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10 Citations
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12 April 2023

The use of green, inexpensive, and biodegradable deep eutectic solvents as nonaqueous solvents and electrolytes could be a useful way to potentially improve the enzyme biosensor performance as well as a profitable strategy to extend their use in the...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,759 Views
14 Pages

Preparation of Dissolving Pulp by Combined Mechanical and Deep Eutectic Solvent Treatment

  • Xincai Li,
  • Jiachuan Chen,
  • Baobin Wang,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Kai Zhang and
  • Guihua Yang

19 August 2023

Grasses are potential candidate to replace wood as a raw material for pulping and paper making, and several processes have been developed to produce grass pulp. In this study, wheat straw was used as raw material, and the possibility of sequential tr...

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233 Citations
22,418 Views
28 Pages

Greater awareness of environmental sustainability has driven many industries to transition from using synthetic organic solvents to greener solvents in their manufacturing. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have emerged as a highly promising category of...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,486 Views
12 Pages

25 July 2024

This paper presents a novel dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) method that employs solidified hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (DES) with hydrophilic DES acting as the dispersant. The aim is to enrich polychlorinated biphenyls (P...

  • Review
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25 Citations
5,343 Views
28 Pages

Deep Eutectic Solvent-Mediated Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting

  • Chenyun Zhang,
  • Yongqi Fu,
  • Wei Gao,
  • Te Bai,
  • Tianyi Cao,
  • Jianjiao Jin and
  • Bingwei Xin

21 November 2022

As green, safe, and cheap solvents, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) provide tremendous opportunities to open up attractive perspectives for electrocatalysis. In this review, the achievement of DESs in the preparation of catalysts for electrolytic water...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,697 Views
13 Pages

Extraction and Counter-Current Separation of Phenylpropanoid Glycosides from Pedicularis oederi Vahl by Deep Eutectic Solvent

  • Yao Wang,
  • Jun Dai,
  • Xiaoting Zhang,
  • Yuhan Wang,
  • Fangfang He,
  • Lu Liang,
  • Duojie Longzhu and
  • Denglang Zou

8 November 2024

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are mixtures of organic compounds displaying excellent solvent properties while keeping an ecofriendly character. In this study, DESs have been applied to the extraction of phenylpropanoid glycosides from Pedicularis oed...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,529 Views
22 Pages

30 August 2024

Plant-based waste biomass with lignocellulose as an important component is produced in large quantities worldwide every year. The components of lignocellulose that typically exhibit high utilization value include cellulose and hemicellulose, as well...

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22 Citations
4,227 Views
23 Pages

22 August 2022

Nickel-based electrocatalysts have been widely used to catalyze electrocatalytic water splitting. In order to obtain high-performance nickel-based electrocatalysts, using ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents mediated their preparation has receive...

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44 Citations
5,229 Views
12 Pages

13 May 2019

A novel water-compatible molecularly imprinted resin was prepared in a green solvent deep eutectic solvent (DES). Resorcinol and melamine, as functional monomers with an abundant hydrophilic group, such as –OH, –NH2 and –NH–,...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,786 Views
15 Pages

Electrodeposition of Bi from Choline Chloride-Malonic Acid Deep Eutectic Solvent

  • Xiaozhou Cao,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Tianrui Liu,
  • Yuanyuan Shi and
  • Xiangxin Xue

1 January 2023

Deep eutectic solvent (DES) has been widely used in the field of metal electrodeposition as an economical and environmentally friendly green solvent. Metallic bismuth films were prepared by electrodeposition from choline chloride-malonic acid (ChCl-M...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,495 Views
12 Pages

Liquefying Flavonoids with Terpenoids through Deep Eutectic Solvent Formation

  • Gabriel Teixeira,
  • Dinis O. Abranches,
  • Liliana P. Silva,
  • Sérgio M. Vilas-Boas,
  • Simão P. Pinho,
  • Ana I. M. C. L. Ferreira,
  • Luís M. N. B. F. Santos,
  • Olga Ferreira and
  • João A. P. Coutinho

20 April 2022

The formation of deep eutectic solvents (DES) is tied to negative deviations to ideality caused by the establishment of stronger interactions in the mixture than in the pure DES precursors. This work tested thymol and menthol as hydrogen bond donors...

