Defeat undefeatable: Ionic liquids as novel antimicrobial agents

J Michalski, C Odrzygóźdź, P Mester, D Narożna… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging antimicrobial resistance and spread of drug-resistant pathogens is currently-one
of the biggest threats posed to global health. Due to that, search of new antimicrobials …

Protein aggregation and crystallization with ionic liquids: Insights into the influence of solvent properties

Q Han, SJ Brown, CJ Drummond, TL Greaves - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been used in solvents for proteins in many applications, including
biotechnology, pharmaceutics, and medicine due to their tunable physicochemical and …

[HTML][HTML] Probing ion-binding at a protein interface: Modulation of protein properties by ionic liquids

Q Han, Y Su, KM Smith, J Binns, CJ Drummond… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ions are important to modulate protein properties, including solubility and stability, through
specific ion effects. Ionic liquids (ILs) are designer salts with versatile ion combinations with …

Introducing protein crystallization in hydrated deep eutectic solvents

BD Belviso, FM Perna, B Carrozzini… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Supramolecular structure and properties of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are known to be
highly affected by the addition of water, and their use as solvents for poorly water-soluble …

Application of polymers as a tool in crystallization—A review

M Lemanowicz, A Mielańczyk, T Walica, M Kotek… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The application of polymers as a tool in the crystallization process is gaining more and more
interest among the scientific community. According to Web of Science statistics the number …

Restrained MSUM crystallization via hydrogel composited membrane based platform for gout prevention and control

Y Meng, Z Qi, H Jiang, Z Li, Q Xiao, Z Xia, M Yu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gout is the most common of inflammatory arthropathy caused by the crystallization and
accumulation of monosodium urate monohydrate (MSUM) in joints. Herein, fabricated …

Heterogeneous nucleation in protein crystallization

H Liu, Y Zhao, J Sun - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Protein crystallization was first discovered in the nineteenth century and has been studied
for nearly 200 years. Protein crystallization technology has recently been widely used in …

Tailored hydrogel composite membrane for the regulated crystallization of monosodium urate monohydrate within coffee's metabolites system

Y Meng, Z Qi, Z Li, Y Niu, M Wu, Z Yuan, G He… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein, a facile bionic research platform with fabricated hydrogel composite membrane
(HCM) is constructed to uncover the effects of the main components of coffee's metabolites …

Overview on protein extraction and purification using ionic-liquid-based processes

JCF Nunes, MR Almeida, JL Faria, CG Silva… - Journal of Solution …, 2022 - Springer
Proteins are one the most widely studied biomolecules with diverse functions and
applications. Aiming at overcoming the current drawbacks of purification processes of …

Preparation of cellulose nanocrystal-reinforced physical hydrogels for actuator application

J Kim, T Jayaramudu, L Zhai, HC Kim, DO Agumba - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the present investigation, we prepared cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-reinforced polyvinyl
alcohol-cellulose (PVA-Cell) physical hydrogels using a simple blending method for actuator …