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  • Open Access
2 Citations
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Effect of Silicon on the Microstructure and Performance of the New Binary Deep Eutectic Ti–Cu–Zr–Ni-Based Filler Metal

  • He Gao,
  • Fuxiang Wei,
  • Yanwei Sui,
  • Jiqiu Qi and ,
  • Yezeng He and
  • Qingkun Meng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

25 June 2018

This study designed (Ti0.55Cu0.20Zr0.15Ni0.10)1−xSix amorphous alloys based on binary deep eutectics and examined the effect of silicon (Si) on the amorphous forming ability of the filler alloys. The results show that a certain amount of Si add...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,520 Views
11 Pages

Thermal Analysis-Based Elucidation of the Phase Behavior in the HBTA:TOPO Binary System

  • Stanislava Ivanova,
  • Charles F. Croft,
  • Tsveta Sarafska,
  • James N. Smith and ,
  • Lea Kukoc,
  • Spas D. Kolev and
  • Tony G. Spassov
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

25 January 2026

The development of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) is a key issue for the realization of green and efficient metal extraction processes. The present study aims to experimentally construct the phase diagram of the binary system consisting of tri-n-octyl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,384 Views
47 Pages

10 February 2026

Near-critical and supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) is extensively utilized in high-pressure separation, extraction, polymer processing, and carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies owing to its tunable density, low viscosity, high diffu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Review Papers in Physical Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
8,358 Views
11 Pages

28 February 2020

Eutectic systems offer a wide range of new (green) designer solvents for diverse applications. However, due to the large pool of possible compounds, selecting compounds that form eutectic systems is not straightforward. In this study, a simple approa...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Liquids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,042 Views
20 Pages

16 October 2024

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are popular green media used for various industrial, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications. However, the possible compositions of eutectic systems are so numerous that it is impossible to study all of them experime...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances of Ionic Liquids in Organic, Polymer and Material Chemistry: Key Trends in Green Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,024 Views
11 Pages

30 April 2025

In this work, we present a study on the thermal/transport properties of a novel deep eutectic solvent (DES) obtained by using N-methyltrifluoroacetamide (FNMA) as the hydrogen bond donor (HBD) and lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Electronic and Photonic Materials)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
5,580 Views
17 Pages

Optimal Design of THEDES Based on Perillyl Alcohol and Ibuprofen

  • Eduardo Silva,
  • Filipe Oliveira,
  • Joana M. Silva,
  • Ana Matias and ,
  • Rui L. Reis and
  • Ana Rita C. Duarte
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Therapeutic deep eutectic systems (THEDES) have dramatically expanded their popularity in the pharmaceutical field due to their ability to increase active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) bioavailability. However, their biological performance has no...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
7,316 Views
20 Pages

Theophylline, a typical representative of active pharmaceutical ingredients, was selected to study the characteristics of experimental and theoretical solubility measured at 25 °C in a broad range of solvents, including neat, binary mixtures and tern...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Structure, Energy, and Dynamics of Molecular Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
7,974 Views
23 Pages

Green Extraction of Volatile Fatty Acids from Fermented Wastewater Using Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents

  • Ahmad S. Darwish,
  • Samah E. E. Warrag,
  • Tarek Lemaoui,
  • Maha K. Alseiari and ,
  • Farah Abu Hatab,
  • Ramis Rafay,
  • Inas Alnashef,
  • Jorge Rodríguez and
  • Nahla Alamoodi
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) are carboxylic acids mainly produced via the fermentation of organic waste streams. Being industrial platform chemicals, sustainable, green and economical recovery of VFAs is necessary. Herein, hydrophobic deep eutectic so...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomass and Waste Valorization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,092 Views
20 Pages

11 April 2024

Solubility is not only a crucial physicochemical property for laboratory practice but also provides valuable insight into the mechanism of saturated system organization, as a measure of the interplay between various intermolecular interactions. The i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational and Theoretical Insights on Molecular Structure, Solvation, Interactions and New Materials Design)
  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
14,420 Views
38 Pages

