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Elkhafif OW, Hassan HK, Ceblin MU, Farkas A, Jacob T. Influence of Residual Water Traces on the Electrochemical Performance of Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids for Magnesium-Containing Electrolytes. CHEMSUSCHEM 2023; 16:e202300421. [PMID: 37338003 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
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A trace amount of water is typically unavoidable as an impurity in ionic liquids, which is a huge challenge for their application in Mg-ion batteries. Here, we employed molecular sieves of different pore diameters (3, 4, and 5 Å), to effectively remove the trace amounts of water from 1-methyl-1-propylpiperidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (MPPip-TFSI) and 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (BMP-TFSI). Notably, after sieving (water content <1 mg ⋅ L-1 ), new anodic peaks arise that are attributed to the formation of different anion-cation structures induced by minimizing the influence of hydrogen bonds. Furthermore, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) reveals that the electrolyte resistance decreases by ∼10 % for MPPip-TFSI and by ∼28 % for BMP-TFSI after sieving. The electrochemical Mg deposition/dissolution is investigated in MPPip-TFSI/tetraglyme (1 : 1)+100 mM Mg(TFSI)2 +10 mM Mg(BH4 )2 using Ag/AgCl and Mg reference electrodes. The presence of a trace amount of water leads to a considerable shift of 0.9 V vs. Mg2+/ Mg in the overpotential of Mg deposition. In contrast, drying of MPPip-TFSI enhances the reversibility of Mg deposition/dissolution and suppresses the passivation of the Mg electrode.
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- Omar W Elkhafif
- Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89081, Ulm, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) - Electrochemical Energy Storage, Helmholtzstr. 11, D-89081, Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, D-76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89081, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Electrochemistry, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89081, Ulm, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) - Electrochemical Energy Storage, Helmholtzstr. 11, D-89081, Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), P.O. Box 3640, D-76021, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Bhattacharjee S, Khan S. Quantification of the impact of water on the wetting behavior of hydrophilic ionic liquid: a molecular dynamics study. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2023.2175171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- Sanchari Bhattacharjee
- Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India
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- Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Patna, India
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Chen R. Redox Flow Batteries: Electrolyte Chemistries Unlock the Thermodynamic Limits. Chem Asian J 2023; 18:e202201024. [PMID: 36367282 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202201024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Redox flow batteries (RFBs) represent a promising approach to enabling the widespread integration of intermittent renewable energy. Rapid developments in RFB materials and electrolyte chemistries are needed to meet the cost and performance targets. In this review, special emphasis is given to the recent advances how electrolyte design could circumvent the main thermodynamic restrictions of aqueous electrolytes. The recent success of aqueous electrolyte chemistries has been demonstrated by extending the electrochemical stability window of water beyond the thermodynamic limit, the operating temperature window beyond the thermodynamic freezing temperature of water and crystallization of redox-active materials, and the aqueous solubility beyond the thermodynamic solubility limit. They would open new avenues towards enhanced energy storage and all-climate adaptability. Depending on the constituent, concentration and condition of electrolytes, the performance gain has been correlated to the specific solvation environment, interactions among species and ion association at a molecular level.
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- Ruiyong Chen
- Materials Innovation Factory Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L7 3NY, United Kingdom.,Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Europe Campus E7 1, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany.,Department of Chemistry, Saarland University, 66123, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Tang H, Cai J, Zhu CY, Chen GJ, Wang XH, Sun CY. Review on the clustering behavior in aqueous solutions. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Shmool T, Martin LK, Matthews RP, Hallett JP. Ionic Liquid-Based Strategy for Predicting Protein Aggregation Propensity and Thermodynamic Stability. JACS AU 2022; 2:2068-2080. [PMID: 36186557 PMCID: PMC9516703 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Novel drug candidates are continuously being developed to combat the most life-threatening diseases; however, many promising protein therapeutics are dropped from the pipeline. During biological and industrial processes, protein therapeutics are exposed to various stresses such as fluctuations in temperature, solvent pH, and ionic strength. These can lead to enhanced protein aggregation propensity, one of the greatest challenges in drug development. Recently, ionic liquids (ILs), in particular, biocompatible choline chloride ([Cho]Cl)-based ILs, have been used to hinder stress-induced protein conformational changes. Herein, we develop an IL-based strategy to predict protein aggregation propensity and thermodynamic stability. We examine three key variables influencing protein misfolding: pH, ionic strength, and temperature. Using dynamic light scattering, zeta potential, and variable temperature circular dichroism measurements, we systematically evaluate the structural, thermal, and thermodynamic stability of fresh immunoglobin G4 (IgG4) antibody in water and 10, 30, and 50 wt % [Cho]Cl. Additionally, we conduct molecular dynamics simulations to examine IgG4 aggregation propensity in each system and the relative favorability of different [Cho]Cl-IgG4 packing interactions. We re-evaluate each system following 365 days of storage at 4 °C and demonstrate how to predict the thermodynamic properties and protein aggregation propensity over extended storage, even under stress conditions. We find that increasing [Cho]Cl concentration reduced IgG4 aggregation propensity both fresh and following 365 days of storage and demonstrate the potential of using our predictive IL-based strategy and formulations to radically increase protein stability and storage.
