metals (PMs) has become a
significant issue for the recovery of PMs. The success of PM extractions via …

Among ionic liquids, phosphonium-based ionic liquids (PILs) are quite elegant. These
categories of ionic liquids represent some merits over other types of ionic liquids such as …

The present review covers achievements in the development and application of
phosphorous-containing extractants for varios metals. The extractants based on industrial …

Removal of metals and sulfur is a challenging operation during the crude refining that often
is the bottleneck thereby increasing costs and reducing overall energy efficiency …

Ten novel hydrophobic dicationic ionic liquids (DILs) were synthesized and applied for the
extraction of heavy metals in aqueous solutions. Their physicochemical properties were …

The synthesis of ionic liquids can generate large amounts of waste and use toxic or
expensive raw materials. In this short review, we focused on one of the most promising …

A set of naphtholate esters have been prepared through the esterification reaction of
hydroxy3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid with a series of organic alcohol (methanol, ethanol, n …