Biological activity of ionic liquids and their application in pharmaceutics and medicine

KS Egorova, EG Gordeev, VP Ananikov - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids are remarkable chemical compounds, which find applications in many areas of
modern science. Because of their highly tunable nature and exceptional properties, ionic …

Structure and nanostructure in ionic liquids

R Hayes, GG Warr, R Atkin - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Much of chemistry is concerned with the study of reactions and processes in solution, that is,
where liquids are used as solvents. 2, 3 The solvent is the (excess) liquid phase in which …

The role of the electrolyte in non-conjugated radical polymers for metal-free aqueous energy storage electrodes

T Ma, CH Li, RM Thakur, DP Tabor, JL Lutkenhaus - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Metal-free aqueous batteries can potentially address the projected shortages of strategic
metals and safety issues found in lithium-ion batteries. More specifically, redox-active non …

Design and application of antimicrobial peptide conjugates

A Reinhardt, I Neundorf - International journal of molecular sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an interesting class of antibiotics characterized by their
unique antibiotic activity and lower propensity for developing resistance compared to …

Room temperature ionic liquids meet biomolecules: a microscopic view of structure and dynamics

A Benedetto, P Ballone - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) and biomolecules are both paradigmatic classes of
organic molecules, each consisting of a prodigious number of distinct chemical species …

Contemporary advancement of cholinium-based ionic liquids for protein stability and long-term storage: Past, present, and future outlook

A Sindhu, S Kumar, P Venkatesu - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the past two decades, ionic liquids (ILs) have been acknowledged as potentially attractive
“green” and “designer” solvents since their broader chemical space and the tunable nature …

Influence of additives on thermoresponsive polymers in aqueous media: a case study of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)

R Umapathi, PM Reddy, A Rani… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermoresponsive polymers (TRPs) in different solvent media have been studied over a
long period and are important from both scientific and technical points of view. Despite …

Ion specific effects on the stability of halloysite nanotube colloids—inorganic salts versus ionic liquids

B Katana, D Takács, E Csapó, T Szabó… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Charging and aggregation processes were studied in aqueous dispersions of halloysite
nanotubes (HNTs) in the presence of monovalent inorganic electrolytes and ionic liquid (IL) …

Insights into protein-ionic liquid interactions aiming at macromolecule delivery systems

LK Harada, JFB Pereira, WF Campos… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Over the last few years, researchers have started to explore a particular class of compounds
defined as ionic liquids (ILs) in attempts to use their unique characteristics. Since ILs have a …

Cryopreservation of Proteins Using Ionic Liquids: A Case Study of Cytochrome c

T Takekiyo, Y Ishikawa… - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Aqueous ionic liquid (IL) solutions form a glassy state at 77 K over a wide concentration of
ILs. They have potential as novel cryopreservation/refolding solvents for proteins. However …