Protic ionic liquids (PILs) are promising pretreatment agents that can efficiently deconstruct lignocellulosic biomass for 2G ethanol production. PIL synthesis is less costly than that of aprotic imidazolium-based ILs ...

Ionic liquids or molten salts are organic salts in a liquid state under normalized conditions, composed by organic cations and inorganic or organic anions. Although they represent a wide diversity of industrial applications, ...

Protic ionic liquids have been demonstrated to be a promising alternative for the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomasses, since they can provide higher enzymatic hydrolysis yields than other commonly used pretreatments. ...

In this work how the microscopic properties of a molecular solvent affect the chemical environment of the protic ionic liquids (PILs) was analyzed. Using Reichardt’s dye as indicator of acidity, new acidity constant values ...

Polypyrrole (Ppy) thin films were obtained by pyrrole (py) electropolymerization in ionic liquid (IL) media. The charge compensation dynamics as well as the electrochromic behavior of the obtained films were studied in two ...

Ionic liquids have been called designer solvents because it is possible to fine-tune their properties from a huge range of possible combinations of cations and anions. In this work, we evaluate the potential of protic ionic ...

Rhodotorula glutinis (R. glutinis) yeasts are natural sources of intracellular carotenoids such as β-carotene, torularhodin, and torulene. Since these yeasts are constituted by a rigid cell-wall structure, the use of ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the formation of aqueous two-phase systems (ATPS) based on different protic ionic liquids (PIL), synthesized using amines, and organic or inorganic acid, and acetonitrile (ACN). The ...