Are ionic liquids eco-friendly?

SS de Jesus, R Maciel Filho - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids are molten salts that have excellent chemical and thermal stability. Because
they have qualities inherent to some precepts of green chemistry, they are identified as a …

Ionic liquid based pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced bioconversion

Z Usmani, M Sharma, P Gupta, Y Karpichev… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most plentiful renewable biomolecule and an alternative
bioresource for the production of biofuels and biochemicals in biorefineries. But biomass …

[HTML][HTML] Sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) fibers: new emerging natural fibre and its relevant properties, treatments and potential applications

M Imraan, RA Ilyas, AS Norfarhana, SP Bangar… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The key factors influencing the widespread acceptance of natural fibres as green materials
are due to the quick depletion of petroleum resources and the growing awareness of …

Cellulose processing in ionic liquids from a materials science perspective: turning a versatile biopolymer into the cornerstone of our sustainable future

L Szabó, R Milotskyi, G Sharma, K Takahashi - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Shaping cellulose into functional materials entered a new era with the introduction of ionic
liquids as novel, green solvents about 20 years ago. As non-volatile solvents with high …

Sustainability metrics of pretreatment processes in a waste derived lignocellulosic biomass biorefinery

MK Islam, H Wang, S Rehman, C Dong, HY Hsu… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Excessive utilization of fossil fuels has resulted in serious concerns about climate change.
Integrating biorefinery technology to convert waste-derived-lignocellulosic biomass into …

Textile waste fiber regeneration via a green chemistry approach: a molecular strategy for sustainable fashion

X Sun, X Wang, F Sun, M Tian, L Qu, P Perry… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fast fashion, as a continuously growing part of the textile industry, is widely criticized for its
excessive resource use and high generation of textiles. To reduce its environmental impacts …

Small Additives Make Big Differences: A Review on Advanced Additives for High‐Performance Solid‐State Li Metal Batteries

D Kim, X Hu, B Yu, YI Chen - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Solid‐state lithium (Li) metal batteries, represent a significant advancement in energy
storage technology, offering higher energy densities and enhanced safety over traditional Li …

Drug delivery systems for localized cancer combination therapy

RN Woodring, EG Gurysh, EM Bachelder… - ACS applied bio …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With over 2 million cancer cases and over 600,000 cancer-associated deaths predicted in
the US for 2022, this life-debilitating disease continuously impacts the lives of people across …

[HTML][HTML] A computational study of cellulose regeneration: All-atom molecular dynamics simulations

P Heasman, AY Mehandzhiyski, S Ghosh… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
Processing natural cellulose requires its dissolution and regeneration. It is known that the
crystallinity of regenerated cellulose does not match that of native cellulose, and the physical …

[HTML][HTML] Boosting membranes for CO2 capture toward industrial decarbonization

D Chen, K Wang, Z Yuan, Z Lin, M Zhang, Y Li… - Carbon Capture Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Membrane technology for carbon capture is becoming increasingly attractive to combat the
excessive greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere, which involves the benefits of cost …