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- Talia
A. Shmool
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
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Miranda-Quintana RA, Smiatek J. Specific Ion Effects in Different Media: Current Status and Future Challenges. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:13840-13849. [PMID: 34918938 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c07957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We discuss the current state of research as well as the future challenges for a deeper understanding of specific ion effects in protic and aprotic solvents as well as various additional media. Despite recent interest in solute or interfacial effects, we focus exclusively on the specific properties of ions in bulk electrolyte solutions. Corresponding results show that many mechanisms remain unknown for these simple media, although theoretical, computational, and experimental studies have provided some insights into explaining individual observations. In particular, the importance of local interactions and electronic properties is emphasized, which enabled a more consistent interpretation of specific ion effects over the past years. Despite current insufficient knowledge, we also discuss future challenges in relation to dynamic properties as well as the influence of different concentrations, different solvents, and solute contributions to gain a deeper understanding of specific ion effects for technological applications.
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- Ramón Alain Miranda-Quintana
- Department of Chemistry and Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United States
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- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany.,Digitalization Development Biologicals CMC, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, D-88397 Biberach (Riss), Germany
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Celebi AT, Dawass N, Moultos OA, Vlugt TJH. How sensitive are physical properties of choline chloride-urea mixtures to composition changes: Molecular dynamics simulations and Kirkwood-Buff theory. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:184502. [PMID: 34241035 DOI: 10.1063/5.0049064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have emerged as a cheaper and greener alternative to conventional organic solvents. Choline chloride (ChCl) mixed with urea at a molar ratio of 1:2 is one of the most common DESs for a wide range of applications such as electrochemistry, material science, and biochemistry. In this study, molecular dynamics simulations are performed to study the effect of urea content on the thermodynamic and transport properties of ChCl and urea mixtures. With increased mole fraction of urea, the number of hydrogen bonds (HBs) between cation-anion and ion-urea decreases, while the number of HBs between urea-urea increases. Radial distribution functions (RDFs) for ChCl-urea and ChCl-ChCl pairs shows a significant decrease as the mole fraction of urea increases. Using the computed RDFs, Kirkwood-Buff Integrals (KBIs) are computed. KBIs show that interactions of urea-urea become stronger, while interactions of urea-ChCl and ChCl-ChCl pairs become slightly weaker with increasing mole fraction of urea. All thermodynamic factors are found larger than one, indicating a non-ideal mixture. Our results also show that self- and collective diffusivities increase, while viscosities decrease with increasing urea content. This is mainly due to the weaker interactions between ions and urea, resulting in enhanced mobilities. Ionic conductivities exhibit a non-monotonic behavior. Up to a mole fraction of 0.5, the ionic conductivities increase with increasing urea content and then reach a plateau.
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- Alper T Celebi
- Engineering Thermodynamics, Process and Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime, and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Engineering Thermodynamics, Process and Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime, and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Engineering Thermodynamics, Process and Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime, and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Engineering Thermodynamics, Process and Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime, and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628CB Delft, The Netherlands
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Kashin AS, Boiko DA, Ananikov VP. Neural Network Analysis of Electron Microscopy Video Data Reveals the Temperature-Driven Microphase Dynamics in the Ions/Water System. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2021; 17:e2007726. [PMID: 33938144 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202007726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Real-time field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) measurements and neural network analysis were successfully merged to observe the temperature-induced behavior of soft liquid microdomains in mixtures of different ionic liquids with water. The combination of liquid FE-SEM and in situ heating techniques revealed temperature-driven solution restructuring for ions/water systems with different water states and their critical point behavior expressed in a rapid switch between thermal expansion and shrinkage of liquid microphases at temperatures of ≈100-130 °C, which was directly recorded on electron microscopy videos. Automation of FE-SEM video analysis by a neural network approach allowed quantification of the morphological changes in ions/water systems during heating on the basis of thousands of images processed with a speed almost equal to the frame rate of original electron microscopy videos. Tracking and evolution of the micro-heterogeneous domains, hypothesized in the Ioliomics concept, was mapped and quantified for the first time. The present study describes the concept for quick acquisition of big data in electron microscopy, develops rapid neural network analysis and shows how to link microscopic data to fundamental molecular properties.