Ternary Choline Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Review

  • Abdulalim Ibrahim,
  • Marc Mulamba Tshibangu,
  • Christophe Coquelet and
  • Fabienne Espitalier

Ternary choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents (TDESs) exhibit unique physicochemical properties, including lower viscosities, lower melting points, higher thermal stabilities, and enhanced solvations compared to binary deep eutectic solvents...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,577 Views
23 Pages

Designed Reactive Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents for Lipase-Catalyzed Esterification

  • Alina Ramona Buzatu,
  • Anamaria Todea,
  • Raluca Pop,
  • Diana Maria Dreavă and ,
  • Cristina Paul,
  • Ioan Bîtcan,
  • Marilena Motoc,
  • Francisc Peter and
  • Carmen Gabriela Boeriu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

7 February 2025

Natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) are a sustainable, green option for extraction and reaction media in biorefineries and various chemical and biotechnological applications. Particularly, enzymatic reactions profit from NADES applications, as th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Horizons in Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs): Synthesis, Characterization and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,968 Views
17 Pages

The Extraction Using Deep Eutectic Solvents and Evaluation of Tea Saponin

  • Jianjun Guo,
  • Nanshan Zhao,
  • Yaxin Zhao,
  • Hao Jin and ,
  • Guozhi Sun,
  • Jing Yu,
  • Haihua Zhang,
  • Jianzhong Shao,
  • Meilan Yu and
  • Zongsuo Liang
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

14 June 2024

Tea saponins have high surface-active and biological activities and are widely used in chemicals, food, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. Tea saponins are usually extracted using ethanol or water, but both methods have their disadvantages, including a...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
7,485 Views
19 Pages

25 June 2019

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are potential alternatives to many conventional solvents in process applications. Knowledge and understanding of solid–liquid equilibria (SLE) are essential to characterize, design, and select a DES for a specific...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Deep Eutectic Solvents)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,880 Views
17 Pages

13 July 2024

In recent years, noticeable progress has been made in the development of alternative extraction systems characterized by greater sustainability. In this context, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have emerged as a promising alternative to the conventiona...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Solvent Extraction of Rare-Earth Elements with Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
5,432 Views
27 Pages

Capture of Acidic Gases from Flue Gas by Deep Eutectic Solvents

  • Yan Wang,
  • Shuhang Ren,
  • Yucui Hou and
  • Weize Wu

22 July 2021

Up to now, many kinds of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were investigated for the capture of acidic gases from flue gases. In this review, non-functionalized and functionalized DESs, including binary and ternary DESs, for SO2, CO2 and NO capture, are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Deep Eutectic Solvents: New Green Solvents)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,055 Views
11 Pages

Rationally Designed Ternary Deep Eutectic Solvent Enabling Higher Performance for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries

  • Ping Lu,
  • Peizhuo Sun,
  • Qiang Ma,
  • Huaneng Su and ,
  • Puiki Leung,
  • Weiwei Yang and
  • Qian Xu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

26 March 2022

Redox flow batteries hold promise as large-scale energy storage systems for off-grid electrification. The electrolyte is one of the key components of redox batteries. Inspired by the mechanism involved in solvents for extraction, a ternary deep eutec...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,910 Views
22 Pages

25 January 2022

This paper demonstrates the assessment of physicochemical and thermodynamic properties of aqueous solutions of novel deep eutectic solvent (DES) built of tetrabutylammonium chloride and 3-amino-1-propanol or tetrabutylammonium bromide and 3-amino-1-p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Green Solvents)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,941 Views
18 Pages

Predicting the Surface Tension of Deep Eutectic Solvents: A Step Forward in the Use of Greener Solvents

  • Amit Kumar Halder,
  • Reza Haghbakhsh,
  • Iuliia V. Voroshylova,
  • Ana Rita C. Duarte and
  • Maria Natalia D. S. Cordeiro

