John Holbrey
Queen's University Belfast
Lecturer, Chemistry
United Kingdom
My co-authors include
José Nuno Canongia Lopes
Dr Carmine D'Agostino
Dr James McGregor
My Publications
Solution structure of propane and propene dissolved in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methy...
Molecular Physics
August 2019
Association and liquid structure of pyridine–acetic acid mixtures determined from neutr...
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
January 2015
ChemInform Abstract: Halometallate Ionic Liquids - Revisited
ChemInform
April 2014
Halometallate ionic liquids – revisited
Chemical Society Reviews
January 2014
ChemInform Abstract: Methylation Using Dimethylcarbonate Catalyzed by Ionic Liquids und...
ChemInform
March 2013
Understanding the Effects of Ionicity in Salts, Solvates, Co-Crystals, Ionic Co-Crystal...
Crystal Growth & Design
March 2013
Phase Behaviour, Interactions, and Structural Studies of (Amines+Ionic Liquids) Binary ...
ChemPhysChem
February 2012
Determining relative rates of cellulose dissolution in ionic liquids through in situ vi...
Chemical Communications
January 2012
Methylation using dimethylcarbonate catalysed by ionic liquids under continuous flow co...
Green Chemistry
January 2012
A greener, halide-free approach to ionic liquid synthesis
Pure and Applied Chemistry
December 2011
Reaction of elemental chalcogens with imidazolium acetates to yield imidazole-2-chalcog...
Chemical Communications
January 2011
Neutron diffraction, NMR and molecular dynamics study of glucose dissolved in the ionic...
Chemical Science
January 2011
ChemInform Abstract: Molecular Modelling of Carboranes Using Distance Restraints: The M...
ChemInform
September 2010
Small angle neutron scattering from 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ion...
The Journal of Chemical Physics
August 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Optimized Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Methylcarbonate Salts: A...
ChemInform
July 2010
Structure and Dynamics of 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate via Molecular Dynamics an...
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
June 2010
ChemInform Abstract: A Highly Efficient Synthetic Procedure for Deuteriating Imidazoles...
ChemInform
May 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Ionic Liquids: The Combinatorial Challenge
ChemInform
May 2010
ChemInform Abstract: Green Chemistry and Ionic Liquids: Synergies and Ironies
ChemInform
May 2010
Solid and liquid charge-transfer complex formation between 1-methylnaphthalene and 1-al...
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
January 2010
Ionic liquid S-alkylthiouronium salts
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2010
Optimised microwave-assisted synthesis of methylcarbonate salts: a convenient methodolo...
Green Chemistry
January 2010
A Neutron Diffraction and Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Acetate-Based Ionic Liqui...
January 2010
Kinetic model for the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass in the ionic liquid, 1-ethy...
Green Chemistry
January 2009
New catanionic surfactants based on 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium alkylsulfonates, [CnH2n...
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
January 2009
Liquid Structure of the Ionic Liquid, 1-Methyl-4-cyanopyridinium Bis{(trifluoromethyl)s...
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
July 2008
Ion Association in [bmim][PF 6 ]/Naphthalene Mixtures: An Experimental and Computation...
Journal of the American Chemical Society
June 2008
ChemInform Abstract: Structure and Solvation in Ionic Liquids
ChemInform
February 2008
Desulfurisation of oils using ionic liquids: selection of cationic and anionic componen...
Green Chemistry
January 2008
Designing ionic liquids with boron cluster anions: alkylpyridinium and imidazolium [nid...
Dalton Transactions
January 2008
Ionic liquid characteristics of 1-alkyl-n-cyanopyridinium and 1-alkyl-n-(trifluoromethy...
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2008
Glucose Solvation by the Ionic Liquid 1,3-Dimethylimidazolium Chloride: A Simulation S...
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
December 2007
Structure and Solvation in Ionic Liquids
Accounts of Chemical Research
November 2007
Hydrophobicn-Alkyl-N-isoquinolinium Salts: Ionic Liquids and Low Melting Solids
August 2007
Solid-State Analysis of Low-Melting 1,3-Dialkylimidazolium Hexafluorophosphate Salts (I...