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- Alexey S Kashin
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 47, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
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Thomas MS, Adrahtas DZ, Frisbie CD, Dorfman KD. Modeling of Quasi-Static Floating-Gate Transistor Biosensors. ACS Sens 2021; 6:1910-1917. [PMID: 33886283 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.1c00261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Floating-gate transistors (FGTs) are a promising class of electronic sensing architectures that separate the transduction elements from molecular sensing components, but the factors leading to optimum device design are unknown. We developed a model, generalizable to many different semiconductor/dielectric materials and channel dimensions, to predict the sensor response to changes in capacitance and/or charge at the sensing surface upon target binding or other changes in surface chemistry. The model predictions were compared to experimental data obtained using a floating-gate (extended gate) electrochemical transistor, a variant of the generic FGT architecture that facilitates low-voltage operation and rapid, simple fabrication using printing. Self-assembled monolayer (SAM) chemistry and quasi-statically measured resistor-loaded inverters were utilized to obtain experimentally either the capacitance signals (with alkylthiol SAMs) or charge signals (with acid-terminated SAMs) of the FGT. Experiments reveal that the model captures the inverter gain and charge signals over 3 orders of magnitude variation in the size of the sensing area and the capacitance signals over 2 orders of magnitude but deviates from experiments at lower capacitances of the sensing surface (<1 nF). To guide future device design, model predictions for a large range of sensing area capacitances and characteristic voltages are provided, enabling the calculation of the optimum sensing area size for maximum charge and capacitance sensitivity.
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- Mathew S. Thomas
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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Shukla SK, Mikkola JP. Use of Ionic Liquids in Protein and DNA Chemistry. Front Chem 2020; 8:598662. [PMID: 33425856 PMCID: PMC7786294 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.598662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Ionic liquids (ILs) have been receiving much attention as solvents in various areas of biochemistry because of their various beneficial properties over the volatile solvents and ILs availability in myriad variants (perhaps as many as 108) owing to the possibility of paring one cation with several anions and vice-versa as well as formulations as zwitterions. Their potential as solvents lies in their tendency to offer both directional and non-directional forces toward a solute molecule. Because of these forces, ionic liquids easily undergo intermolecular interactions with a range of polar/non-polar solutes, including biomolecules such as proteins and DNA. The interaction of genomic species in aqueous/non-aqueous states assists in unraveling their structure and functioning, which have implications in various biomedical applications. The charge density of ionic liquids renders them hydrophilic and hydrophobic, which retain intact over long-range of temperatures. Their ability in stabilizing or destabilizing the 3D-structure of a protein or the double-helical structure of DNA has been assessed superior to the water and volatile organic solvents. The aptitude of an ion in influencing the structure and stability of a native protein depends on their ranking in the Hofmeister series. However, at several instances, a reverse Hofmeister ordering of ions and specific ion-solute interaction has been observed. The capability of an ionic liquid in terms of the tendency to promote the coiling/uncoiling of DNA structure is noted to rely on the basicity, electrostatic interaction, and hydrophobicity of the ionic liquid in question. Any change in the DNA's double-helical structure reflects a change in its melting temperature (T m), compared to a standard buffer solution. These changes in DNA structure have implications in biosensor design and targeted drug-delivery in biomedical applications. In the current review, we have attempted to highlight various aspects of ionic liquids that influence the structure and properties of proteins and DNA. In short, the review will address the issues related to the origin and strength of intermolecular interactions, the effect of structural components, their nature, and the influence of temperature, pH, and additives on them.