31 July 2022

Deep eutectic solvents (DES) are an important class of green solvents that have been developed as an alternative to toxic solvents. However, the large-scale industrial application of DESs requires fine-tuning their physicochemical properties. Among o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Deep Eutectic Solvents: Linking Fundamental Properties to Final Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,246 Views
16 Pages

Improved Stability and Catalytic Efficiency of ω-Transaminase in Aqueous Mixture of Deep Eutectic Solvents

  • Hongpeng Wang,
  • Mercy Vimbai Masuku,
  • Yachen Tao,
  • Jiayao Yang and ,
  • Yi Kuang,
  • Changjiang Lyu,
  • Jun Huang and
  • Shengxiang Yang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

The efficient biosynthesis of chiral amines at an industrial scale to meet the high demand from industries that require chiral amines as precursors is challenging due to the poor stability and low catalytic efficiency of ω-transaminases (&omega...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Deep Eutectic Solvents)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,437 Views
17 Pages

27 September 2022

Z-scheme heterojunction photocatalytic nanomaterial designs have attracted attention due to their high catalytic performance. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have been used as green, sustainable media, acting as solvents and structure inducers in the s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 24th Annual Conference and 13th International Conference of Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology (CSMNT 2022))
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,730 Views
15 Pages

Microwave-Assisted Solution Synthesis of Metastable Intergrowth of AgInS2 Polymorphs

  • Adedoyin N. Adeyemi,
  • Rae Ann Earnest,
  • Tori Cox,
  • Oleg I. Lebedev and
  • Julia V. Zaikina

10 March 2022

The intergrowth of stable and metastable AgInS2 polymorphs was synthesized using a microwave-assisted synthesis. The samples were synthesized in water and in a deep eutectic solvent (DES) consisting of choline chloride and thiourea. An increase in th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Frontiers in Metastable Crystalline Solids)
  • Review
  • Open Access
46 Citations
9,761 Views
26 Pages

2 February 2024

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have recently gained increased attention for their potential in biotechnological applications. DESs are binary mixtures often consisting of a hydrogen bond acceptor and a hydrogen bond donor, which allows for tailoring t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Deep Eutectic Solvents)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,603 Views
19 Pages

Deep Eutectic Solvents for the Separation of Toluene/1-Hexene via Liquid–Liquid Extraction

  • Mohamed K. Hadj-Kali,
  • Lahssen El Blidi,
  • Sarwono Mulyono,
  • Irfan Wazeer and ,
  • Emad Ali and
  • Jagan Rallapalli
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 November 2022

The separation of aromatic/olefin mixtures is a difficult task in the petrochemical industry, since the boiling points of these hydrocarbons are very similar. This work aims to use deep eutectic solvents (DESs) for the extraction of toluene from 1-he...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,413 Views
21 Pages

The solubility of theobromine was studied both experimentally and theoretically. The solubility was determined spectrophotometrically at 25 °C in neat organic solvents, aqueous binary mixtures, Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) and ternary NADES...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Solubilization and Controlled Release of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,860 Views
15 Pages

Mix-and-Match Diols: Adjusting Self-Assembly of Micellar Phases in Choline Chloride Eutectics

  • Oliver S. Hammond,
  • Adrian Sanchez-Fernandez,
  • Rachel Tyte,
  • Robert Dalgliesh and ,
  • Andrew J. Smith and
  • Karen J. Edler
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 November 2022

The common Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) ‘ethaline’ (1:2 choline chloride:ethylene glycol) was examined here as a basis for the self-assembly of the surfactant dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (C12TAB). A phase diagram was constructed, show...

