Recent advances in ionic liquids in biomedicine

AM Curreri, S Mitragotri, EEL Tanner - Advanced Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The use of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents in biomedical applications has grown
dramatically in recent years due to their unique properties and their inherent tunability. This …

Nanoconfined ionic liquids

S Zhang, J Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Deng - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been widely investigated as novel solvents, electrolytes, and soft
functional materials. Nevertheless, the widespread applications of ILs in most cases have …

Ionic-liquid materials for the electrochemical challenges of the future

M Armand, F Endres, DR MacFarlane, H Ohno… - Nature materials, 2009 - nature.com
Ionic liquids are room-temperature molten salts, composed mostly of organic ions that may
undergo almost unlimited structural variations. This review covers the newest aspects of …

Potentials of ionic liquids to overcome physical and biological barriers

E Beaven, R Kumar, JM An, H Mendoza… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the last decades, ionic liquids (IL) have shown great potential in non-invasive delivery
starting from synthetic small molecules to biological large molecules. ILs are emerging as a …

Modern room temperature ionic liquids, a simple guide to understanding their structure and how it may relate to dynamics

JC Araque, JJ Hettige, CJ Margulis - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Modern room temperature ionic liquids are structurally defined by symmetries on different
length scales. Polar–apolar alternation defines their nanoscale structural heterogeneity …

Ionic liquids in pharmaceutical applications

IM Marrucho, LC Branco… - Annual review of chemical …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
In the past several years, ionic liquids (ILs) have been at the cutting edge of the most
promising science and technology. ILs not only have found applications in classical areas of …

Biocatalysis in ionic liquids

F Van Rantwijk, RA Sheldon - Chemical reviews, 2007 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids1 are substances that are completely composed of ions and are liquid at or close
to room temperature. Interest in these compounds, often heralded as the green, high-tech …

Protein stabilization and enzyme activation in ionic liquids: specific ion effects

H Zhao - Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
There are still debates on whether the hydration of ions perturbs the water structure, and
what is the degree of such disturbance; therefore, the origin of the Hofmeister effect on …

Parallel developments in aprotic and protic ionic liquids: physical chemistry and applications

CA Angell, N Byrne, JP Belieres - Accounts of chemical research, 2007 - ACS Publications
This Account covers research dating from the early 1960s in the field of low-melting molten
salts and hydrates, which has recently become popular under the rubric of “ionic liquids”. It …

[HTML][HTML] Ionic liquids as protein stabilizers for biological and biomedical applications: A review

NV Veríssimo, FA Vicente, RC de Oliveira… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biotechnology has revolutionized science and health care by providing new biomolecules
with biological and medical applications. However, the low stability of several life-saving …