Making more with less: confinement effects for more sustainable chemical transformations

JCS Terra, AR Martins, FCC Moura, CC Weber… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical reactions require close physical contact between reactants, catalysts, and
intermediates to proceed. In a bulk homogeneous solution, this is often governed by random …

Beneath the Skin: Nanostructure in the Sub‐Oxide Region of Liquid Metal Nanodroplets

PHA Vaillant, V Krishnamurthi… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid metals (LMs) are emerging as unique fluids for a variety of applications, but their
nanoscale solvation properties remain largely understudied. In this work, a combination of …

Applications and Risk Assessments of Ionic Liquids in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Domains: An Updated Overview

F Al-Akayleh, M Al-Remawi, A Agha… - Jordan Journal of …, 2023 - jjc.yu.edu.jo
The objective of this review is to evaluate the toxicological profiles and environmental
sustainability of Ionic Liquids for chemical applications. Data from in vitro assays, Danio rerio …

Nanostructure of Locally Concentrated Ionic Liquids in the Bulk and at Graphite and Gold Electrodes

J Wang, JJ Buzolic, JW Mullen, PA Fitzgerald… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The physical properties of ionic liquids (ILs) have led to intense research interest, but for
many applications, high viscosity is problematic. Mixing the IL with a diluent that lowers …

Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Study of the Amphiphilic Bulk Nanostructure of Tetraalkylammonium Deep Eutectic Solvents

NK Kahlon, EL Matthewman… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are low-melting mixtures, often prepared from a salt and a
molecular hydrogen bond donor. Like ionic liquids, DESs that contain at least one …

Nanostructure and Dynamics of the Locally Concentrated Ionic Liquid 2: 1 (wt: wt) HMIM FAP: TFTFE and HMIM FAP on Graphite and Gold Electrodes as a Function of …

H Li, J Wang, GG Warr, R Atkin - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Video‐rate atomic force microscopy (AFM) is used to record the near‐surface nanostructure
and dynamics of one pure ionic liquid (IL), 1‐hexyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tris …

Gold (I)-Catalyzed Direct Alkyne Hydroarylation in Ionic Liquids: Mechanistic Insights

S Bonfante, P Bax, M Baron, A Biffis - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
The factors determining the catalytic performance of a recently discovered system for direct
intermolecular alkyne hydroarylations, comprising a gold (I) complex of general formula …

Correlated counterion effects on the solvation of proteins by ionic liquids

V Piccoli, L Martínez - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids are versatile compounds for biotechnological applications. However, even the
chemical systems composed only of the IL, water, and of the biomolecules display complex …

Micellar Catalysis and Reactivity in Nanostructured Ionic Liquids: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

NK Kahlon, CC Weber - Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
Micellar catalysis has been established for several decades although has recently been
gaining attention as a method for enabling greener chemical synthesis. While the main …

The amphiphilic nanostructure of ionic liquids affects the dehydration of alcohols

EL Matthewman, B Kapila, ML Grant… - Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The effect of the amphiphilic nanostructure of ionic liquids on the dehydration of secondary
alcohols to alkenes has been investigated. The influence of these nanostructures was …