(This article belongs to the Section Macromolecular Crystals)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,917 Views
19 Pages

12 June 2025

The rapid growth in lithium-ion battery (LIB) demand has underscored the urgent need for sustainable recycling methods to recover critical metals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese. Traditional pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical app...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Systems and Materials for Recycling Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,053 Views
11 Pages

Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents for Solubility and Selective Fractionation of Bioactive Low Molecular Weight Carbohydrates

  • Ignacio Jiménez-Amezcua,
  • Manuel Ignacio López Martínez,
  • Ana Isabel Ruiz Matute and
  • María Luz Sanz

2 December 2023

Natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) have been shown to be selective and environmentally friendly solvents for the extraction of bioactive compounds. However, studies on the solubility of low-molecular-weight carbohydrates (LMWCs) in NADESs are sc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Extraction, Separation, and Purification of Food Ingredients)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,545 Views
11 Pages

DES-Based Biocatalysis as a Green Alternative for the l-menthyl Ester Production Based on l-menthol Acylation

  • Sabina Ion,
  • Florentina Olănescu,
  • Florina Teodorescu,
  • Robert Tincu and ,
  • Daniela Gheorghe,
  • Vasile I. Pârvulescu and
  • Mădălina Tudorache
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

18 August 2022

The deep eutectic solvent (DES)-based biocatalysis of l-menthol acylation was designed for the production of fatty acid l-menthyl ester (FME) using fatty acid methyl ester (FAME). The biocatalytic reaction was assisted by a lipase enzyme in the DES r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Approaches in Green Catalysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,232 Views
15 Pages

Development of Green and Efficient Extraction of Bioactive Ginsenosides from Panax ginseng with Deep Eutectic Solvents

  • Yujia Tu,
  • Linnan Li,
  • Wenxiang Fan,
  • Longchan Liu and ,
  • Zhengtao Wang and
  • Li Yang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The extraction of active constituents from natural sources in a green and efficient manner is considered an important field in the pharmaceutical industry. In recent years, deep eutectic solvents (DESs), a new type of green solvent, have attracted in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art Analytical Technologies for Natural Products)
  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
6,418 Views
11 Pages

Synthesis of Green Deep Eutectic Solvents for Pretreatment Wheat Straw: Enhance the Solubility of Typical Lignocellulose

  • Zedong Teng,
  • Liyan Wang,
  • Bingqian Huang,
  • Yue Yu and ,
  • Jianwei Liu and
  • Tinggang Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

7 January 2022

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs), a novel and environmentally-friendly solvent, have high potential for biomass pretreatment due to its advantages of low cost, low toxicity, strong solubility, excellent selectivity and biocompatibility. Two types of DES...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,489 Views
20 Pages

Effective Liquid–Liquid Extraction for the Recovery of Grape Pomace Polyphenols from Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NaDES)

  • Alessandro Frontini,
  • Giulio Tarentini,
  • Carmine Negro,
  • Andrea Luvisi and ,
  • Massimiliano Apollonio and
  • Luigi De Bellis
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Natural deep eutectic solvents (NaDESs) are emerging solvents for their yield when used for extraction of different molecules, including polyphenols. NaDESs are a cutting-edge technology that offers numerous advantages, including cheap cost, safety,...

(This article belongs to the Section Analysis of Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,210 Views
28 Pages

From Solvent Design to Biological Response: Structure–Property Relationships of Edible Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents for the Extraction of Nigella sativa Bioactives

  • Emina Mehmedović,
  • Vesna B. Jovanović,
  • Maja Krstić Ristivojević,
  • Smilja Marković and ,
  • Ivana Prodić,
  • Husejin Keran and
  • Katarina Smiljanić
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

15 August 2026

Edible Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) offer a route to ready-to-use extracts without solvent removal. This study examined how rational formulation design influences physicochemical properties, extraction performance, energy efficiency, therma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Chemistry with Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents: From Fundamentals to Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,506 Views
34 Pages

Hydrophobic Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents for Extraction of Bioactive Compounds: Multiscale Characterization, Quantum Simulations, and Molecular Interaction Studies with Cry j 1 and Amb a 1 Allergens

  • Tochukwu Oluwatosin Maduka,
  • Qingyue Wang,
  • Miho Suzuki,
  • Christian Ebere Enyoh and ,
  • Weiqian Wang and
  • Md. Sohel Rana
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This study explores the synthesis, characterization, and extraction efficiency of hydrophobic natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs), along with the allergen-modulating potential of extracted bioactive compounds. Six NADESs were synthesized using bi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Extraction of Natural Products for Application in Pharmaceuticals, Foods, Cosmetics and Agriculture)
  • Review
  • Open Access
398 Views
34 Pages

