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Biofuels blend right in: Researchers show ionic liquids effective for pre-treating mixed blends of biofuel feedstocks

  • Biofuels blend right in: Researchers show ionic liquids effective for pre-treating mixed blends of biofuel feedstocks - Blending different feedstocks and milling the mixture into flour or pellets has significant potential for helping to make biofuels a cost-competitive transportation fuel technology.(10.4155/bfs.12.82)
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    Reducing the cost of oxygen enrichment

    Reducing the cost of oxygen enrichment - A simple synthesis using ionic liquids reduces the cost of studying micro-porous oxide materials by NMR. This could help scientists uncover the chemistry and interactions that occur inside these materials. Reference: J. M. Griffin Chem. Sci., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20155K

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    Ionic liquid drugs hit the spot

    Ionic liquid drugs hit the spot - Pharmaceutically active ionic liquids have been immobilised onto solid supports to enable liquid drugs to be administered in solid form. Scientists from the US and Europe hope that their work will make the pharmaceutical industry consider ionic liquids as a viable alternative to solid drugs. Reference: K Bica et al, Chem. Commun., 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c2cc30959a