Ionogels: recent advances in design, material properties and emerging biomedical applications

Chemical Society Reviews, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 52(7), P. 2497 - 2527

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

This review describes the most recent developments in materials design and advanced features of ionogels, as well their emerging biomedical applications.

Language: Английский

---

Targeted modifications in ionic liquids – from understanding to design

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 23(12), P. 6993 - 7021

Published: Jan. 1, 2021

The large number of possible ionic liquids makes fully empirical design virtually impossible. In this work, we show how targeted modifications can be and have been used to find the relevant structural features that define properties liquids.

Language: Английский

---

Modular dimerization of organic radicals for stable and dense flow battery catholyte

Nature Energy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8(10), P. 1109 - 1118

Published: Aug. 3, 2023

Language: Английский

---

Ionic Liquids in Metal, Photo-, Electro-, and (Bio) Catalysis

Chemical Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 124(9), P. 5227 - 5420

Published: April 25, 2024

Ionic liquids (ILs) have unique physicochemical properties that make them advantageous for catalysis, such as low vapor pressure, non-flammability, high thermal and chemical stabilities, the ability to enhance activity stability of (bio)catalysts. ILs can improve efficiency, selectivity, sustainability bio(transformations) by acting activators enzymes, selectively dissolving substrates products, reducing toxicity. They also be recycled reused multiple times without losing their effectiveness. based on imidazolium cation are preferred structural organization aspects, with a semiorganized layer surrounding catalyst. act container, providing confined space allows modulation electronic geometric effects, miscibility reactants residence time species. stabilize ionic radical species control catalytic dynamic processes. Supported IL phase (SILP) derivatives polymeric (PILs) good options molecular engineering greener The major factors governing metal, photo-, electro-, biocatalysts in discussed detail vast literature available over past two half decades. Catalytic reactions, ranging from hydrogenation cross-coupling oxidations, promoted homogeneous heterogeneous catalysts both single multiphase conditions, extensively reviewed considering knowledge accumulated until now.

Language: Английский

---

Process Simulation and Optimization on Ionic Liquids

Chemical Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 124(4), P. 1649 - 1737

Published: Feb. 6, 2024

Ionic liquids (ILs) are promising alternative compounds that enable the development of technologies based on their unique properties as solvents or catalysts. These require integrated product and process designs to select ILs with optimal performances at an industrial scale promote cost-effective sustainable technologies. The digital era multiscale research methodologies have changed paradigm from experiment-oriented hybrid experimental–computational developments guided by engineering. This Review summarizes relevant contributions (>300 papers) simulations advance IL-based technology guiding experimental efforts enhancing transferability. Robust simulation methodologies, mostly predictive COSMO-SAC/RS UNIFAC models in Aspen Plus software, were applied analyze key IL applications: physical chemical CO2 capture, conversion, gas separation, liquid–liquid extraction, extractive distillation, refrigeration cycles, biorefinery. concern selection criteria, operational unit design, equipment sizing, technoeconomic environmental analyses, optimization competitiveness proposed Process revealed strategies advancement technological applications focusing overcome limitations exploit excellent ILs.

Language: Английский

---

Ionic liquid-based polymer inclusion membranes for metal ions extraction and recovery: Fundamentals, considerations, and prospects

Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 481, P. 148792 - 148792

Published: Jan. 14, 2024

Heavy metal removal from wastewater and valuable recovery electronic waste are of critical environmental economic significance. Separation based on the use polymer inclusion membranes (PIMs) with advantage simultaneous extraction stripping has emerged as a promising approach for efficient selective ion and/or wastewaters or waste. However, conventional extractants used in PIMs often not to certain ions, highly volatile toxic, leading low efficiency significant concerns. Ionic liquids (ILs) have negligible vapor pressure can be purposely designed specific ions. In addition, ILs multifunctional by purpose design, instance, having functions both plasticizers. Therefore, marriage (i.e., IL-based PIMs) been attractive various this review, we discuss fundamentals PIMs, explore key considerations provide an overview different applications. By leveraging advantages ILs, offers new possibilities sustainable recovery. This review state-of-the-art assessment previous efforts strategies well future research directions ions through application ILs-based PIMs.

Language: Английский

---

The Role of Ionic Liquids in Textile Processes: A Comprehensive Review

Molecules, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 30(2), P. 353 - 353

Published: Jan. 16, 2025

Thanks to their unique physicochemical properties, ionic liquids (ILs) have moved from niche academic interest critical components in various industrial applications. The textile industry, facing significant environmental and economic pressures, has begun explore ILs as sustainable alternatives traditional solvents chemicals. This review summarizes research on the use of processes, including dyeing, finishing, fiber recycling, where high thermal stability, tunable solubility, low volatility are exploited reduce resource consumption impact. discussion also extends integration waste highlighting innovative approaches dissolution regeneration aimed at circular economy goals. Despite these advances, challenges such production costs scalability remain barriers widespread adoption sector. Addressing through continued development is essential fully realize potential for transformation textiles.

Language: Английский

---

Ionic Liquid-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications

Nanomaterials, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 11(9), P. 2401 - 2401

Published: Sept. 15, 2021

Ionic liquids (ILs) have been extensively explored and implemented in different areas, ranging from sensors actuators to the biomedical field. The increasing attention devoted ILs centers on their unique properties possible combination of cations anions, allowing development materials with specific functionalities requirements for applications. Particularly applications, used biomaterials preparation, improving dissolution processability, combined natural synthetic polymer matrixes develop IL-polymer hybrid be employed fields area. This review focus recent advances concerning role polymers including drug delivery, cancer therapy, tissue engineering, antimicrobial antifungal agents, biosensing.

Language: Английский

---

Design and applications of biocompatible choline amino acid ionic liquids

Green Chemistry, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 24(19), P. 7281 - 7304

Published: Jan. 1, 2022

ChAAILs are often used in mixtures to lower cost and improve handling, but the effects of water other molecular additives poorly understood. This review describes structure at different dilution stages design strategies for task-specific ChAAIL-based mixtures.

Language: Английский

---

A critical review on halogen-free ionic liquids as potential metalworking fluid additives

Journal of Molecular Liquids, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 380, P. 121727 - 121727

Published: March 29, 2023

Language: Английский

---