2 November 2026

The increasing use of blended textiles has created waste streams that are difficult to recycle because chemically dissimilar fiber components must be separated without unnecessarily destroying their material value. Polyester–cotton blends conta...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Textile Recycling and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,477 Views
12 Pages

Green Extraction of Phenolic Acids from Artemisia argyi Leaves by Tailor-Made Ternary Deep Eutectic Solvents

  • Li Duan,
  • Chenmeng Zhang,
  • Chenjing Zhang,
  • Zijing Xue and ,
  • Yuguang Zheng and
  • Long Guo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

5 August 2019

The Artemisia argyi leaf (AL) has been used as a traditional medicine and food supplement in China and other Asian countries for hundreds of years. Phytochemical studies disclosed that AL contains various bioactive constituents. Among bioactive const...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analytical Technology in Nutrition Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,517 Views
21 Pages

Tuning Ferulic Acid Solubility in Choline-Chloride- and Betaine-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents: Experimental Determination and Machine Learning Modeling

  • Tomasz Jeliński,
  • Maciej Przybyłek,
  • Rafał Różalski,
  • Karolina Romanek and ,
  • Daniel Wielewski and
  • Piotr Cysewski
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 August 2024

Deep eutectic solvents (DES) represent a promising class of green solvents, offering particular utility in the extraction and development of new formulations of natural compounds such as ferulic acid (FA). The experimental phase of the study undertoo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances of Ionic Liquids in Organic, Polymer and Material Chemistry: Key Trends in Green Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
433 Views
30 Pages

Influence of Mineral Acid, Hydrotropic Organic Acid, and ChCl–pTSA Binary Catalyst on Organosolv Fractionation of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan) Stalk

  • Arul Chan Basha,
  • Ratheeshkumar Shanmugam,
  • Gunasekar Varadarajan,
  • Malinee Sriariyanun and
  • Ponnusami Venkatachalam

3 September 2026

Lignocellulosic biomass recalcitrance remains a major challenge for the development of integrated biorefineries, necessitating efficient and selective pretreatment strategies. In this study, the influence of three acid catalyst systems, namely sulphu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Catalytic Strategies for Biomass Fractionation and Valorization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,700 Views
16 Pages

Polyphenols Extraction from Different Grape Pomaces Using Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents

  • Alessandro Frontini,
  • Andrea Luvisi,
  • Carmine Negro,
  • Massimiliano Apollonio and ,
  • Rita Accogli,
  • Mariarosaria De Pascali and
  • Luigi De Bellis
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Exploiting by-products from the oenological industry to extract antioxidant chemicals is a shared goal that combines the need to reduce the wine sector’s environmental impact with the need to improve the availability of these biomolecules, acco...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extraction and Characterization of Bioactive Compounds from Plant and Natural Sources)
  • Article
  • Open Access
712 Views
33 Pages

Sustainable Valorization of Water Hyacinth Leaves (WHL) Holocellulose for Bioethanol Production Using Hybrid Microwave Irradiation/Ternary Deep Eutectic Solvent Pretreatment: Spectroscopic and Microscopic Structural Characterization

  • Temesgen Atnafu Yemata,
  • Adane Adugna Ayalew,
  • Kidanemariam Alemu Mengistie,
  • Nigus Gabbiye Habtu and ,
  • Zenamarkos Bantie Sendekie,
  • Tadele Mihret,
  • Yun Zheng,
  • Alameraw Mebrat,
  • Messele Kassaw Tadsual and
  • Belay Teffera
  • + 15 authors+ 10 authors

Water hyacinth leaves (WHL) are an inexpensive renewable fuel resource that can be employed for energy creation through hydrolysis of simple fermentable reducing sugars. In this work, a hybrid microwave irradiation (MWI)–ternary deep eutectic s...