Recent advances in biodiesel production from agricultural products and microalgae using ionic liquids: Opportunities and challenges

HC Ong, YW Tiong, BHH Goh, YY Gan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodiesel is considered as a potential substitute for petroleum-based diesel fuel owing to its
comparable properties to diesel. Biodiesel is generally produced from renewable sources …

Toxicity of ionic liquids: eco (cyto) activity as complicated, but unavoidable parameter for task‐specific optimization

KS Egorova, VP Ananikov - ChemSusChem, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid progress in the field of ionic liquids in recent decades led to the development of many
outstanding energy‐conversion processes, catalytic systems, synthetic procedures, and …

Ether-and alcohol-functionalized task-specific ionic liquids: attractive properties and applications

S Tang, GA Baker, H Zhao - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the designer nature of ionic liquids (ILs) has driven their exploration and
exploitation in countless fields among the physical and chemical sciences. A fair measure of …

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 …

Lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus: uses and prospects as an industrial biocatalyst

R Fernandez-Lafuente - Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2010 - Elsevier
The lipase from Thermomyces laguginosus (formerly Humicola laguginosa)(TLL) is a
basophilic and noticeably thermostable enzyme, commercially available in both soluble and …

Recent advances of enzymatic reactions in ionic liquids

M Moniruzzaman, K Nakashima, N Kamiya… - Biochemical Engineering …, 2010 - Elsevier
The tremendous potential of room temperature ionic liquids as an alternative to
environmentally harmful ordinary organic solvents is well recognized. Ionic liquids, having …

Methods for stabilizing and activating enzymes in ionic liquids—a review

H Zhao - Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ionic liquids (ILs) have evolved as a new type of non‐aqueous solvents for biocatalysis,
mainly due to their unique and tunable physical properties. A number of recent review …

Ionic liquids as a potential solvent for lipase-catalysed reactions: A review

AA Elgharbawy, FA Riyadi, MZ Alam… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs)-as environmentally friendly “green” solvents-have been progressively
used in various reactions as reagents, solvents and co-solvents including lipase-catalysed …

Protease activation in glycerol-based deep eutectic solvents

H Zhao, GA Baker, S Holmes - Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, 2011 - Elsevier
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) consisting of mixtures of a choline salt (chloride or acetate
form) and glycerol are prepared as easily accessible, biodegradable, and inexpensive …

Activation and stabilization of enzymes in ionic liquids

M Moniruzzaman, N Kamiya, M Goto - Organic & biomolecular …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
As environmentally benign “green” solvents, room temperature ionic liquids (ILs) have been
used as solvents or (co) solvents in biocatalytic reactions and processes for a decade. The …