Hua Zhao
University of Northern Colorado
Professor, Chemistry
United States
My Publications
“Water-like” Dual-Functionalized Ionic Liquids for Enzyme Activation
ACS Omega
September 2019
Ether-functionalized ionic liquids for nonaqueous biocatalysis: Effect of different cat...
Process Biochemistry
June 2019
The role of extracellular matrix stiffness in regulating cytoskeletal remodeling via vi...
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
January 2019
Effect of betulinic acid and its ionic derivatives on M-MuLV replication
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
June 2018
Quantum Chemical Evaluation of Deep Eutectic Solvents for the Extractive Desulfurizatio...
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
March 2018
Glycol-functionalized ionic liquids for high-temperature enzymatic ring-opening polymer...
RSC Advances
January 2018
Enzymatic ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of polylactones: roles of non-aqueous solvents
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
November 2017
Design rules of ionic liquids tasked for highly efficient fuel desulfurization by mild ...
Fuel
February 2017
Enzymatic ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of lactides and lactone in ionic liquids an...
RSC Advances
January 2017
Tuning Task-Specific Ionic Liquids for the Extractive Desulfurization of Liquid Fuel
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
August 2016
G-quadruplex DNA-based asymmetric catalysis of michael addition: Effects of sonication,...
Biotechnology Progress
May 2016
Microwave-induced inactivation of DNA-based hybrid catalyst in asymmetric catalysis
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
March 2016
Lipase Activation and Stability Enhancement in Ionic Liquids
January 2016
Protein stabilization and enzyme activation in ionic liquids: specific ion effects
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
November 2015
Oxidative desulfurization of fuels using ionic liquids: A review
Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering
September 2015
Ionic derivatives of betulinic acid exhibit antiviral activity against herpes simplex v...
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
August 2015
Task-Specific Ionic Liquids for Electrochemical Applications
January 2015
DNA-based asymmetric catalysis: role of ionic solvents and glymes
RSC Advances
October 2014
DNA stability in ionic liquids
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
September 2014
Ternary Deep Eutectic Solvents Tasked for Carbon Dioxide Capture
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
July 2014
Deep Eutectic Solvents: Sustainable Media for Nanoscale and Functional Materials
Accounts of Chemical Research
June 2014
The use of glymes in chemical reactions and processes
RSC Advances
January 2014
Aqueous ionic liquid for cellulose pretreatment
RSC Advances
January 2014
Activation of Commercial CaO for Biodiesel Production from Rapeseed Oil Using a Novel D...
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
August 2013
Glymes for biodiesel preparation
Bioresource Technology
July 2013
Glymes as new solvents for lipase activation and biodiesel preparation
Bioresource Technology
February 2013
Choline-based deep eutectic solvents for enzymatic preparation of biodiesel from soybea...
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
January 2013
Ionic liquids containing fluorinated β-diketonate anions: synthesis, characterization a...
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2013
Ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for biodiesel synthesis: a review
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
November 2012
Characterizing the binding of nucleotide ATP on serum albumin by 31P NMR diffusion
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
May 2012
Ionic Liquids as (Co-)Solvents for Hydrolytic Enzymes
March 2012
New ionic derivatives of betulinic acid as highly potent anti-cancer agents
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
February 2012
Applications of functionalized ionic liquids
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2012
Glycol-functionalized ionic liquids for cellulose pretreatment
Green Chemistry
January 2012
Protease activation in glycerol-based deep eutectic solvents
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
November 2011
Ionic derivatives of betulinic acid as novel HIV-1 protease inhibitors
Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry
October 2011
Fluorescence energy transfer efficiency in labeled yeast cytochrome c: a rapid screen f...
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
January 2011
Deep eutectic solvents for biocatalysis
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
January 2011
High transesterification activities of immobilized proteases in new ether-functionalize...
Biotechnology Letters
April 2010
Methods for stabilizing and activating enzymes in ionic liquids-a review
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
March 2010
Migration of reactive trace compounds from Novozym® 435 into organic solvents and ionic...
