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Selected Publications

2023


Tailoring Phosphonium Ionic Liquids for a Liquid–Liquid Phase Transition

Yao, B.; Paluch, M.; Mateusz, B.; Quinn, C.; McLaughlin, S.; McGrogan, A.; Swadzba-Kwasny, M. & Wojnarowska, Z.

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2023, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00099

 

Designing dimeric lanthanide(III)-containing ionic liquids

McCourt, E.; Esien, K.; Zhenyu, L.; Felton, S. & Nockemann, P.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809334

 

The structure of protic ionic liquids based on sulfuric acid, doped with excess of sulfuric acid or with water

McGrogan, A; Byrne, E. L.; Guiney, R.; Young, T. G. A.; Chrobok, A.; Holbrey, J. D. & Swadzba-Kwasny, M.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023, Advance article, DOI: 10.1039/D2CP04292D

2022


Beckmann rearrangement with improved atom economy, catalyzed by inexpensive, reusable, bronsted acidic ionic liquid

Brzȩczek-Szafran, A.; Erfurt, K.; Swadźba-Kwaśny, M.; Piotrowski, T. & Chrobok, A.,

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2022, 10, 41, p. 13568–13575, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c04409

 

Electro-thermal modelling of redox flow-batteries with electrolyte swapping for an electric ferry

Woodfield, R.; Glover, S.; Watson, R.; Nockemann, P. & Stocker, R.

Journal of Energy Storage, 2022, 54, 105306. DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2022.105306

 

Ionic liquid-assisted synthesis of mesoporous polymers and carbon materials: the self-assembly mechanism

Song, Y.; Norris, F.; Hinchcliffe, D.; Xu, Y.; Zhang, X. & Nockemann, P.

Nanoscale, 2022, 38, 14212-14222, DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02875a

 

The synthesis of deuteriated tri-tert-butyl phosphine

Brown, L. C.; McGrogan, A.; Delavoux, Y.; Hogg, J., M.; Holbrey, J., D.; Gunaratne, H., Q., N.; Swadźba-Kwaśny*, M.; Tellam, J., P.; Youngs, S., E. 

Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals , 2022, , 1-5, DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.4001

 

Fluorinated ionic liquids: syntheses, properties, and application

Blesic, M. & Verdia Barbara, P.

Perfluoroalkyl substances: synthesis, applications, challenges and regulations, Ameduri, B. (ed.). Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022, Chapter 8, 388 – 439, DOI: 10.1039/9781839167591-00388

 

Biocatalysis in ionic liquids for a low carbon future

Marr, A. C.; Imam, H. T. & Marr, P. C.

Biocatalysis in Green Solvents, (Foundations and Frontiers in Enzymology) Lozano, P. (ed.). Elsevier Academic Press, 2022, chapter 11, 299-316, DOI: 10.1016/C2021-0-00004-3

 

Separation of alcohols from n-tetradecane using 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogensulfate

Ah-Lung, G.; Besnard, C.; Ivol, F.; Maaliki, C.; Hughes, T-L.; Goodrich, P. & Jacquemin, J.

Thermo, 2022, 2, 3, 200-208, DOI: 10.3390/thermo2030015

 

Pressure-induced liquid-liquid transition in a family of ionic materials

Wojnarowska, Z.; Cheng, S.; Yao, B.; Swadzba-Kwasny, M.; McLaughlin, S.; McGrogan, A.; Delavoux, Y. & Paluch, M.

Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 1342, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29021-0

 

Taming Tris(bipyridine)Ruthenium(II) and its Reactions in Water by Capture/release with Shape-switchable Symmetry-matched Cyclophanes

Yao, C.; Lin, H.; Daly, B.; Xu, Y.; Singh, W.; Gunaratne, H. Q. N.; Browne, W. R.; Bell, S. E. J.; Nockemann, P.; Huang, M.; Kavanagh, P. & De Silva, A. P.

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 144, 11, 4977–4988, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c13028

 

Design and synthesis of pyridinamide functionalized ionic liquids for efficient conversion of carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates

Lei, Y.; Gunaratne, L. Q. N. & Jin, L.

Journal of CO2 Utilization , 2022, 58, 101930, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2022.101930

 

An open-source platform for 3D-printed redox flow battery test cells

O'Connor, H.; Bailey, J. J.; Istrate, O.; Klusener, P. A. A.; Watson, R.; Glover, S.; Iacoviello, F.; Brett, D. J. L.; Shearing, P. R. & Nockemann, P.

Sustainable Energy & Fuels., 2022, 6 , 1529-1540, DOI: 10.1039/D1SE01851E

2021


Frontiers of Ionic Liquids

Gurau, G., Swadźba-Kwaśny, M., Lu, X., Dai, S.