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- Shashi Kant Shukla
- Technical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Chemical-Biological Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Technical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Chemical-Biological Centre, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Industrial Chemistry and Reaction Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo-Turku, Finland
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Piccoli V, Martínez L. Correlated counterion effects on the solvation of proteins by ionic liquids. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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NMR Parameters of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids as Indicators of Their State and Properties in Aqueous Solutions. J SOLUTION CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10953-020-01044-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shimizu S, Matubayasi N. Intensive nature of fluctuations: Reconceptualizing Kirkwood-Buff theory via elementary algebra. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Biswas A, Mallik BS. Ultrafast Aqueous Dynamics in Concentrated Electrolytic Solutions of Lithium Salt and Ionic Liquid. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:9898-9912. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c06221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Aritri Biswas
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy 502285, Telangana, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy 502285, Telangana, India
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Doblinger S, Lee J, Gurnah Z, Silvester DS. Detection of sulfur dioxide at low parts-per-million concentrations using low-cost planar electrodes with ionic liquid electrolytes. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1124:156-165. [PMID: 32534668 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a toxic gas at low parts-per-million (ppm) concentrations, with a permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 2 ppm. Its detection is mandatory, particularly in the fields of occupational health and safety, and environmental pollution. In this work, ppm concentration detection of sulfur dioxide was performed in six room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), as well as on two different electrode materials - platinum and gold - and with two different electrode geometries, i.e. macro thin-film electrodes (TFEs) and microarray thin-film electrodes (MATFEs). Calibration curves were established for 10-200 ppm SO2 using cyclic voltammetry to determine the optimum combination of RTIL, electrode surface and geometry for the sensing. The RTIL 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonium)imide ([C4mpyrr][NTf2]) with a platinum thin-film electrode was found to give the best response due to the relatively low viscosity of the RTIL combined with the high sensitivity and a clean blank response. On MATFEs, deposited sulfur particles - confirmed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled to an energy dispersive spectrometer - were found to passivate and block some of the microholes, leading to unstable long-term chronoamperometric responses. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first observation of sulfur deposition from SO2 reduction in aprotic ionic liquids. Consecutive additions of 2 ppm SO2 were studied in [C4mpyrr][NTf2] on a TFE using long-term chronoamperometry, showing excellent reproducibility upon successive additions. This demonstrates that small volumes of RTILs can be combined with miniaturized, low-cost TFEs and applied for the reliable and continuous monitoring of sulfur dioxide gas at concentrations lower than the permissible exposure limit of 2 ppm.
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- Simon Doblinger
- Curtin Institute for Functional Molecules and Interfaces, And School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia
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- Curtin Institute for Functional Molecules and Interfaces, And School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia
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- Curtin Institute for Functional Molecules and Interfaces, And School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia; Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO171BJ, UK
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- Curtin Institute for Functional Molecules and Interfaces, And School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia.
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Chen M, Feng G, Qiao R. Water-in-salt electrolytes: An interfacial perspective. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2019.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yalcin D, Welsh ID, Matthewman EL, Jun SP, Mckeever-Willis M, Gritcan I, Greaves TL, Weber CC. Structural investigations of molecular solutes within nanostructured ionic liquids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:11593-11608. [PMID: 32400798 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00783h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) containing sufficiently long alkyl chains form amphiphilic nanostructures with well-defined polar and non-polar domains. Here we have explored the robustness of these amphiphilic nanostructures to added solutes and gained insight into how the nature of the solute and IL ions affect the partitioning of these solutes within the nanostructured domains of ILs. To achieve this, small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) investigations were performed and discussed for mixtures of 9 different molecular compounds with 6 different ILs containing imidazolium cations. The amphiphilic nanostructure of ILs persisted to high solute concentrations, over 50 mol% of added solute for most 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium ILs and above 80 mol% for most 1-decyl-3-methylimidazolium ILs. Solute partitioning within these domains was found to be controlled by the inherent polarity and size of the solute, as well as specific interactions between the solute and IL ions, with SAXS results corroborated with IR spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations. Molecular dynamics simulations also revealed the ability to induce π+-π+ stacking between imidazolium cations through the use of these added molecular compounds. Collectively, these results provide scope for the selection of IL ions to rationally influence and control the partitioning behaviour of given solutes within the amphiphilic nanostructure of ILs.
