Ionic liquids enable highly efficient Knoevenagel reaction by dual-responsive emulsion microreactor

CO2-responsive gels

“…These include polymers and polymer colloids; 50,53,[58][59][60][61] solvents, 54,62,63 catalysts, [64][65][66] and surfactants; 54,67,68 surfaces and coatings; 69,70 emulsions; [71][72][73][74][75] foams; [76][77][78] membranes; 63,79,80 particles and latexes; [81][82][83] cotton fibres, [84][85][86] and ionic liquids. [87][88][89] Similarly, CO 2 -induced self-assembled structures with complex morphologies have been realised including vesicles, 90,91 worm-like micelles, [92][93][94] and nano-objects. [95][96][97] As a subset of CO 2 -responsive polymers, gels (i.e., cross linked polymers) have attracted increased interest over recent years due to advantages provided by their insolubility and the range of particle sizes that they can embody (from nanogels to macrogels).…”

“…These include polymers and polymer colloids; 50,53,58–61 solvents, 54,62,63 catalysts, 64–66 and surfactants; 54,67,68 surfaces and coatings; 69,70 emulsions; 71–75 foams; 76–78 membranes; 63,79,80 particles and latexes; 81–83 cotton fibres, 84–86 and ionic liquids. 87–89 Similarly, CO 2 -induced self-assembled structures with complex morphologies have been realised including vesicles, 90,91 worm-like micelles, 92–94 and nano-objects. 95–97…”

The antibacterial activity and mechanism of imidazole chloride ionic liquids on Staphylococcus aureus

“…New, high-performing antimicrobial and antiviral materials have to be developed. As a combination of salt and organics, ionic liquids (ILs) have been endowed with abundant and diverse properties (Zhang et al, 2014 ), including low volatility, a wide electrochemical window, a highly tunable structure, and thermal stability, which have been widely used as solvents (Liang et al, 2019 ; Shamshina and Berton, 2020 ), extractants (Gao et al, 2020 ; Wang et al, 2022 ), catalysts (Li et al, 2021 ; Sadjadi, 2021 ; Yuan et al, 2023 ), electrolytes (Fu et al, 2022 ), and so on. ILs could be self-assembled into low-dimensional nanoparticles due to their strong interactions between the cations and anions, H-bond direction, and large molecular volume (Dupont, 2011 ; Chen et al, 2014 ).…”

Photo-switchable phosphotungstic acid active sites in metal–organic frameworks for a tailorable deacetalization reaction

“…For example, the skin color of the chameleon changes according to external stimuli, and the leaves of the mimosa close when touched by the outside world. [14][15][16] Inspired by these phenomena, scientists have designed many stimuli-responsive materials whose physicochemical properties can be modulated with the change in the external environment, such as pH, 17,18 temperature, 19,20 light, ultrasonic waves, and magnetic elds. [21][22][23][24] These stimuli-responsive materials are used in drug delivery, sensors, articial muscles and other elds widely.…”