In: Green Chemical Engineering, 2021, 2, 4, 337-338, DOI: 10.1016/j.gce.2021.11.002

 

Spectroscopic Signatures of Hydrogen-Bonding Motifs in Protonic Ionic Liquid Systems: Insights from Diethylammonium Nitrate in the Solid State

Vázquez-Fernández, I., Drużbicki, K.*, Fernandez-Alonso, F., Mukhopadhyay, S., Nockemann, P., Parker, S., F., Rudić, S., Stana, S., M., Tomkinson, J., Yeadon, D., J., Seddon, K., R.*, Plechkova, N., V.

In: J. Phys. Chem. C , 2021, 125, 44, 24463-24476, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c05137

 

D–π–A type ferrocene-substituted azobenzene photochromic switches: synthesis, structures, and electrochemical and photoisomerization studies

Yan, J., F., Men, R., X., Chen, X., X., Lin, C., X., Nockemann, P., Yuan, Y. F.

In: New J. Chem., 2021, 45,19917-19927, DOI: 10.1039/D1NJ03894J

 

Comparison of UV-A photolytic and UV/TiO2 photocatalytic effects on Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7813 and four microcystin analogues: A pilot scale study

Menezes, I., Capelo-Neto, J., Pestana, C. J., Clemente, A., Hui, J., Irvine, J. T. S., Gunaratne, N. H. Q., Robertson, P. K. J., Edwards, C., Gillanders, R. N., Turnbull, G. A. & Lawton, L. A.

In: Journal of Environmental Management, 2021, 298, 113519, DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113519

 

Electroactivity of PIPO Nitroxide Radical Polymer Films

Kavanagh, P. & Place, S.

In: Electrochimica Acta, 2021, 392, 139044, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2021.139044

 

Applications of ionic liquids in whole cell and isolated enzyme biocatalysis

Marr, A., Imam, H. T., Rebroš, M. & Krasňan, V.

In: Molecules, 2021, 26, 16, 4791, DOI: 10.3390/molecules26164791

 

Absorventes emergentes para separação de gases

Moura, L.

In: Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Química., 243497107/SPQ.pdf

 

Enzyme entrapment, biocatalyst immobilization without covalent attachment

Imam, H. T., Marr, P. C. & Marr, A. C.

In: Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 14, 4980-5005, DOI: 10.1039/D1GC01852C

 

Cytotoxicity of Ionic Liquids on Normal Human Dermal Fibroblasts in the Context of Their Present and Future Applications

Musiał, M., Zorębski, E., Malarz, K., Kuczak, M., Mrozek-Wilczkiewicz, A., Jacquemin, J. & Dzida, M.

In: ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 22, 7649-7657, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c02277

 

Protic ionic liquids from di- or triamines: even cheaper Brønsted acidic catalysts

Brzęczek-Szafran, A., Więcławik, J., Barteczko, N., Szelwicka, A., Byrne, E., Kolanowska, A., Swadźba Kwaśny, M. & Chrobok, A.

In: Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 4421-4429, DOI: 10.1039/d1gc00515d

 

Understanding plasma–ethanol non-equilibrium electrochemistry during the synthesis of metal oxide quantum dots

Padmanaban, D. B., McGlynn, R., Byrne, E., Velusamy, T., Swadźba-Kwaśny, M., Maguire, P. & Mariotti, D.

In: Green Chemistry, 2021, 23, 3983-3995, DOI: 10.1039/d0gc03291c

 

Ionic Liquids-Cobalt (II) Thermochromic Complexes: How the Structure Tunability Affects "Self-contained" Systems

Billeci, F, Gunaratne, N. H. Q., Licence, P, Seddon, K. R. , Plechkova, N. V. D’Anna, F.

In: ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 11, 4064–4075, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c08586

 

Thermophysical Properties of 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate, [C4mim][(C2F5)3PF3], and of Its IoNanofluid with Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Nieto de Castro, C. A., Ribeiro, A. P. C., Oliveira Figuerias, A., Langa, E., Vieira, S. I. C., Lourenço, M. J. V., dos Santos, A., F., S., Dos Santos, F., J., V., Santos Lampreia, I., M., Goodrich, P. & Hardacre, C.

In: J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2021, 66, 4, 1717-1729, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.0c01017

 

Modelling and Analysis of a Weak Cell in Different String Configurations

Rolt, R., Douglas, R., Nockemann, P., Best, R.