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11 Citations
4,460 Views
13 Pages

Rapid Electrodeposition and Corrosion Behavior of Zn Coating from a Designed Deep Eutectic Solvent

  • Jiayi Chen,
  • Mengjun Zhu,
  • Mingtao Gan,
  • Xiuli Wang,
  • Changdong Gu and
  • Jiangping Tu

14 January 2023

This work aimed to develop a new type of deep eutectic solvent containing high concentrations of zinc ions as an electrolyte to improve the electrodeposition rate for zinc plating. Two typical deep eutectic solvent systems, choline chloride (ChCl)&nd...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
12,077 Views
16 Pages

A Brønsted Acidic Deep Eutectic Solvent for N-Boc Deprotection

  • Debora Procopio,
  • Carlo Siciliano,
  • Roberta De Rose,
  • Sonia Trombino,
  • Roberta Cassano and
  • Maria Luisa Di Gioia

19 November 2022

The tert-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc) group is one of the most widely used amine-protecting groups in multistep reactions in synthetic organic chemistry as well as in peptide synthesis. Traditional methods to remove the Boc group have disadvantages in term...

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49 Citations
4,836 Views
11 Pages

Enzymatic Synthesis of Glucose Monodecanoate in a Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvent

  • Rebecca Hollenbach,
  • Katrin Ochsenreither and
  • Christoph Syldatk

Environmentally friendly and biodegradable reaction media are an important part of a sustainable glycolipid production in the transition to green chemistry. Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are an ecofriendly alternative to organic solvents. So far, onl...

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2 Citations
6,218 Views
10 Pages

This study investigated and compared the acid-free electropolishing of copper with the state-of-the-art acidic electropolishing process. The acid-free medium used in this study is based on a deep eutectic solvent comprised of 2:1 ethylene glycol and...

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24 Citations
6,372 Views
15 Pages

The Role of Charge Transfer in the Formation of Type I Deep Eutectic Solvent-Analogous Ionic Liquid Mixtures

  • Dinis O. Abranches,
  • Nicolas Schaeffer,
  • Liliana P. Silva,
  • Mónia A. R. Martins,
  • Simão P. Pinho and
  • João A. P. Coutinho

14 October 2019

It was recently shown that tetramethylammonium chloride presented negative deviations to ideality when mixed with tetraethylammonium chloride or tetrapropylammonium chloride, leading to a strong decrease of the melting points of these salt mixtures,...

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  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,591 Views
24 Pages

Zinc Electrode Cycling in Deep Eutectic Solvent Electrolytes: An Electrochemical Study

  • Elisa Emanuele,
  • Andrea Li Bassi,
  • Andrea Macrelli,
  • Claudio Mele,
  • Jacopo Strada and
  • Benedetto Bozzini

18 January 2023

Among post-lithium ion battery technologies, rechargeable chemistries with Zn anodes bear notable technological promise owing to their high theoretical energy density, lower manufacturing cost, availability of raw materials and inherent safety. Howev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
3,941 Views
11 Pages

Deep Eutectic Solvent-Based Microextraction of Lead(II) Traces from Water and Aqueous Extracts before FAAS Measurements

  • Mohamed A. Habila,
  • Najla AlMasoud,
  • Taghrid S. Alomar,
  • Zeid A. AlOthman,
  • Erkan Yilmaz and
  • Mustafa Soylak

19 October 2020

Microextraction procedures for the separation of Pb(II) from water and food samples extracts were developed. A deep eutectic solvent composed of α-benzoin oxime and iron(III) chloride dissolved in phenol was applied as a phase separator support...

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12 Citations
3,623 Views
16 Pages

Reactive Deep Eutectic Solvent for an Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Cellulose Carbamate

  • Vincenzo Algieri,
  • Loredana Maiuolo,
  • Debora Procopio,
  • Paola Costanzo,
  • Fiore Pasquale Nicoletta,
  • Sonia Trombino,
  • Maria Luisa Di Gioia and
  • Antonio De Nino

9 March 2024

The limited solubility of natural cellulose in water and common organic solvents hinders its diverse applications, despite being one of the most abundant and easily accessible biopolymers on Earth. Chemical derivatization, such as cellulose carbamate...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,447 Views
12 Pages

16 December 2022

In the paper, the method of obtaining the potato starch nanocomposites plasticized with a deep eutectic solvent is described. The deep eutectic solvent based on choline chloride and malic acid (CM, molar ratio 1:1) was used as the plasticizer. The ef...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,032 Views
10 Pages

Here, we demonstrated a direct method to produce cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) with a rod-like shape from microcrystalline cellulose by a ZnCl2-based deep eutectic solvent (DES) with a high yield (~80.1%). We obtained CNCs, crystalline index (68.9%),...

