Toward the proactive design of sustainable chemicals: Ionic liquids as a prime example

S Beil, M Markiewicz, CS Pereira, P Stepnowski… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The tailorable and often unique properties of ionic liquids (ILs) drive their implementation
into a broad variety of seminal technologies. The modular design of ILs allows in this context …

Biodegradation of ionic liquids–a critical review

A Jordan, N Gathergood - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The importance of biodegradation data as part of the design of safer chemicals is presented
using ionic liquids (ILs) as a model study. Structural features that promote/impede IL …

Environmental impact of ionic liquids: recent advances in (eco) toxicology and (bio) degradability

SPF Costa, AMO Azevedo, PCAG Pinto… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This Review aims to integrate the most recent and pertinent data available on the (bio)
degradability and toxicity of ionic liquids for global and critical analysis and on the conscious …

Biobased ionic liquids: solvents for a green processing industry?

J Hulsbosch, DE De Vos, K Binnemans… - ACS Sustainable …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Replacing conventional solvents by ionic liquids is often suggested as a possible route to
greener industrial processes. However, ionic liquids are typically petroleum-derived. This …

Thermal, chemical, electrochemical, radiolytic and biological stability of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents

Y Chen, D Yu, Z Liu, Z Xue, T Mu - New Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are regarded as two types of novel
solvents with high tunability, which exist in the liquid state in a wide temperature range. The …

Ionic Liquids in Metal, Photo-, Electro-, and (Bio) Catalysis

J Dupont, BC Leal, P Lozano, AL Monteiro… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) have unique physicochemical properties that make them advantageous for
catalysis, such as low vapor pressure, non-flammability, high thermal and chemical …

Ionic liquids as bioactive chemical tools for use in agriculture and the preservation of agricultural products

A Zajac, R Kukawka, A Pawlowska-Zygarowicz… - Green …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic salts called “ionic liquids” have already quite a long history; nevertheless, they still
attract major attention from the scientific community and increaselly industry. In this review …

Protein‐rich biomass waste as a resource for future biorefineries: state of the art, challenges, and opportunities

F De Schouwer, L Claes, A Vandekerkhove… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Protein‐rich biomass provides a valuable feedstock for the chemical industry. This Review
describes every process step in the value chain from protein waste to chemicals. The first …

An unexpected increase of toxicity of amino acid-containing ionic liquids

KS Egorova, MM Seitkalieva… - Toxicology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Functionalization of ionic liquids (ILs) with natural amino acids is usually considered as a
convenient approach to decrease their toxicity and find new areas of chemical application as …

Effect of imidazolium-based ionic liquids on bacterial growth inhibition investigated via experimental and QSAR modelling studies

OB Ghanem, MIA Mutalib, M El-Harbawi… - Journal of hazardous …, 2015 - Elsevier
Tuning the characteristics of solvents to fit industrial requirements has currently become a
major interest in both academic and industrial communities, notably in the field of room …