In: SAE Int. J. Commer. Veh., 2021, 14(2),205-215, DOI: 10.4271/02-14-02-0016

 

Removal of phthalates from aqueous solution by semiconductor photocatalysis: A review

Xinzhu Pang, Nathan Skillen, Nimal Gunaratne, David W.Rooney, Peter K.J.Robertson

in: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 402, 123461, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123461

 

Graphitic-C3N4 coated floating glass beads for photocatalytic destruction of synthetic and natural organic compounds in water under UV light

Hui, J., Pestana, C. J., Caux, M., Gunaratne, H. Q. N., Edwards, C., Robertson, P. K. J., Lawton, L. A. & Irvine, J. T. S.

In: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2021, 405, 112935, DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2020.112935

 

Characterization of ionic liquid cytotoxicity mechanisms in human keratinocytes compared with conventional biocides

McLaughlin, M., Gilea, M. A., Earle, M. J., Seddon, K., R., Gilmore, B., F., Kelly, S., A.

In: Chemosphere, 2021, 270,129432, DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129432


2020


Malonamide-Functionalized Ionic Liquid for Recovery of Rare-Earth Metals from End-Of-Life Products (Lamp Phosphors)

Boyd, R., Carroll, C., Dandil, S., Acikgoz, C., Ruhela, R. & Nockemann, P.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2020, 8, 18706-18711, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c07897

 

Evaluation of ionic liquids as electrolytes for vanadium redox flow batteries

Bahadori, L., Boyd, R., Warrington, A., Shafeeyan, M. S. & Nockemann, P.

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 317, 114017. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114017

 

Hydrophobic functional liquids based on trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and carboxylic acids

Byrne, E., O'Donnell, R., Gilmore, M., Artioli, N., Holbrey, J. & Swadzba-Kwasny, G.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP), 2020, 22, 24744-24763, DOI: 10.1039/D0CP02605K

 

Designing Materials for Aqueous Catalysis: Ionic Liquid Gel and Silica Sphere Entrapped Iron-TAML Catalysts for Oxidative Degradation of Dyes

McNeice, P., Reid, A., Imam, H. T., McDonagh, C., Walby, J., Collins, T., Marr, A. & Marr, P.

Environmental science & technology, 2020, 54, 21, 14026-14035, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04279

 

Glycolysis of PET using 1,3-dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate as an organocatalyst

Wang, L., Toland, J., Nelson, G. & Holbrey, J.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8, 35, 13362-13368, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c04108

 

New generation of supramolecular mixtures: Characterization and solubilization studies

El Achkar, T., Moura, L., Moufawad, T., Ruellan, S., Panda, S., Longuemart, S., Legrand, F. X., Costa Gomes, M., Landy, D., Greige-Gerges, H. & Fourmentin, S.

International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2020, 584, 119443 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119443

 

The crystal structures of 1-(polyfluorophenylmethyl)-3-methylimidazolium bromide salts

Marr, A. C., Saunders, G. C. & Thomas, H. 

Journal of Fluorine Chemistry, 2020, 235, 109556, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2020.109556

 

Impact of Ionic Liquids on Silver Thermoplastic Composite Membrane Polyurethane for Propane/Propylene Separation

Wang, Y., Yong Goh, T., Goodrich, P., Atilhan, M., Khraisheh, M., Rooney, D., Thompson, J. & Jacquemin, J.    

Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2020, 13, 404-415, DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2017.05.008

 

Water-in-CO2 Microemulsions Stabilized by an Efficient Catanionic Surfactant

M Sagisaka, T Saito, M Abe, A Yoshizawa, M Blesic, SE Rogers, S Alexander, F Guittard, C Hill, J Eastoe    

Langmuir, 2020, 36, 7418-7426, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00970

  

Doping Manganese Oxides with Ceria and Ceria Zirconia Using a One-Pot Sol–Gel Method for Low Temperature Diesel Oxidation Catalysts

R O’Donnell, K Ralphs, M Grolleau, H Manyar, N Artioli                                                                      

Topics in Catalysis, 2020, 63, 351–362, DOI: 10.1007/s11244-020-01250-x

  

Inexpensive and tuneable protic ionic liquids based on sulfuric acid for the biphasic synthesis of alkyl levulinates

M Przypis, K Matuszek, A Chrobok, M Swadźba-Kwaśny, D Gillner                                                     

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 308, 113166, DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113166

  

Phenol Recovery from Aromatic Solvents by Formation of Eutectic Liquids with Trialkyl-2, 3-dihydroxypropylammonium Chloride Salts

EL Byrne, JD Holbrey

Sustainable Chemistry, 2020, 1, 49-61, DOI: 10.3390/suschem1010004

  