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- Dilek Yalcin
- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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Reid JE, Shimizu S, Walker AJ. Connecting precursors to a protic ionic liquid: Effects of hydrogen bond synergy in acid-base binary mixtures on the solvent-solute interactions. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ivanov MY, Prikhod’ko SA, Adonin NY, Fedin MV. Structural Anomalies in Binary Mixtures of Ionic Liquid [Bmim]BF4 with Water Studied by EPR. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:9956-9962. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b08933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Mikhail Yu. Ivanov
- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Institutskaya Street 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova Street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Lavrentiev Avenue 5, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Lavrentiev Avenue 5, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- International Tomography Center SB RAS, Institutskaya Street 3a, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova Street 2, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Otero-Mato JM, Lesch V, Montes-Campos H, Smiatek J, Diddens D, Cabeza O, Gallego LJ, Varela LM. Solvation in ionic liquid-water mixtures: A computational study. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Mendivelso-Pérez DL, Farooq MQ, Santra K, Anderson JL, Petrich JW, Smith EA. Diffusional Dynamics of Tetraalkylphosphonium Ionic Liquid Films Measured by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:4943-4949. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b01476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Deyny L. Mendivelso-Pérez
- The Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- The Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- The Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- The Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- The Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- The Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, and Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Reid JESJ, Aquino PHG, Walker AJ, Karadakov PB, Shimizu S. Statistical Thermodynamics Unveils How Ions Influence an Aqueous Diels‐Alder Reaction. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:1538-1544. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Joshua E. S. J. Reid
- York Structural Biology Laboratory Department of ChemistryUniversity of York Heslington York YO10 5DD United Kingdom
- Bioniqs Ltd., BioCity Nottingham Pennyfoot Street Nottingham NG1 1GF United Kingdom
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory Department of ChemistryUniversity of York Heslington York YO10 5DD United Kingdom
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- Bioniqs Ltd., BioCity Nottingham Pennyfoot Street Nottingham NG1 1GF United Kingdom
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of York Heslington York YO10 5DD United Kingdom
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory Department of ChemistryUniversity of York Heslington York YO10 5DD United Kingdom
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Harton K, Shimizu S. Statistical thermodynamics of casein aggregation: Effects of salts and water. Biophys Chem 2019; 247:34-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2019] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shimizu S, Abbott S, Adamska K, Voelkel A. Quantifying non-specific interactions via liquid chromatography. Analyst 2019; 144:1632-1641. [PMID: 30644458 DOI: 10.1039/c8an02244e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Determinations of solute-cosolute interactions from chromatography have often resulted in problems, such as the "antibinding" (or a negative binding constant) between the solute and micelle in micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) or indeterminacy of salt-ligand binding strength in high-performance affinity chromatography (HPAC). This shows that the stoichiometric binding models adopted in many chromatographic analyses cannot capture the non-specific nature of solvation interactions. In contrast, an approach using statistical thermodynamics handles these complexities without such problems and directly links chromatographic data to, for example, solubility data via a universal framework based on Kirkwood-Buff integrals (KBI) of the radial distribution functions. The chromatographic measurements can now be interpreted within this universal theoretical framework that has been used to rationalize small solute solubility, biomolecular stability, binding, aggregation and gelation. In particular, KBI analysis identifies key solute-cosolute interactions, including excluded volume effects. We present (i) how KBI can be obtained directly from the cosolute concentration dependence of the distribution coefficient, (ii) how the classical binding model, when used solely as a fitting model, can yield the KBIs directly from the literature data, and (iii) how chromatography and solubility measurements can be compared in the unified theoretical framework provided via KBIs without any arbitrary assumptions about the stationary phase. To perform our own analyses on multiple datasets we have used an "app". To aid readers' understanding and to allow analyses of their own datasets, the app is provided with many datasets and is freely available on-line as an open-source resource.
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- Seishi Shimizu
- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
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Rocha MA, Shiflett MB. Water Sorption and Diffusivity in [C2C1im][BF4], [C4C1im][OAc], and [C4C1im][Cl]. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.8b05689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- M. Alejandra Rocha
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1450 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1450 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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Budkov YA, Kolesnikov AL, Goodwin ZA, Kiselev MG, Kornyshev AA. Theory of electrosorption of water from ionic liquids. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.07.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Dynamic properties of water molecules in ionic liquid/water mixture with various alkyl chain length. J Mol Liq 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Oprzeska-Zingrebe EA, Smiatek J. Aqueous ionic liquids in comparison with standard co-solutes : Differences and common principles in their interaction with protein and DNA structures. Biophys Rev 2018; 10:809-824. [PMID: 29611033 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-018-0414-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Ionic liquids (ILs) are versatile solvents for a broad range of biotechnological applications. Recent experimental and simulation results highlight the potential benefits of dilute ILs in aqueous solution (aqueous ILs) in order to modify protein and DNA structures systematically. In contrast to a limited number of standard co-solutes like urea, ectoine, trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), or guanidinium chloride, the large amount of possible cation and anion combinations in aqueous ILs can be used to develop tailor-made stabilizers or destabilizers for specific purposes. In this review article, we highlight common principles and differences between aqueous ILs and standard co-solutes with a specific focus on their underlying macromolecular stabilization or destabilization behavior. In combination with statistical thermodynamics theories, we present an efficient framework, which is used to classify structure modification effects consistently. The crucial importance of enthalpic and entropic contributions to the free energy change upon IL-assisted macromolecular unfolding in combination with a complex destabilization mechanism is described in detail. A special focus is also set on aqueous IL-DNA interactions, for which experimental and simulation outcomes are summarized and discussed in the context of previous findings.
