Fabrication and Characterization of Transparent and Uniform Cellulose/Polyethylene Composite Films from Used Disposable Paper Cups by the “One-Pot Method” by Lixiang Wang, Qiwen Zhou, Xiaoqian Ji, Jianfeng Peng, Haq Nawaz, Guangmei Xia, Xingxiang Ji, Jinming Zhang, Jun Zhang

“…Therefore, developing a facile and green method to recycle and reuse disposable paper cups is vital. By using ionic liquid 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (AmimCl) as a solvent, transparent and homogenous cellulose/polyethylene composite films were successfully prepared from used bamboo-based disposable paper cups through the “one-pot method”, without any pre-treatment. …”
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An In Vitro and In Silico Study of Antioxidant Properties of Curcuminoid <i>N</i>-alkylpyridinium Salts: Initial Assessment of Their Antitumoral Properties by Oscar Forero-Doria, Luis Guzmán, Felipe Jiménez-Aspee, Javier Echeverría, Sergio Wehinger, Claudio Valenzuela, Ramiro Araya-Maturana, Maximiliano Martínez-Cifuentes

“…In this work, we report the synthesis of curcuminoids with ionic liquid characteristics, obtained by incorporating alkyl-substituted pyridinium moiety rather than one phenyl group through a two-step process. …”
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Tribological characteristics and mechanism of nitrile butadiene rubber coated with typical liquid lubricants by Yinsong Liu, Changgeng Shuai, Gang Lu, Xue Yang, Xiaoyang Hu

“…In this study, several typical liquid lubricants, including liquid paraffin, tung oil (TO), dimethyl silicone oil (DSO), ionic liquid (IL), and hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) were selected as the surface coatings for nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR). …”
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Platinum-Modified Mixed Metal Oxide Electrodes for Efficient Chloralkaline-Based Energy Storage by Jamylle Y. C. Ribeiro, Gessica O. S. Santos, Aline R. Dória, Iñaki Requena, Marcos R. V. Lanza, Katlin I. B. Eguiluz, Giancarlo R. Salazar-Banda, Justo Lobato, Manuel A. Rodrigo

“…These electrodes were synthesized via the ionic liquid method. Comprehensive physical, chemical, and electrochemical characterizations were conducted to evaluate their performance. …”
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Investigating the Correlation between Electrolyte Concentration and Electrochemical Properties of Ionogels by Ji Wei Suen, Naveen Kumar Elumalai, Sujan Debnath, Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak, Chye Ing Lim, Mohan Reddy Moola, Yee Seng Tan, Mohammad Khalid

“…Ionogels are hybrid materials comprising an ionic liquid confined within a polymer matrix. They have garnered significant interest due to their unique properties, such as high ionic conductivity, mechanical stability, and wide electrochemical stability. …”
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Bringing Homogeneous Iron Catalysts on the Heterogeneous Side: Solutions for Immobilization by Fabio Moccia, Luca Rigamonti, Alessandro Messori, Valerio Zanotti, Rita Mazzoni

“…A SILP (Supported Ionic Liquid Phase) catalytic system has been successfully employed for the heterogenization of a chemoselective iron catalyst active in aldehyde hydrogenation. …”
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Surface chemistry modified upconversion nanoparticles as fluorescent sensor array for discrimination of foodborne pathogenic bacteria by Mingyuan Yin, Chuang Jing, Haijie Li, Qiliang Deng, Shuo Wang

“…Herein, we achieve this goal by constructing an upconversion fluorescent sensor array based on anti-stokes luminogens featuring a series of functional lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) with phenylboronic acid, phosphate groups, or imidazole ionic liquid. The prevalent spotlight effect of microorganism and the electrostatic interaction between UCNPs and bacteria endow such sensor array an excellent discrimination property. …”
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A Review on Recent Progress in Preparation of Medium-Temperature Solar-Thermal Nanofluids with Stable Dispersion by Ting Hu, Jingyi Zhang, Ji Xia, Xiaoxiang Li, Peng Tao, Tao Deng

“…We provide detailed description on the dispersion challenges and the governing dispersion mechanisms, and introduce representative dispersion strategies that are applicable to ethylene glycol, oil, ionic liquid, and molten salt-based medium-temperature solar-thermal nanofluids. …”
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Electroforming as a Novel One-Step Manufacturing Method of Structured Aluminum Foil Current Collectors for Lithium-Ion Batteries by Phillip Scherzl, Michael Kaupp, Wassima El Mofid, Timo Sörgel

“…For this, a low-temperature chloride-based ionic liquid was used as an electrolyte and a rotating cylinder out of stainless steel as a temporary substrate. …”
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Voltammetric approach for pharmaceutical samples analysis; simultaneous quantitative determination of resorcinol and hydroquinone by Ebrahim Nabatian, Mahdi Mousavi, Mostafa Pournamdari, Mehdi Yoosefian, Saeid Ahmadzadeh