Hydration of sulfobetaine dizwitterions as a function of alkyl spacer length

OS Hammond, L Moura, G Level, S Imberti, JD Holbrey, M Blesic

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020, 22,16040-16050, DOI: 10.1039/D0CP02654A

  

Enhanced Extraction of Phenol from Model Oils Using Ionic Liquids Elucidated with Neutron Diffraction

A Turner, E Byrne, T Pereira, JD Holbrey

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020, 22, 10219-10226, DOI: 10.1039/D0CP01013H

 

Phosphonium Ionic Liquid-Infused Poly(vinyl chloride) Surfaces Possessing Potent Antifouling Properties

MP Wylie, SEJ Bell, P Nockemann, R Bell, CP McCoy

ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 7771, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03528

 

Multicharge zwitterionic molecules: Hydration, kosmotropicity and anti-fouling potential

G Level, J Zhang, J Brown, O Hammond, B Hannigan, L Stella, P Nockemann, M Blesic

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2020, 562, p. 391, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.12.009

 

Quinine Based Ionic Liquids: A Tonic for Base Instability

P McNeice, FM Ferrero Vallana, SJ Coles, PN Horton, PC Marr, KR Seddon, AC Marr

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 297, 111773, DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111773


Seddon Memorial, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2019 Seddon Memorial, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2019
R Boyd et al., Green Chem., 2019, 21, 2583 R Boyd et al., Green Chem., 2019, 21, 2583
K Ralphs et al, Chemistry Select, 2018, 3, 11706 K Ralphs et al, Chemistry Select, 2018, 3, 11706

2019


Thermal Properties of Choline Chloride/Urea System Studied under Moisture-Free Atmosphere

M Gilmore, M Swadzba-Kwasny, JD Holbrey

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data. 64, 12, p. 5248-5255, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.9b00474

 

Investigation of glycerol hydrogen-bonding networks in choline chloride/glycerol eutectic-forming liquids using neutron diffraction

J Holbrey, A Turner

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019, 21, p. 21782-21789, DOI: 10.1039/C9CP04343H

 

Borenium Ionic Liquids as Alternative to BF3 in Polyalphaolefins (PAOs) Synthesis

JM Hogg, A Ferrer-Ugalde, F Coleman, M Swadzba-Kwasny

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2019, 7, 17, p. 15044-15052, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b03621

 

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering: Virtual Special Issue on Advanced Reaction Media

M Swadzba-Kwasny, P Licence

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 2019, 7, 15, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b04069

VSI dedicated to the memory of QUILL founder and director, Prof. Ken Seddon

 

Solution structure of propane and propene dissolved in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}imide from neutron diffraction with H/D substitution and empirical potential structure refinement modelling

L Moura, M Gilmore, SK Callear, TGA Youngs, JD Holbrey

Molecular physics, 2019, 117, 3364-3375, DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1649495

 

Halogen-bond mediated efficient storage of extremely volatile perfluoroiodides in ionic liquids

D Gaspard, KR Seddon, PKJ Robertson, HQN Gunaratne

Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 9088, DOI: 10.1039/C9CC04198B

 

Aqueous biphasic systems formed in (zwitterionic salt+inorganic salt) mixtures

J Mills, G Level, C Mangwandi, M Blesic

Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2019, 91, 1351, DOI: 10.1515/pac-2018-1222

 

Utilizing crude waste glycerol in the biorefinery: glycerol gels for in situ substrate delivery to whole cell biocatalysts

KM Bothwell, V Krasňan, F Lorenzini, M Rebros, AC Marr, and PC Marr

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 9948, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00891

 

Production of 1,3-Propanediol from Pure and Crude Glycerol Using Immobilised Clostridium Butyricum

I Dolejš, M Líšková, V Krasňan, K Markošová, M Rosenberg, F Lorenzini, AC Marr, M Rebros

Catalysts, 2019, 9, 317, DOI: 10.3390/catal9040317

 

Ionic liquids tethered to a preorganised 1,2-diamide motif for extraction of lanthanides

R Boyd, L Jina, P Nockemann, PKJ Robertson, L Stella, R Ruhela, KR Seddon and HQN Gunaratne

Green Chemistry, 2019, 21, 2583, DOI: 10.1039/C9GC00089E

 

Mechanisms of Iodide–Triiodide Exchange Reactions in Ionic Liquids: A Reactive Molecular-Dynamics Exploration

A Byrne, EM Bringa, MG Del Pópolo, JJ Kohanoff, V Galassi and NJ English

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019, 20, 1123, DOI: 10.3390/ijms20051123

 

