• Dichotomous well-defined nanostructure with weakly arranged ion packing explains the solvency of pyrrolidinium acetate 

      Jiang, Haihui Joy; Imberti, Silvia; Atkin, Rob; Warr, Gregory
      Published 2017-06-13
      Pyrrolidinium ionic liquids, especially pyrrolidinium acetate (PyrrAc), have demonstrated outstanding capacity for extracting lignin from biomass, as electrolytes for fuel cells and lithium ion batteries and as solvents ...
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    • Effect of Deep Eutectic Solvent Nanostructure on Phospholipid Bilayer Phases 

      Bryant, Saffron Jade; Atkin, Rob; Warr, Gregory
      Published 2017-07-11
      Phospholipids are shown by solvent penetration experiments to form lamellar phases and sponta-neously spawn vesicles in a wide range of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) composed of alkylammoni-um halide salts and glycerol or ...
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    • Effect of Protic Ionic Liquid Nanostructure on Phospholipid Vesicle Formation 

      Bryant, Saffron Jade; Wood, Kathleen; Atkin, Rob; Warr, Gregory
      Published 2017-02-21
      The formation of bilayer-based lyotropic liquid crystals and vesicle dispersions by phospholipids in a range of protic ionic liquids has been investigated by polarizing optical microscopy using isothermal penetration scans, ...
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    • Kamlet-Taft Solvation Parameters of Solvate Ionic Liquids 

      Dolan, Andrew; Sherman, Dylan; Atkin, Rob; Warr, Gregory
      Published 2016-10-05
      The Kamlet-Taft solvent parameters of solvate ionic liquids (SILs) prepared from lithium salts with glyme and glycol ligands have been determined. The dipolarity/polarizibilities (π*) are high, similar to those found in ...
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    • Scattering from Ionic Liquids 

      Murphy, Thomas; Atkin, Rob; Warr, Gregory
      Published 2015-08-01
      Research into the properties and applications of ionic liquids (ILs) has accelerated over the last few decades, driven principally by the advanced reaction kinetics and specificity they offered for synthesis and catalysis. ...
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    • Spontaneous Vesicle Formation in a Deep Eutectic Solvent 

      Bryant, Saffron Jade; Atkin, Rob; Warr, Gregory
      Published 2016-01-01
      Solvent penetration experiments and small-angle X-ray scattering reveal that phospholipids dissolved in a deep eutectic solvent (DES) spontaneously self-assemble into vesicles above the lipid chain melting temperature. ...
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