“…Abstract A simple and precise analytical approach developed for single and simultaneous determination of resorcinol (RC) and hydroquinone (HQ) in pharmaceutical samples using carbon paste electrode (CPE) modified with 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate as ionic liquid and ZnFe2O4 nanoparticle. A significant enhancement in the peak current and sensitivity of the proposed sensor observed by using modifiers in the composition of working electrode compared to bare CPE which is in accordance with the results obtained from electrochemical impedance spectroscopy investigations. …”
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A Lignocellulolytic <i>Colletotrichum</i> sp. OH with Broad-Spectrum Tolerance to Lignocellulosic Pretreatment Compounds and Derivatives and the Efficiency to Produce Hydrogen Pero... by Kakoli Chanda, Atifa Begum Mozumder, Ringhoilal Chorei, Ridip Kumar Gogoi, Himanshu Kishore Prasad

“…The effects of aldehydes (vanillin, <i>p</i>-hydroxybenzaldehyde, furfural, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural; HMF), acids (gallic, formic, levulinic, and <i>p</i>-hydroxybenzoic acid), phenolics (hydroquinone, <i>p</i>-coumaric acid), and two pretreatment chemicals (hydrogen peroxide and ionic liquid), on the mycelium growth, biomass accumulation, and lignocellulolytic enzyme activities, were tested. …”
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Application of HPLC-DAD for In Vitro Investigation of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition Activity of Selected Isoquinoline Alkaloids from <i>Sanguinaria canadensis</i> Extracts by Tomasz Tuzimski, Anna Petruczynik

“…The analyses of alkaloid content were performed using HPLC in reversed phase (RP) mode using Polar RP column and mobile phase containing acetonitrile, water and ionic liquid (IL). The acetylcholinesterase activity inhibition of the tested plant extracts and respective alkaloid standards were examined using high performance liquid chromatography with diode-array detector (HPLC-DAD) for the quantification of 5-thio-2-nitro-benzoic acid, which is the product of the reaction between the thiocholine (product of the hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine reaction) with Ellman reagent. …”
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High Catalytic Efficiency of a Layered Coordination Polymer to Remove Simultaneous Sulfur and Nitrogen Compounds from Fuels by Fátima Mirante, Ricardo F. Mendes, Filipe A. Almeida Paz, Salete S. Balula

“…Complete desulfurization and denitrogenation were achieved after 2 h using single model diesels, an ionic liquid as extraction solvent ([BMIM]PF₆) and H₂O₂ as oxidant. …”
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Passive Solid Chemosensor as Saliva Point of Need Analysis for Ammonium Determination by Using a Smartphone by Belén Monforte-Gómez, Lusine Hakobyan, Carmen Molins-Legua, Pilar Campíns-Falcó

“…For that purpose, a passive solid sensor of 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonic acid sodium salt (NQS) embedded in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) doped with silica nanoparticles and an ionic liquid was proposed. The assay was developed by delivering ammonia from saliva in a confined atmosphere containing the sensor for 20 to 45 min. …”
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Conductive core/shell polymer nanofibres as anode materials for direct ethanol fuel cells by Alexandros Symillidis, Stella Georgiadou, Wen-Feng Lin

“…The core part was produced via electrospinning using a mixture of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride [BMIm]Cl ionic liquid (IL). The shell was a PANI layer deposited via the chemical polymerisation of aniline monomer. …”
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Microstructural Development and Rheological Study of a Nanocomposite Gel Polymer Electrolyte Based on Functionalized Graphene for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Pedram Manafi, Hossein Nazockdast, Mohammad Karimi, Mojtaba Sadighi, Luca Magagnin

“…The results of rheological measurements revealed the plasticizing effect of the ionic liquid (IL), offering a proper insight into the polymer–particle interactions within the polymeric nanocomposite. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Nanoparticle-Doped Polymer Inclusion Membranes. Application to the Removal of Arsenate and Phosphate from Waters by Enriqueta Anticó, Ruben Vera, Francisco Vázquez, Clàudia Fontàs, Changyong Lu, Josep Ros

“…PIMs are made of a polymer, cellulose triacetate (CTA), and an extractant, which interacts with the compound of interest. We have used the ionic liquid (IL) trioctylmethylammonium chloride (Aliquat 336) as the extractant and have investigated how the addition of nanoparticles can modify membrane properties. …”
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Effect of Four Novel Bio-Based DES (Deep Eutectic Solvents) on Hardwood Fractionation by Paulo Torres, Mercè Balcells, Enrique Cequier, Ramon Canela-Garayoa

“…These results show that our novel DESs are alternative approaches to the ionic liquid:triethylammonium hydrogen sulfate and the widely used DES: choline chloride:lactic acid (1:10 molar ratio) for biomass processing.…”
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A novel and intelligent chemometric-electrochemical-enzymatic biosensing procedure and mimicking a clinical condition environment to trick the red blood cells for counting them und... by Faramarz Jalili, Ali R. Jalalvand

“…In order to obtain a good sensitivity from the EPPGE, its surface was modified with a thin layer of multiwalled carbon nanotubes-ionic liquid (MWCNTs-IL). Catalase (CAT) was immobilized onto the surface of MWCNTs-IL/EPPGE with help of nafion. …”
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Comparison of Different Current Collector Materials for In Situ Lithium Deposition with Slurry-Based Solid Electrolyte Layers by Tina Kreher, Fabian Heim, Julia Pross-Brakhage, Jessica Hemmerling, Kai Peter Birke

“…In addition, an approach is tested in which a solvate ionic liquid (SIL) is added to the solid electrolyte layer. …”
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