Effect of Water on Deep Eutectic Solvent/β-Cyclodextrin Systems

GC Dugoni, ME Di Pietro, M Ferro, F Castiglione, S Ruellan, T Moufawad, L Moura, MF Costa Gomes, S Fourmentin, and A Mele

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 7, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00315

 

A magnetic self-contained thermochromic system with convenient temperature range

F Billeci, HQN Gunaratne, F D'Anna, GG Morgan, KR Seddon and NV Plechkova

Green Chemistry, 2019, 21, 1412, DOI: 10.1039/C8GC03906B

 

First Evidence of Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes in a Deep Eutectic Solvent

T Moufawad, L Moura, M Ferreira, H Bricout, S Tilloy, E Monflier, M Costa Gomes, D Landy, S Fourmentin

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 6345, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00044

 

Combining MCR-ALS and EXAFS as tools for speciation of highly chlorinated chromium(iii) in mixtures of deep eutectic solvents and water

T Verdonck, P Verpoort, J De Strycker, A De Cleene, D Banerjee, P Nockemann, R Van Deun, K Van Hecke

Dalton Transaction, 2019, 48, 2318, DOI: 10.1039/C8DT04292F

 

Water-in-CO2 Microemulsions Stabilized by Fluorinated Cation–Anion Surfactant Pairs

M Sagisaka, T Saito, A Yoshizawa, SE Rogers, F Guittard, C Hill, J Eastoe, and M Blesic

Langmuir, 2019, 35, 3445, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03942

 

Highly efficient synthesis of alkyl levulinates from α-angelica lactone, catalysed with Lewis acidic trifloaluminate ionic liquids supported on carbon nanotubes

P Latos, A Szelwicka, S Boncel, S Jurczyk, M Swadźba-Kwaśny, and A Chrobok

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 5184, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06066

 

Using Thermodynamics to Assess the Molecular Interactions of Tetrabutylphosphonium Carboxylate-Water Mixtures

DJ Yeadon, J Jacquemin, NV Plechkova, M Costa Gomes and KR Seddon

Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 72, 144, DOI: 10.1071/CH18481

 

Protic Ionic Liquids Based on Oligomeric Anions [(HSO4)(H2SO4)x]- (x=0, 1, or 2) for a Clean ε-Caprolactam Synthesis

K Matuszek, A Brzeczek-Szafran, D Kobus, DR MacFarlane, M Swadźba-Kwaśny and A Chrobok

Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 72, 130, DOI: 10.1071/CH18384

 

Ionic Liquid Microcapsules: Formation and Application of Polystyrene Microcapsules with Ionic liquid Cores

I Lobato-Guarnido, AF Routh, MD Mantle, M Fernandez-Serrano and PC Marr

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 2, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05478

 

Basic Ionic Liquid Gels for Catalysis: Application to the Hydrogen Borrowing Mediated Dehydration of 1,3-Propanediol

KM Bothwell, F Lorenzini, E Mathers, PC Marr, and AC Marr

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 2686, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05762

 

Ionic Liquids — Further Progress on the Fundamental Issues

M Kar, NV Plechkova, KR Seddon, JM Pringle and DR MacFarlane

Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 72, 3, DOI: 10.1071/CH18541


L Brown et al., Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 8689 L Brown et al., Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 8689
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2018


 

Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents Incorporating Trioctylphosphine Oxide: Advanced Liquid Extractants

M Gilmore, É McCourt, F Connolly, P Nockemann, M Swadźba-Kwaśny and JD Holbrey

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 17323, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b04843


Heterogenized ionic liquid-metal oxide hybrids: Enhanced catalytic activity in the liquid-phase Beckmann rearrangement

H Annath, S Chapman, G Donnelly, PC Marr, AC Marr and R Raja

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 16797 DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b04073


Efficient extraction of a docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-rich lipid fraction from Thraustochytrium sp. using ionic liquids

Y Zhang, V Ward, D Dennis, NV Plechkova, R Armenta and L Rehmann

Materials, 2018, 11, 1986, DOI: 10.3390/ma11101986


Water-tolerant trifloaluminate ionic liquids: new and unique Lewis acidic catalysts for the synthesis of chromane

P Latos, A Culkin, N Barteczko, S Boncel, S Jurczyk, LC Brown, P Nockemann, A Chrobok and M Swadźba-Kwaśny

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2018, 6, 535, DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00535


Vaporization thermodynamics of ionic liquids with tetraalkylphosphonium cations

DH Zaitsau, N Plechkova, and SP Verevkin

Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2018, 130, 204, DOI: 10.1016/j.jct.2018.10.007


Highly selective reduction of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones under ambient conditions using tetraalkylphosphonium-based ionic liquids

K Ralphs, É McCourt, C Ormandy, TA Carneiro de Souza, P Nockemann, J Jacquemin and HG Manyar

Chemistry Select, 2018, 3, 11706, DOI: 10.1002/slct.201801092


Selective monoalkylation of p-tert-butylcalix-[4]-arene in a methyl carbonate ionic liquid.