Biochemical Engineering Journal
March 2010
Myosin-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis elucidated by 31P NMR kinetic studies and 1H PFG-diffus...
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
September 2009
New Ether-Functionalized Ionic Liquids for Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Biodiesel
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
July 2009
Effect of ionic liquid properties on lipase stabilization under microwave irradiation
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
May 2009
Fast enzymatic saccharification of switchgrass after pretreatment with ionic liquids
Biotechnology Progress
January 2009
Lipase dissolution and stabilization in ether-functionalized ionic liquids
Green Chemistry
January 2009
Regenerating cellulose from ionic liquids for an accelerated enzymatic hydrolysis
Journal of Biotechnology
January 2009
Elucidation of spermidine interaction with nucleotide ATP by multiple NMR techniques
Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
January 2009
Microwave-Assisted Esterification of N-Acetyl-L-Phenylalanine Using Modified Mukaiyama’...
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
January 2008
Designing enzyme-compatible ionic liquids that can dissolve carbohydrates
Green Chemistry
January 2008
Using Ionic Liquid [EMIM][CH3COO] as an Enzyme-“Friendly” Co-Solvent for Resolution of ...
ChemInform
February 2007
Nuclear magnetic relaxation of water in ionic-liquid solutions: determining the kosmotr...
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
January 2007
INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS OF IONIC LIQUIDS AS “GREEN” ENGINEERING LIQUIDS
Chemical Engineering Communications
December 2006
Using ionic liquid [EMIM][CH3COO] as an enzyme-‘friendly’ co-solvent for resolution of ...
Tetrahedron Asymmetry
October 2006
Viscosity B-coefficients and standard partial molar volumes of amino acids, and their r...
Biophysical Chemistry
August 2006
Enhancing protease enantioselectivity by ionic liquids based on chiral- or ω-amino acids
Tetrahedron Asymmetry
June 2006
Use of Ionic Liquids as ′Green′ Solvents for Extractions
ChemInform
April 2006
Improving the Enzyme Catalytic Efficiency Using Ionic Liquids with Kosmotropic Anions
Chinese Journal of Chemistry
April 2006
Hofmeister series of ionic liquids: kosmotropic effect of ionic liquids on the enzymati...
Tetrahedron Asymmetry
February 2006
Effect of kosmotropicity of ionic liquids on the enzyme stability in aqueous solutions
Bioorganic Chemistry
February 2006
Are ionic liquids kosmotropic or chaotropic? An evaluation of available thermodynamic p...
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
January 2006
Are ionic liquids kosmotropic or chaotropic? An evaluation of available thermodynamic p...
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
January 2006
Effect of ions and other compatible solutes on enzyme activity, and its implication for...
Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic
December 2005
Use of ionic liquids as ‘green’ solvents for extractions
Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
January 2005
Enantioseparation of the esters of α-N-acetyl amino acids by lipase in ionic liquid
Chirality
January 2005
Radial Distribution Functions In Liquids And Fractal Aggregates
Chemical Engineering Communications
January 2005
Current Studies on Some Physical Properties of Ionic Liquids
ChemInform
May 2004
Review: Current studies on some physical properties of ionic liquids
Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
December 2003
Esterification of Amino Acids by Using Ionic Liquid as a Green Catalyst
ChemInform
November 2003
PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THREE ROOM-TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS
Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
October 2003
Kinetic Study on the Enzymatic Resolution of Homophenylalanine Ester Using Ionic Liquids
Biotechnology Progress
June 2003
Esterification of Amino Acids by Using Ionic Liquid as a Green Catalyst
November 2002
A new equation of state (hsft) based on fractal theory
Chemical Engineering Communications
September 2002
Concise Synthesis and Enzymatic Resolution of L-(+)-Homophenylalanine Hydrochloride
Enantiomer A Journal of Stereochemistry
January 2002
Biotechnology Letters
January 2002
