Ionic liquids assisted processing of renewable resources for the fabrication of biodegradable composite materials

H Mahmood, M Moniruzzaman, S Yusup, T Welton - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, the utilization of renewable resources, particularly lignocellulosic biomass
based raw materials, to replace synthetic materials/polymers for the manufacture of green …

Functional design of ionic liquids: Unprecedented liquids that contribute to energy technology, bioscience, and materials sciences

H Ohno, M Yoshizawa-Fujita… - Bulletin of the Chemical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
There are increasing numbers of studies on the design and evaluation of functional ionic
liquids (ILs). Recent progress of functional ILs has been reviewed here. Applications of ILs …

The relevance of structural features of cellulose and its interactions to dissolution, regeneration, gelation and plasticization phenomena

B Lindman, B Medronho, L Alves, C Costa… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose is the most abundant polymer and a very important renewable resource. Since
cellulose cannot be shaped by melting, a major route for its use for novel materials, new …

Hydrophobic interactions control the self-assembly of DNA and cellulose

B Lindman, B Medronho, L Alves… - Quarterly Reviews of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Desoxyribosenucleic acid, DNA, and cellulose molecules self-assemble in aqueous
systems. This aggregation is the basis of the important functions of these biological …

Mild, rapid and efficient etherification of cellulose

J You, X Zhang, Q Mi, J Zhang, J Wu, J Zhang - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
Etherification of cellulose is of significant importance to construct cellulose-based materials.
However, the homogeneous and controllable etherification of cellulose is difficult to achieve …

Cellulose II as bioethanol feedstock and its advantages over native cellulose

S Nagarajan, NC Skillen, JTS Irvine, LA Lawton… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Alternative renewable energy must emerge to sustainably meet the energy demands of the
present and future. Current alternatives to fossil fuels are electricity from solar, wind and tidal …

Highly efficient cellulose dissolution by alkaline ionic liquids

KC Lethesh, S Evjen, V Venkatraman, SN Shah… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alkaline ionic liquids (ILs) with unconventional organic anions were prepared and used for
cellulose dissolution studies. High concentrations of cellulose were dissolved at room …

Room-temperature dissolution and chemical modification of cellulose in aqueous tetraethylammonium hydroxide–carbamide solutions

JA Sirviö, JP Heiskanen - Cellulose, 2020 - Springer
The room-temperature dissolution of cellulose in aqueous tetraethylammonium hydroxide
(TEAOH) in the presence of carbamides (ureas) was investigated. Without carbamide, 35 …

Recent advances in solvents for the dissolution, shaping and derivatization of cellulose: Quaternary ammonium electrolytes and their solutions in water and molecular …

M Kostag, K Jedvert, C Achtel, T Heinze, OA El Seoud - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
There is a sustained interest in developing solvents for physically dissolving cellulose, ie,
without covalent bond formation. The use of ionic liquids, ILs, has generated much interest …

Perspectives on the Lindman hypothesis and cellulose interactions

M Norgren, C Costa, L Alves, A Eivazi, C Dahlström… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the history of cellulose chemistry, hydrogen bonding has been the predominant
explanation when discussing intermolecular interactions between cellulose polymers. This …