RE Whiteside, HQN Gunaratne, AFV Muzio and P Nockemann

Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 12037, DOI: 10.1039/C8CC05566A


Binary alkoxide ionic liquids

P McNeice, AC Marr, PC Marr, MJ Earle and KR Seddon

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 13676, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b04299


Low-temperature tailoring of copper-deficient Cu3−xP – electric properties, phase transitions and performance in lithium-ion batteries

A Wolff, T Doert, J Hunger, M Kaiser, J Pallmann, R Reinhold, S Yogendra, L Giebeler, J Sichelschmidt, W Schnelle, R Whiteside, HQN Gunaratne, P Nockemann, JJ Weigand, E Brunner, and M Ruck

Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30, 7111, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02950


Spontaneous substitutions on phosphorus trihalides in imidazolium halide ionic liquids: A Grotthuss diffusion of anions?

O Holloczki, A Wolff, J Pallmann, R Whiteside, J Hartley MA Grasser, P Nockemann, E Brunner, T Doert and M Ruck

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018, 24, 16323, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201803558


SCILLs as selective catalysts for the oxidation of aromatic alcohols

I Podolean, OD Pavel, HG Manyar, SFR Taylor, K Ralphs, P Goodrich, VI Pârvulescu and C Hardacre

Catalysis Today, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2018.07.014


"Sweet" ionic liquid gels: materials for sweetening of fuels

F Billeci, F D'Anna, HQN Gunaratne, NV Plechkova, and KR Seddon

Green Chemistry, 2018, 20, 4260, DOI: 10.1039/C8GC01615A


Frustrated Lewis pairs in ionic liquids and molecular solvents - a neutron scattering and NMR study of encounter complexes

LC Brown, JM Hogg, M Gilmore, L Moura, S Imberti, S Gärtner, HQN Gunaratne, RJ O’Donnell, N Artioli, JD Holbrey and M Swadźba-Kwaśny

Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 8689, DOI: 10.1039/C8CC03794A


Designing effective homogeneous catalysis for glycerol valorisation: selective synthesis of a value-added aldehyde from 1,3-propanediol via hydrogen transfer catalysed by a highly recyclable, fluorinated Cp*Ir(NHC) catalyst

Y Ma, Y Wang, PJ Morgan, RE Jackson, X Liu, G Saunders, F Lorenzini and AC Marr

Catalysis Today, 2018, 307, 248, DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2017.09.036


Sum frequency generation spectroscopy of tetraalkylphosphonium ionic liquids at the air—liquid interface

C Peñalber-Johnstone, G Adamová, NV Plechkova, M Bahrami, T Ghaed-Sharaf, MH Ghatee, KR Seddon and S Baldelli

Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018, 148, 193841, DOI: 10.1063/1.5009674


Carbon dioxide utilisation for the synthesis of unsymmetrical dialkyl and cyclic carbonates promoted by basic ionic liquids

P Goodrich, HQN Gunaratne, L Jin, Y Lei and KR Seddon

Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 71, 181, DOI: 10.1071/CH17530


A comparison of choline:urea and choline:oxalic acid deep eutectic solvents at 338 K

M Gilmore, L Moura, AH Turner, M Swadźba-Kwaśny, SK Callear, JA McCune, OA Scherman, and JD Holbrey

Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018, 148, 193823, DOI: 10.1063/1.5010246


Impact of SCILL catalysts for the S-S coupling of thiols to disulfides

OD Pavel, I Podolean, VI Parvulescu, SFR Taylor, HG Manyar, K Ralphs, P Goodrich and C Hardacre

Faraday Discussions, 2018, 206, 535, DOI: 10.1039/c7fd00159b


Solubility-modifying power of zwitterionic salts

G Level, MV Fadul and M Blesic

ChemPhysChem, 2018, 19, 575, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201701229


Durable flexible supercapacitors using multifunctional role of ionic liquids

M Lorenzo and G Srinivasan

Energy Technology, 2018, 6, 196, DOI: 10.1002/ente.201700533


JM Hogg et al., Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 11561 JM Hogg et al., Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 11561
HQN Gunaratne et al., Green Chem, 2017, 19, 614 HQN Gunaratne et al., Green Chem, 2017, 19, 614
O Russina et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 1197 O Russina et al., J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 1197