Crystal Growth & Design
June 2007
Approaches to Crystallization from Ionic Liquids: Complex Solvents—Complex Results, or,...
ChemInform
March 2007
Sensor technologies based on a cellulose supported platform
Chemical Communications
January 2007
Ionic liquids via reaction of the zwitterionic 1,3-dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate wi...
Green Chemistry
January 2007
Templated electrodeposition of silver nanowires in a nanoporous polycarbonate membrane ...
Applied Physics A
December 2006
A Molecular Dynamics Study of Glucose Solvation in the Ionic Liquid 1,3-Dimethylimidazo...
ChemPhysChem
November 2006
The structure of [Co(H-tptz)Cl3]·H2O (tptz=2,4,6-tri(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine) prepare...
Journal of Chemical Crystallography
November 2006
In Search of Ionic Liquids Incorporating Azolate Anions
Chemistry - A European Journal
June 2006
Separations of metal ions using ionic liquids: The challenges of multiple mechanisms
Tsinghua Science & Technology
April 2006
Combustible ionic liquids by design: is laboratory safety another ionic liquid myth?
Chemical Communications
January 2006
Approaches to crystallization from ionic liquids: complex solvents–complex results, or,...
Chemical Communications
January 2006
Strategies toward the design of energetic ionic liquids: nitro- and nitrile-substituted...
New Journal of Chemistry
January 2006
Prediction of the Formation and Stabilities of Energetic Salts and Ionic Liquids Based ...
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
December 2005
Ionic Liquid-Reconstituted Cellulose Composites as Solid Support Matrices for Biocataly...
Biomacromolecules
September 2005
Applying Ionic Liquids for Controlled Processing of Polymer Materials
July 2005
Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Cross-Linked Poly(ethylene glycol) Netw...
July 2005
Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids
ChemInform
July 2005
1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium 3,5-Dinitro-1,2,4-triazolate: A Novel Ionic Liquid Containi...
ChemInform
June 2005
Effect of Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups on Protein Stability in Ionic Liquid Solu...
March 2005
Ionic Liquid Technologies for Utilization in Nuclear-Based Separations
March 2005
Ionic liquids as solvent and solvent additives for the synthesis of sol–gel materials
Journal of Materials Chemistry
January 2005
1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium 3,5-dinitro-1,2,4-triazolate: a novel ionic liquid containi...
Chemical Communications
January 2005
Identical extraction behavior and coordination of trivalent or hexavalent f-element cat...
Dalton Transactions
January 2005
Gelation of Ionic Liquids Using a Cross-Linked Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Gel Matrix
Chemistry of Materials
August 2004
Application of Poly(ethylene glycol)-based Aqueous Biphasic Systems as Reaction and Rea...
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
August 2004
Application of polyethylene glycol-based aqueous biphasic reactive extraction to the ca...
Journal of Chromatography B
July 2004
Using Caenorhabditis elegans to Probe Toxicity of 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride ...
ChemInform
July 2004
Production of Bioactive Cellulose Films Reconstituted from Ionic Liquids
Biomacromolecules
July 2004
Extraction of Cesium Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using Calix[4]arene-bis( tert -octylb...
Analytical Chemistry
June 2004
Using Caenorhabditis elegans to probe toxicity of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ...
Chemical Communications
January 2004
Crystal structures of imidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ‘ionic liquid’ sal...
Dalton Transactions
January 2004
Heat Capacities of Ionic Liquids and Their Applications as Thermal Fluids
August 2003
Selection of Ionic Liquids for Green Chemical Applications
August 2003
Polar, Non-Coordinating Ionic Liquids as Solvents for Coordination Polymerization of Ol...
August 2003
Liquid and Solid-State Structures of 1,3-Dimethylimidazolium Salts
August 2003
Solubility and Solvation in Ionic Liquids
ChemInform
July 2003
Controlling the Aqueous Miscibility of Ionic Liquids: Aqueous Biphasic Systems of Wate...
