α-lipoic acid (LA), a coenzyme, has proved to have excellent antioxidant and antibacterial activities; however, its intrinsic hydrophobicity metastability of polyLA remains major challenge for the application LA-based bulk materials in biomedical field. Herein, self-stabilized deep eutectic supramolecular polymer (LA-DESP) adhesive is created by one-step heating mixture LA sodium α-lipoate (LA-...

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are eutectic mixtures of salts and hydrogen bond donors with melting points low enough to be used as solvents. DESs have proved to be a good alternative to traditional organic solvents and ionic liquids (ILs) in many biocatalytic processes. Apart from the benign characteristics similar to those of ILs (e.g., low volatility, low inflammability and low melting point)...

Background Waste biomass from agro-food industries are a reliable and readily exploitable resource. From the circular economy point of view, direct residues from these industries exploited for production of fuel/chemicals is a winning issue, because it reduces the environmental/cost impact and improves the eco-sustainability of productions. Results The present paper reports recent results of ...

An exploratory study of the synthesis of vanadium (oxy)fluorides (VOFs) using ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic mixtures (DESs) as a solvent yielded 10 different materials. The previously reported chain type: (NH(4))(2)VF(5) (1), (NH(4))(2)VOF(4) (2), NH(4)VO(3) (3) and (H(2)NH(2)(CH(2))(2)NH(2))VF(5) (9) have been successfully produced for the first time using ILs as the reaction media. Th...

Herein, we report the first application of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) in radical-mediated hydrothiolation reactions.

Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents as suitable alternatives to toxic used in the conservation of Cultural Heritage sector.

Deep eutectic solvents show interesting prospects as more sustainable alternatives for metal separation and recovery.

Catalytic dissolution of metals from printed circuit boards using a calcium chloride–based deep eutectic solvent.