Ionic liquids toxicity—benefits and threats

J Flieger, M Flieger - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ionic liquids (ILs) are solvents with salt structures. Typically, they contain organic cations
(ammonium, imidazolium, pyridinium, piperidinium or pyrrolidinium), and halogen …

Toward the proactive design of sustainable chemicals: Ionic liquids as a prime example

S Beil, M Markiewicz, CS Pereira, P Stepnowski… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The tailorable and often unique properties of ionic liquids (ILs) drive their implementation
into a broad variety of seminal technologies. The modular design of ILs allows in this context …

A brief overview of the potential environmental hazards of ionic liquids

MC Bubalo, K Radošević, IR Redovniković… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Over past decades ionic liquids, a promising alternative to traditional organic solvents, have
been dramatically expanding in popularity as a new generation of chemicals with potential …

Assessing the toxicity and biodegradability of deep eutectic solvents

Q Wen, JX Chen, YL Tang, J Wang, Z Yang - Chemosphere, 2015 - Elsevier
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have emerged as a new type of promising ionic solvents with
a broad range of potential applications. Although their ecotoxicological profile is still poorly …

Ionic liquids: a pathway to environmental acceptability

M Petkovic, KR Seddon, LPN Rebelo… - Chemical Society …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Ionic liquids were initially proposed as replacements for conventional organic solvents;
however, their chemistry has developed remarkably and offers unexpected opportunities in …

Toxicity of ionic liquids: eco (cyto) activity as complicated, but unavoidable parameter for task‐specific optimization

KS Egorova, VP Ananikov - ChemSusChem, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid progress in the field of ionic liquids in recent decades led to the development of many
outstanding energy‐conversion processes, catalytic systems, synthetic procedures, and …

Toxicity test profile for deep eutectic solvents: A detailed review and future prospects

A Sharma, BS Lee - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are preferable in terms of starting materials, storage and
synthesis, simplicity, and component material affordability. In several industries ranging from …

Natural deep eutectic solvents: cytotoxic profile

M Hayyan, YP Mbous, CY Looi, WF Wong, A Hayyan… - SpringerPlus, 2016 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to investigate the cytotoxic profiles of different ternary natural
deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) containing water. For this purpose, five different NADESs …

Removal of transition metals from rare earths by solvent extraction with an undiluted phosphonium ionic liquid: separations relevant to rare-earth magnet recycling

T Vander Hoogerstraete, S Wellens, K Verachtert… - Green …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
An environmentally friendly process for the separation of the transition metals copper, cobalt,
iron, manganese and zinc from rare earths by solvent extraction with the ionic liquid trihexyl …

Mechanisms of action of ionic liquids on living cells: The state of the art

P Kumari, VVS Pillai, A Benedetto - Biophysical reviews, 2020 - Springer
Ionic liquids (ILs) are a relatively new class of organic electrolytes composed of an organic
cation and either an organic or inorganic anion, whose melting temperature falls around …