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126 Citations
9,162 Views
14 Pages

Effect of Choline-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent Pretreatment on the Structure of Cellulose and Lignin in Bagasse

  • Cuicui Li,
  • Chongxing Huang,
  • Yuan Zhao,
  • Chaojian Zheng,
  • Hongxia Su,
  • Lanyu Zhang,
  • Wanru Luo,
  • Hui Zhao,
  • Shuangfei Wang and
  • Li-Jie Huang

19 February 2021

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) is a newly developed green solvent with low cost, easy preparation and regeneration. Because of its excellent solubility and swelling effect in lignocellulose, it has received widespread attention and recognition. In thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,990 Views
12 Pages

Choline Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent-Treated Wood

  • Ahmet Can,
  • İsmail Özlüsoylu,
  • Petar Antov and
  • Seng Hua Lee

13 March 2023

Due to their adaptability and low preparation costs, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have been widely used in a variety of applications. For some potential industrial applications, developing new low-cost DESs is critical. Oxalic acid (OA), acetic acid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
10,317 Views
11 Pages

Characterization of Lignin Extracted from Willow by Deep Eutectic Solvent Treatments

  • Gaojin Lyu,
  • Tengfei Li,
  • Xingxiang Ji,
  • Guihua Yang,
  • Yu Liu,
  • Lucian A. Lucia and
  • Jiachuan Chen

5 August 2018

Purity, morphology, and structural characterization of synthesized deep eutectic solvent (DES)-lignins (D6h, D9h, D12h, D18h, D24h) extracted from willow (Salix matsudana cv. Zhuliu) after treatment with a 1:10 molar ratio of choline chloride and lac...

  • Review
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14 Citations
6,217 Views
20 Pages

Processing of Functional Composite Resins Using Deep Eutectic Solvent

  • Jing Xue,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Daoshuo Feng,
  • Haofei Huang and
  • Ming Wang

24 September 2020

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs)—a promising class of alternatives to conventional ionic liquids (ILs) that have freezing points lower than the individual components—are typically formed from two or more components through hydrogen bond inte...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,737 Views
10 Pages

13 March 2025

In this paper, purple cabbage was used as raw material for ultrasonic-assisted extraction of anthocyanin with deep eutectic solvent. The effects of extraction solvent type, solid–liquid ratio, moisture, extraction temperature, and time on the y...

  • Article
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4 Citations
2,996 Views
12 Pages

Deep-Eutectic-Solvent-in-Water Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Starch Nanoparticles

  • Rongzhen Xie,
  • Zhijian Tan,
  • Wei Fan,
  • Jingping Qin,
  • Shiyin Guo,
  • Hang Xiao and
  • Zhonghai Tang

21 July 2024

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have received extensive attention in green chemistry because of their ease of preparation, cost-effectiveness, and low toxicity. Pickering emulsions offer advantages such as long-term stability, low toxicity, and environ...

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  • Open Access
39 Citations
9,238 Views
16 Pages

Deep Eutectic Solvent Synthesis of LiMnPO4/C Nanorods as a Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries

  • Zhi Wu,
  • Rong-Rong Huang,
  • Hang Yu,
  • Yong-Chun Xie,
  • Xiao-Yan Lv,
  • Jing Su,
  • Yun-Fei Long and
  • Yan-Xuan Wen

6 February 2017

Olivine-type LiMnPO4/C nanorods were successfully synthesized in a chloride/ethylene glycol-based deep eutectic solvent (DES) at 130 °C for 4 h under atmospheric pressure. As-synthesized samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning...

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60 Citations
9,438 Views
14 Pages

Green Synthesis of Privileged Benzimidazole Scaffolds Using Active Deep Eutectic Solvent

  • Maria Luisa Di Gioia,
  • Roberta Cassano,
  • Paola Costanzo,
  • Natividad Herrera Cano,
  • Loredana Maiuolo,
  • Monica Nardi,
  • Fiore Pasquale Nicoletta,
  • Manuela Oliverio and
  • Antonio Procopio

8 August 2019

The exploitation and use of alternative synthetic methods, in the face of classical procedures that do not conform to the ethics of green chemistry, represent an ever-present problem in the pharmaceutical industry. The procedures for the synthesis of...