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- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany. .,Helmholtz Institute Münster: Ionics in Energy Storage (HI MS - IEK 12), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Corrensstrasse 46, 48149, Münster, Germany.
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Diddens D, Lesch V, Heuer A, Smiatek J. Aqueous ionic liquids and their influence on peptide conformations: denaturation and dehydration mechanisms. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:20430-20440. [PMID: 28737791 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02897k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Low concentrated aqueous ionic liquids (ILs) and their influence on protein structures have attracted a lot of interest over the last few years. This can be mostly attributed to the fact that aqueous ILs, depending on the ion species involved, can be used as protein protectants or protein denaturants. Atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed in order to study the influence of different aprotic ILs on the properties of a short hairpin peptide. Our results reveal distinct binding and denaturation effects for 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium (EMIM) in combination with different anions, namely, chloride (CL), tetrafluoroborate (BF4) and acetate (ACE). The simulation outcomes demonstrate that the studied ILs with larger anions reveal a more pronounced accumulation behavior of the individual ion species around the peptide, which is accomplished by a stronger dehydration effect. We can relate these findings to the implications of the Kirkwood-Buff theory, which provides a thermodynamic explanation for the denaturation strength in terms of the IL accumulation behavior. The results for the spatial distribution functions, the binding energies and the local/bulk partition coefficients are in good agreement with metadynamics simulations in order to determine the energetically most stable peptide conformations. The free energy landscapes indicate a decrease of the denaturation strength in the order EMIM/ACE, EMIM/BF4 and EMIM/CL, which coincides with a decreasing size of the anion species. An analysis of the potential binding energies reveals that this effect is mainly of enthalpic nature.
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- Diddo Diddens
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstrasse 28/30, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Martínez L, Shimizu S. Molecular Interpretation of Preferential Interactions in Protein Solvation: A Solvent-Shell Perspective by Means of Minimum-Distance Distribution Functions. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:6358-6372. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Leandro Martínez
- Institute of Chemistry and Center for Computational Engineering & Science, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-970, Brazil
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- York
Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10
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Smiatek J. Aqueous ionic liquids and their effects on protein structures: an overview on recent theoretical and experimental results. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:233001. [PMID: 28398214 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa6c9d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) are used in a variety of technological and biological applications. Recent experimental and simulation results reveal the influence of aqueous ionic liquids on the stability of protein and enzyme structures. Depending on different parameters like the concentration and the ion composition, one can observe distinct stabilization or denaturation mechanisms for various ILs. In this review, we summarize the main findings and discuss the implications with regard to molecular theories of solutions and specific ion effects. A preferential binding model is introduced in order to discuss protein-IL effects from a statistical mechanics perspective. The value of the preferential binding coefficient determines the strength of the ion influence and indicates a shift of the chemical equilibrium either to the native or the denatured state of the protein. We highlight the role of water in order to explain the self-association behavior of the IL species and discuss recent experimental and simulation results in the light of the observed binding effects.
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- Jens Smiatek
- Institute for Computational Physics, University of Stuttgart, Allmandring 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Zeindlhofer V, Khlan D, Bica K, Schröder C. Computational analysis of the solvation of coffee ingredients in aqueous ionic liquid mixtures. RSC Adv 2017; 7:3495-3504. [PMID: 28496974 PMCID: PMC5361174 DOI: 10.1039/c6ra24736a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In this paper, we investigate the solvation of coffee ingredients including caffeine, gallic acid as representative for phenolic compounds and quercetin as representative for flavonoids in aqueous mixtures of the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate [C2mim][OAc] at various concentrations. Due to the anisotropy of the solutes we show that classical Kirkwood-Buff theory is not appropriate to study solvation effects with increasing ionic liquid content. However, excess coordination numbers as well as the mean residence time of solvent molecules at the surface of the solutes can be determined by Voronoi tessellation. Since the volume of the hydration shells is also available by this method, solvation free energies will be discussed as a function of the ionic liquid concentration to yield a physical meaningful picture of solvation for the anisotropic solutes. Hydrogen bonding capabilities of the solutes and their relevance for experimental extraction yields from spent coffee grounds are also discussed.