2017


Applying neutron diffraction with isotopic substitution to the structure and proton-transport pathways in protic imidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}imide ionic liquids

AH Turner, M Swadźba-Kwaśny, S Imberti and JD Holbrey

Faraday Discussions, 2018, 206, 247, DOI: 10.1039/C7FD00143F


LCST-phase behaviour and complexation with water of an ionic liquid incorporating the 5-phenyltetrazolate anion

L Moura, LC Brown, M Blesic and JD Holbrey

ChemPhysChem, 2017, 18, 3384, DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201700942


Lewis Acidic Ionic Liquids

LC Brown, JM Hogg and M Swadźba-Kwaśny

Topics in Current Chemistry, 2017, 375, 78, DOI: 10.1007/s41061-017-0166-z


On the mechanism of the iodide-triiodide exchange reaction in a solid-state ionic liquid

J Grossi, JJ Kohanoff, NJ English, EM Bringa and MG Del Pópolo

Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2017, 121, 6436, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b01034


Low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) for ionic liquids: the role of hydrogen bonding and sterics in the formation of stable low molecular weight ionic liquid gels

P McNeice, Y Zhao, J Wang, GF Donnelly and PC Marr

Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 4690, DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02053H


Modeling the vapor–liquid equilibria of ionic liquids containing perfume raw materials

J Cetti, D Eike, FMF Vallana, HQN Gunaratne, LAM Holland, AV Puga, KR Seddon and O Todini

Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2017, 62, 2787, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.7b00116


Liquid coordination complexes of Lewis acidic metal chlorides: Lewis acidity and insights into speciation

JM Hogg, LC Brown, K Matuszek, P Latos, A Chrobok and M Swadźba-Kwaśny

Dalton Transactions, 2017, 46, 11561, DOI: 10.1039/C7DT02408H


Impact of ionic liquids on silver thermoplastic polyurethane composite membranes for propane/propylene separation

Y Wang, TY Goh, P Goodrich, M Atilhan, M Khraisheh, DW Rooney, J Thompson and J Jacquemin

Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2017.05.008


An introduction to zwitterionic salts

M Blesic, BF Gilmore, JD Holbrey, J Jacquemin, G Level, P Nockemann and L Stella

Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 4007, DOI: 10.1039/c7gc01523b


Designing ionic liquids for the extraction of alcohols from fermentation broth: phosphonium alkanesulfonates, solvents for diol extraction

X Liu, M Rebros, I Dolejš and AC Marr

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 8260, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b01934


Sustainable cyclic carbonate production, utilizing carbon dioxide and azolate ionic liquids

P Goodrich, HQN Gunaratne, J Jacquemin, LL Lin, YT Lei and KR Seddon

ASC Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 5635, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00355


Borenium ionic liquids as catalysts for Diels-Alder reaction: tuneable Lewis superacids for catalytic applications

L Matuszek, S Coffie, A Chrobok and M Swadźba-Kwaśny

Catalysis Science & Technology, 2017, 7, 1045, DOI: 10.1039/C7CY00106A


Taming the base catalyzed sol–gel reaction: basic ionic liquid gels of SiO2 and TiO2

KM Bothwell and PC Marr

ASC Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 1260, DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02772


Ionic liquids that form adducts with alcohols

HQN Gunaratne, P McCarron and KR Seddon

Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 614, DOI: 10.1039/C6GC02708C


Liquid-liquid equilibria of ionic liquids-water-acetic acid mixtures

S Wang, J Liu, R Hembre, S Barnicki, P Goodrich, TL Hughes, DW Rooney, C Sink, J Jacquemin and C Hardacre

J Chem Eng Data, 2017, 62, 653, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jced.6b00692


Using chiral ionic liquid additives to enhance asymmetric induction in a Diels–Alder reaction

P Goodrich, HQN Gunaratne, L Hall, Y Wang, L Jin, MJ Muldoon, APC Ribeiro, AJL Pombeiro, VI Pârvulescu, P Davey and C Hardacre

2017, 46, 1704, DOI: 10.1039/C6DT04572C


Intermolecular structure and hydrogen-bonding in liquid 1,2-popylene carbonate and 1,2-glycerol carbonate determined by neutron scattering