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  • Article
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54 Citations
5,901 Views
14 Pages

Biorenewable Deep Eutectic Solvent for Selective and Scalable Conversion of Furfural into Cyclopentenone Derivatives

  • Maria Luisa Di Gioia,
  • Monica Nardi,
  • Paola Costanzo,
  • Antonio De Nino,
  • Loredana Maiuolo,
  • Manuela Oliverio and
  • Antonio Procopio

The development of novel synthetic routes to produce bioactive compounds starting from renewable sources has become an important research area in organic and medicinal chemistry. Here, we present a low-cost procedure for the tunable and selective con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,052 Views
12 Pages

17 July 2024

Metal oxides have applications in a variety of different fields, and new synthesis methods are needed to control their properties and improve their performance as functional materials. In this study, we investigated a low-cost antisolvent precipitati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,006 Views
28 Pages

Honey and Its Biomimetic Deep Eutectic Solvent Modulate the Antioxidant Activity of Polyphenols

  • Luminița Dimitriu,
  • Diana Constantinescu-Aruxandei,
  • Daniel Preda,
  • Andra-Lavinia Nichițean,
  • Cristian-Andi Nicolae,
  • Victor Alexandru Faraon,
  • Marius Ghiurea,
  • Mihaela Ganciarov,
  • Narcisa Elena Băbeanu and
  • Florin Oancea

6 November 2022

Honey is a highly valued natural product with antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. However, its antioxidant activity (AOA) is not as high as that of other honeybee products, such as propolis. Several polyphenol—honey for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
96 Citations
5,757 Views
14 Pages

Pretreatment of Wheat Straw Lignocelluloses by Deep Eutectic Solvent for Lignin Extraction

  • Hongzhi Ma,
  • Penglu Fu,
  • Jihua Zhao,
  • Xingxing Lin,
  • Wenyu Wu,
  • Ziqiang Yu,
  • Changlei Xia,
  • Qunhui Wang,
  • Ming Gao and
  • Jun Zhou

17 November 2022

In order to increase the fractionation efficiency of the wheat straw, a deep eutectic solvent (DES) system consisting of chlorine/lactic acid was used in this study for wheat straw pretreatment. The outcomes exhibited that DES pretreatment significan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,886 Views
17 Pages

Continuous Purification of Biodiesel with Deep Eutectic Solvent in a Laboratory Karr Column

  • Aleksandra Sander,
  • Ana Petračić,
  • Domagoj Vrsaljko,
  • Jelena Parlov Vuković,
  • Patricija Hršak and
  • Antonija Jelavić

Following the trend of transport decarbonization, biodiesel has become a promising alternative fuel option. Its production includes multiple steps, all of which can be time-consuming and energy intensive. Improving any of these steps could bring cons...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,220 Views
17 Pages

An Extraction Process Based on the Collaborative Extraction of Coptis chinensis Franch. Phytoconstituents Using a Deep Eutectic Solvent and an Organic Solvent

  • Cheng Liu,
  • Fangyuan Gong,
  • Zhengwei Xiong,
  • Cun Wang,
  • Xinhe Ran,
  • Jiahua Ran,
  • Runzi Li,
  • Yangjin Ou,
  • Qingqing Xia and
  • Jin Guo
  • + 1 author

A low-cost method for the simultaneous extraction of alkaloids and water-insoluble flavonoids and esters from Coptis chinensis Franch. (Abbrev. C. chinensis) was explored to provide a reference for the production of green plant-based preparations and...

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5 Citations
2,650 Views
11 Pages

Deep Eutectic Solvent + Water System in Carbon Dioxide Absorption

  • Jing Fan,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Nan He,
  • Fenhong Song and
  • Hongwei Qu

29 July 2024

In the present work, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were synthesized in a one-step process by heating the hydrogen bond acceptors (HBAs) tetrabutylammonium bromide and tetrabutylphosphonium bromide, along with two hydrogen bond donors (HBDs) ethanolam...

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5 Citations
2,991 Views
12 Pages

28 July 2023

Due to their appealing physiochemical properties, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) and ionic liquids (ILs) are utilized in various research fields and industries. The presented research analyzes the thermodyn...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,079 Views
15 Pages

6 April 2025

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have shown promise as a medium for extracting polar volatile fatty acids (VFAs) and in situ esterification of the extracted molecules using lipases. This solvent enhanced biocatalysis process can potentially streamline V...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
10,790 Views
11 Pages

6 September 2018

Keratin from a variety of sources is one of the most abundant biopolymers. In livestock and textile industries, a large amount of rabbit hair waste is produced every year, and therefore it is of great significance to extract keratin from waste rabbit...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,375 Views
15 Pages

6 December 2021

Here we report on the results concerning the influence of ultrasound on the dissolution process of metal oxides CoO, Ni2O3 and Mn2O3 in choline chloride/sulfosalicylic acid as a deep eutectic solvent. The mechanism of dissolution under cavitation con...