Journal of the American Chemical Society
June 2003
Mercury(ii) partitioning from aqueous solutions with a new, hydrophobic ethylene-glycol...
Green Chemistry
March 2003
Liquid clathrate formation in ionic liquid–aromatic mixturesElectronic supplementary in...
Chemical Communications
January 2003
Ionic liquids are not always green: hydrolysis of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluor...
Green Chemistry
January 2003
Ionic liquid salt-induced inactivation and unfolding of cellulase from Trichoderma reesei
Green Chemistry
January 2003
Structure of molten 1,3-dimethylimidazolium chloride using neutron diffraction
The Journal of Chemical Physics
January 2003
New ionic liquids containing an appended hydroxyl functionality from the atom-efficient...
Green Chemistry
January 2003
Crystal polymorphism in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium halides: supporting ionic liquid fo...
Chemical Communications
January 2003
1,3-Dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate: the unexpected synthesis of an ionic liquid prec...
Chemical Communications
December 2002
Efficient, halide free synthesis of new, low cost ionic liquids: 1,3-dialkylimidazolium...
Green Chemistry
September 2002
Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids: Technology Review
July 2002
Green Chemistry and Ionic Liquids: Synergies and Ironies
July 2002
Small-Angle Scattering from Long-Chain Alkylimidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids
July 2002
Polar, non-coordinating ionic liquids as solvents for the alternating copolymerization ...
Chemical Communications
May 2002
Application of ionic liquids as plasticizers for poly(methyl methacrylate)
Chemical Communications
May 2002
Conventional free radical polymerization in room temperature ionic liquids: a green app...
Chemical Communications
May 2002
Dissolution of Cellose with Ionic Liquids
Journal of the American Chemical Society
May 2002
Alternating copolymerisation of styrene and carbon monoxide in ionic liquids
Green Chemistry
March 2002
Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Studies of Liquid Crystalline 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ...
Chemistry of Materials
February 2002
On the solubilization of water with ethanol in hydrophobic hexafluorophosphate ionic li...
Green Chemistry
December 2001
Hydrophobic ionic liquids incorporating N-alkylisoquinolinium cations and their utiliza...
Chemical Communications
November 2001
Solvation of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate in aqueous ethanol–a gre...
Chemical Communications
September 2001
Molecular layering and local order in thin films of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic l...
Molecular Physics
May 2001
A highly efficient synthetic procedure for deuteriating imidazoles and imidazolium salts
Chemical Communications
January 2001
A simple colorimetric method for the quality control of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ion...
Green Chemistry
January 2001
Crystal and liquid crystalline polymorphism in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachlorop...
Journal of Materials Chemistry
January 2001
Designing Ionic Liquids: Imidazolium Melts with Inert Carborane Anions
Journal of the American Chemical Society
August 2000
Solubilization of an Ionic Liquid, l-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Hexafluorophosphate, in ...
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology
January 2000
Ionic Liquids — The Combinatorial Challenge
January 2000
Ionic Liquids
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
December 1999
The Heck Reaction in Ionic Liquids: A Multiphasic Catalyst System
Organic Letters
October 1999
A Method for Studying the Structure of Low-Temperature Ionic Liquids by XAFS
Analytical Chemistry
October 1999
The phase behaviour of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborates; ionic liquids an...
Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions
January 1999
Ionic liquid crystals: hexafluorophosphate salts
Journal of Materials Chemistry
January 1998
Amphotropic Properties of Multi-Palladium and -Platinum Liquid Crystals [1]
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Cryst...
January 1997
Flat Mesomorphic Metal Organyls
Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Cryst...
September 1996
Inclusions between large flat organic molecules; the induction of columns and mesophases
Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry
January 1996
Amphiphilic terpyridine complexes of ruthenium and rhodium displaying lyotropic mesomor...
Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions
January 1995
Lyotropic mesomorphism in surfactant bipyridine complexes of Ru II
Journal of Materials Chemistry
January 1993
Molecular modelling of carboranes using distance restraints: the molecular dynamics sim...
Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions
January 1993
Physicochemical Properties of Ionic Liquids
Physicochemical Properties