YM Delavoux, M Gilmore, MP Atkins, M Swadźba-Kwaśny and JD Holbrey

Phys Chem Chem Phys, 2017, 19, 2867, DOI: 10.1039/C6CP07790K


Ionic liquid—liquid chromatography: A new general purpose separation methodology 

L Brown, MJ Earle, MA Gîlea, NV Plechkova and KR Seddon

Topics in Current Chemistry, 2017, 375, 74, DOI: 10.1007/s41061-017-0159-y


Mesoscopic organization in ionic liquids

O Russina, F Lo Celso, NV Plechkova CJ Jafta, GB Appetecchi and A Triolo

Topics in Current Chemistry, 2017, 375, 58, DOI: 10.1007/s41061-017-0147-2


Emerging evidences of mesoscopic-scale complexity in neat ionic liquids and their mixtures

O Russina, F Lo Celso, NV Plechkova and A Triolo

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2017, 8, 1197, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b02811


X-ray and molecular dynamics studies of butylammonium butanoate-water binary mixtures

U Salma, M Usula, R Caminiti, L Gontrani, NV Plechkova, KR Seddon

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19, 1975, DOI: 10.1039/C6CP06860J


2016


Intrinsically flexible electronic materials for smart device applications

M Lorenzo, B Zhu and G Srinivasan

Green Chemistry, 2016, 18, 3513, DOI: 10.1039/C6GC00826G


Combining bio- and chemo-catalysis for the conversion of bio-renewable alcohols: homogeneous iridium catalysed hydrogen transfer initiated dehydration of 1,3-propanediol to aldehydes

Y-M Wang, F Lorenzini, M Rebros, GC Saunders and AC Marr

Green Chemistry, 2016, 18, 1751, DOI: 10.1039/C5GC02157J


Mercury capture on a supported chlorocuprate(II) ionic liquid adsorbent studied using operando synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy

R Boada, G Cibin, F Coleman, S Diaz-Moreno, D Gianolio, C Hardacre, S Hayama, JD Holbrey, R Ramli, KR Seddon, G Srinivasan and M Swadźba-Kwaśny

Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 18946, DOI: 10.1039/C6DT03014A


Protonic ammonium nitrate ionic liquids and their mixtures: Insights into their thermophysical behavior

JN Canongia Lopes, JMSS Esperança, AM de Ferro, AB Pereiro, NV Plechkova, LPN Rebelo, KR Seddon and I Vázquez-Fernández

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016, 120, 2397, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b11900


Biodiesel production from sewage sludge lipids catalysed by Brønsted acidic ionic liquids

M Olkiewicz, NV Plechkova, MJ.Earle, A Fabregat, F Stüber, A Fortuny, J Font and C Bengoa

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016, 181, 738, DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2015.08.039


2015


Lewis superacidic ionic liquids with tricoordinate borenium cations

S Coffie, JM Hogg, L Cailler, A Ferrer‐Ugalde, RW Murphy, JD Holbrey, F Coleman and M Swadźba‐Kwaśny

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54, 14970, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508653


An ionic liquid process for mercury removal from natural gas

M Abai, MP Atkins, A Hassan, JD Holbrey, Y Kuah, P Nockemann, AA Oliferenko, NV Plechkova, S Rafeen, AA Rahman, R Ramli, SM Shariff, KR Seddon, G Srinivasan and YR Zou

Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 8617, DOI: 10.1039/C4DT03273J


A Recyclable Acidic Ionic Liquid Gel Catalyst for Dehydration: Comparison with an Analogous SILP Catalyst

Y Wang, V Ulrich, GF Donnelly, F Lorenzini, AC Marr and PC Marr

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2015, 3, 792, DOI: 10.1021/sc5008303


Pro-fragrant ionic liquids with stable hemiacetal motifs: water-triggered release of fragrances

HQN Gunaratne, P Nockemann and KR Seddon

Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 4455, DOI: 10.1039/C5CC00099H


Earlier Works


Ionothermal, microwave-assisted synthesis of indium(III) selenide

S Tyrrell, M Swadźba-Kwaśny and P Nockemann

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 2616, DOI: 10.1039/C3TA14478J


Liquid coordination complexes formed by the heterolytic cleavage of metal halides

F Coleman, G Srinivasan and M Swadźba‐Kwaśny

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 12582, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306267


Phosphine oxide functionalised imidazolium ionic liquids as tuneable ligands for lanthanide complexation

JA Vicente, A Mlonka, HQN Gunaratne, M Swadźba-Kwaśny and P Nockemann

Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 6115, DOI: 10.1039/C2CC31544K


Electrochemical studies of gold, protons and [HCl2]- in ionic liquids

L Aldous, DS Silvester, WR Pitner, RG Compton, MC Lagunas and C Hardacre

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2007, 111, 8496, DOI: 10.1021/jp0709555


Dissolution of cellose with ionic liquids

RP Swatloski, SK Spear, JD Holbrey and RD Rogers

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124, 4974, DOI: 10.1021/ja025790m


 

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