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  • Open Access
378 Views
17 Pages

Deep Eutectic Solvent Based on Choline Hydroxide for Advanced Aqueous Lubrication

  • Francisco J. Carrión-Vilches,
  • Ana Eva Jiménez,
  • Paloma Mostaza,
  • María-Dolores Bermúdez and
  • María-Dolores Avilés

28 February 2026

A novel deep eutectic solvent (DES) formulated from choline hydroxide has been investigated as an additive for advanced aqueous lubrication. Comprehensive characterization of the DES enabled the determination of its viscosity, wettability, and key sp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,796 Views
11 Pages

16 September 2022

As a versatile and valuable intermediate, furfuryl alcohol (FOL) has been widely used in manufacturing resins, vitamin C, perfumes, lubricants, plasticizers, fuel additives, biofuels, and other furan-based chemicals. This work developed an efficient...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,259 Views
14 Pages

22 April 2022

A thin-film solid-phase microextraction method with a sorbent composed of a deep eutectic solvent was developed for the preconcentration of formaldehyde from river and lake water samples. Four new deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were synthesized, each...

  • Review
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13 Citations
4,379 Views
26 Pages

22 March 2024

This review provides a systematic analysis of the literature data on the electrodeposition of composite coatings using plating baths based on a new generation of room-temperature ionic liquids known as deep eutectic solvents (DESs). Such systems offe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,582 Views
13 Pages

High-Strength Double-Network Conductive Hydrogels Based on Polyvinyl Alcohol and Polymerizable Deep Eutectic Solvent

  • Yihan Zhang,
  • Lei Jiang,
  • Haibing Zhang,
  • Qingyin Li,
  • Ning Ma,
  • Xinyue Zhang and
  • Li Ma

10 June 2023

Conductive hydrogels feature the flexibility of soft materials plus conductive properties providing functionality for effectively sticking to the epidermis and detecting human activity signals. Their stable electrical conductivity also effectively av...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,063 Views
20 Pages

Solvent Bar Microextraction Method Based on a Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent and Multivariate Optimization for Determination of Steroid Hormones in Urine and Water

  • Nabil N. AL-Hashimi,
  • Husam Abed Alfattah,
  • Musa I. El-Barghouthi,
  • Amjad H. El-Sheikh,
  • Hanan M. Ale-nezi,
  • Mahmoud S. Sunjuk and
  • Khairi M. Fahelelbom

23 May 2024

Steroid hormones may pose potential risks to both human health and wildlife, primarily through the consumption of medication or polluted food and water; efforts are being made to monitor their levels in the human body and regulate and minimize their...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
5,515 Views
14 Pages

Chemical Dissolution of Chalcopyrite Concentrate in Choline Chloride Ethylene Glycol Deep Eutectic Solvent

  • Carlos Carlesi,
  • Robert C. Harris,
  • Andrew P. Abbott and
  • Gawen R. T. Jenkin

5 January 2022

Currently, the high demand for copper is in direct contrast with the decrease in the mineral grade and, more significantly, the concerns regarding the environmental impact that arise as a result of processing such low-grade materials. Consequently, n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
5,568 Views
13 Pages

Efficient Hydrolysis of Chitin in a Deep Eutectic Solvent Synergism for Production of Chitin Nanocrystals

  • Shu Hong,
  • Yang Yuan,
  • Kaitao Zhang,
  • Hailan Lian and
  • Henrikki Liimatainen

30 April 2020

A deep eutectic solvent (DES) derived from ferric chloride hexahydrate and betaine chloride (molar ratio of 1:1) was used as hydrolytic media for production of chitin nanocrystals (ChNCs) with a high yield (up to 88.5%). The synergistic effect of Lew...

  • Review
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3 Citations
3,707 Views
27 Pages

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have emerged as sustainable and tunable alternatives to conventional solvents for the extraction of polysaccharides. This review presents a structure-informed framework linking DES composition to polysaccharide solubilit...

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