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- Veronika Zeindlhofer
- University of Vienna , Faculty of Chemistry , Department of Computational Biological Chemistry , Währingerstraße 19 , 1090 Vienna , Austria . ; Tel: +43 14277 52711
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , Vienna University of Technology , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , 1060 Vienna , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , Vienna University of Technology , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , 1060 Vienna , Austria
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- University of Vienna , Faculty of Chemistry , Department of Computational Biological Chemistry , Währingerstraße 19 , 1090 Vienna , Austria . ; Tel: +43 14277 52711
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Reid JESJ, Gammons RJ, Slattery JM, Walker AJ, Shimizu S. Interactions in Water–Ionic Liquid Mixtures: Comparing Protic and Aprotic Systems. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:599-609. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b10562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Joshua E. S. J. Reid
- York
Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
- TWI Ltd., Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AL, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10
5DD, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10
5DD, U.K
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- TWI Ltd., Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AL, U.K
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- York
Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, U.K
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Lozynski M, Pernak J, Gdaniec Z, Gorska B, Béguin F. Proof of ion-pair structures in ammonium-based protic ionic liquids using combined NMR and DFT/PCM-based chemical shift calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:25033-25043. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04481j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The self-assembly of triethylammonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, i.e. [(C2H5)3NH][TFSI], in chloroform and aqueous solutions has been investigated using 1H NMR spectroscopy and computational (DFT/PCM prediction) methods.
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- M. Lozynski
- Faculty of Chemical Technology
- Poznan University of Technology
- 60-965 Poznan
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemical Technology
- Poznan University of Technology
- 60-965 Poznan
- Poland
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- 61-704 Poznan
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemical Technology
- Poznan University of Technology
- 60-965 Poznan
- Poland
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- Faculty of Chemical Technology
- Poznan University of Technology
- 60-965 Poznan
- Poland
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Nicol TWJ, Isobe N, Clark JH, Shimizu S. Statistical thermodynamics unveils the dissolution mechanism of cellobiose. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:23106-23112. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04647b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Statistical thermodynamic analysis of cellobiose solubility in aqueous salts sheds light on the mechanism of cellulose solubilization on a molecular scale.
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- Thomas W. J. Nicol
- York Structural Biology Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of York
- York YO10 5DD
- UK
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- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- Yokosuka
- Japan
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- Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence
- Department of Chemistry
- University of York
- York YO10 5DD
- UK
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of York
- York YO10 5DD
- UK
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Sun J, Shi J, Murthy Konda NVSN, Campos D, Liu D, Nemser S, Shamshina J, Dutta T, Berton P, Gurau G, Rogers RD, Simmons BA, Singh S. Efficient dehydration and recovery of ionic liquid after lignocellulosic processing using pervaporation. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2017; 10:154. [PMID: 28638441 PMCID: PMC5472906 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0842-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Biomass pretreatment using certain ionic liquids (ILs) is very efficient, generally producing a substrate that is amenable to saccharification with fermentable sugar yields approaching theoretical limits. Although promising, several challenges must be addressed before an IL pretreatment technology can become commercially viable. One of the most significant challenges is the affordable and scalable recovery and recycle of the IL itself. Pervaporation (PV) is a highly selective and scalable membrane separation process for quantitatively recovering volatile solutes or solvents directly from non-volatile solvents that could prove more versatile for IL dehydration. RESULTS We evaluated a commercially available PV system for IL dehydration and recycling as part of an integrated IL pretreatment process using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([C2C1Im][OAc]) that has been proven to be very effective as a biomass pretreatment solvent. Separation factors as high as 1500 were observed. We demonstrate that >99.9 wt% [C2C1Im][OAc] can be recovered from aqueous solution (≤20 wt% IL) and recycled five times. A preliminary technoeconomic analysis validated the promising role of PV in improving overall biorefinery process economics, especially in the case where other IL recovery technologies might lead to significant losses. CONCLUSIONS These findings establish the foundation for further development of PV as an effective method of recovering and recycling ILs using a commercially viable process technology.
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- Jian Sun
- Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
- Biological and Engineering Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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- Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
- Biological and Engineering Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
- Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546 USA
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- Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Compact Membrane Systems Inc, Newport, DE 19804 USA
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- Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
- Biological and Engineering Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8 Canada
- 525 Solutions, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 USA
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- Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
- Biological and Engineering Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8 Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
- 525 Solutions, Inc., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8 Canada
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- Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
- Biological Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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- Deconstruction Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
- Biological and Engineering Sciences Center, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
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Reid JESJ, Agapito F, Bernardes CES, Martins F, Walker AJ, Shimizu S, Minas da Piedade ME. Structure–property relationships in protic ionic liquids: a thermochemical study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:19928-19936. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02230a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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How does cation functionality influence the strength of intermolecular interactions in protic ionic liquids (PILs)? Quantifying the energetics of PILs can be an invaluable tool to answer this fundamental question.
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- Joshua E. S. J. Reid
- York Structural Biology Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of York
- Heslington
- York
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- Centro de Química e Bioquímica e Departamento de Química e Bioquímica
- Faculdade de Ciências
- Universidade de Lisboa
- 1749-016 Lisboa
- Portugal
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- Centro de Química e Bioquímica e Departamento de Química e Bioquímica
- Faculdade de Ciências
- Universidade de Lisboa
- 1749-016 Lisboa
- Portugal
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- Centro de Química e Bioquímica e Departamento de Química e Bioquímica
- Faculdade de Ciências
- Universidade de Lisboa
- 1749-016 Lisboa
- Portugal
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of York
- Heslington
- York
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- Centro de Química e Bioquímica e Departamento de Química e Bioquímica
- Faculdade de Ciências
- Universidade de Lisboa
- 1749-016 Lisboa
- Portugal
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Kobayashi T, Reid JESJ, Shimizu S, Fyta M, Smiatek J. The properties of residual water molecules in ionic liquids: a comparison between direct and inverse Kirkwood–Buff approaches. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:18924-18937. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03717a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous ionic liquid mixtures were performed in order to compare the resulting Kirkwood–Buff integrals with experimental data and the corresponding integrals derived by an inverse Kirkwood–Buff approach.
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- Takeshi Kobayashi
- Institute for Computational Physics
- University of Stuttgart
- 70569 Stuttgart
- Germany
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of York
- York YO10 5DD
- UK
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory
- Department of Chemistry
- University of York
- York YO10 5DD
- UK
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- Institute for Computational Physics
- University of Stuttgart
- 70569 Stuttgart
- Germany
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- Institute for Computational Physics
- University of Stuttgart
- 70569 Stuttgart
- Germany
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Sippel P, Dietrich V, Reuter D, Aumüller M, Lunkenheimer P, Loidl A, Krohns S. Impact of water on the charge transport of a glass-forming ionic liquid. J Mol Liq 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2016.08.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Chi X, Tang Y, Zeng X. Electrode Reactions Coupled with Chemical Reactions of Oxygen, Water and Acetaldehyde in an Ionic Liquid: New Approaches for Sensing Volatile Organic Compounds. Electrochim Acta 2016; 216:171-180. [PMID: 29142331 DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.08.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Water and oxygen are ubiquitous present in ambient conditions. This work studies the unique oxygen, trace water and a volatile organic compound (VOC) acetaldehyde redox chemistry in a hydrophobic and aprotic ionic liquid (IL), 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([Bmpy] [NTf2]) by cyclic voltammetry and potential step methods. One electron oxygen reduction leads to superoxide radical formation in the IL. Trace water in the IL acts as a protic species that reacts with the superoxide radical. Acetaldehyde is a stronger protic species than water for reacting with the superoxide radical. The presence of trace water in the IL was also demonstrated to facilitate the electro-oxidation of acetaldehyde, with similar mechanism to that in the aqueous solutions. A multiple-step coupling reaction mechanism between water, superoxide radical and acetaldehyde has been described. The unique characteristics of redox chemistry of acetaldehyde in [Bmpy][NTf2] in the presence of oxygen and trace water can be controlled by electrochemical potentials. By controlling the electrode potential windows, several methods including cyclic voltammetry, potential step methods (single-potential, double-potential and triple-potential step methods) were established for the quantification of acetaldehyde. Instead of treating water and oxygen as frustrating interferents to ILs, we found that oxygen and trace water chemistry in [Bmpy][NTf2] can be utilized to develop innovative electrochemical methods for electroanalysis of acetaldehyde.
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- Xiaowei Chi
- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48309, United States
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Wang T, Ge K, Chen K, Hou C, Fang M. Theoretical studies on CO2 capture behavior of quaternary ammonium-based polymeric ionic liquids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:13084-91. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07229h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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How does a humidity swing adsorption process work? Theoretical studies are conducted to reveal the underlying mechanisms, especially the proton transfer process of hydrated water.
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- Tao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- P. R. China
- College of Food and Biology Engineering
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou
- P. R. China
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Reid JESJ, Sullivan N, Swift L, Hembury GA, Shimizu S, Walker AJ. Assessing the mutagenicity of protic ionic liquids using the mini Ames test. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1186/s40508-015-0044-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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