All Stories

  1. Microbial Enzymes in the Bioremediation of Pollutants

    Article • June 2023, Bentham Science Publishers

    Dr Ana Paula M Tavares, Mara Freire

  2. Tailoring the partitioning of proteins using ionic liquids as adjuvants in polymer-polymer aqueous biphasic systems

    Article • Green Chemical Engineering, December 2022, Tsinghua University Press

    Mara Freire

  3. Deep eutectic solvents comprising active pharmaceutical ingredients in the development of drug delivery systems

    Article • Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Mara Freire, Dr Carmen S.R. Freire

  4. Monoclonal Antibodies - Addressing the Challenges on the Manufacturing Processing of an Advanced Class of Therapeutic Agents

    Article • November 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Mara Freire

  5. Enhanced tunability afforded by aqueous biphasic systems formed by fluorinated ionic liquids and carbohydrates

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire

  6. Mutual solubilities between water and non-aromatic sulfonium-, ammonium- and phosphonium-hydrophobic ionic liquids

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire

  7. One-step extraction and concentration of estrogens for an adequate monitoring of wastewater using ionic-liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire, Professor Valdemar I. Esteves

  8. Hydrogen-bond acidity of ionic liquids: an extended scale

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire

  9. Contact angles and wettability of ionic liquids on polar and non-polar surfaces

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire

  10. Effect of salts on the solubility of ionic liquids in water: experimental and electrolyte Perturbed-Chain Statistical Associating Fluid Theory

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire

  11. Molecular interactions in aqueous biphasic systems composed of polyethylene glycol and crystalline vs. liquid cholinium-based salts

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire, Dr Robin D Rogers

  12. Extended scale for the hydrogen-bond basicity of ionic liquids

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire

  13. Development of back-extraction and recyclability routes for ionic-liquid-based aqueous two-phase systems

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire

  14. Ionic liquid solutions as extractive solvents for value-added compounds from biomass

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire

  15. The impact of ionic liquid fluorinated moieties on their thermophysical properties and aqueous phase behaviour

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire

  16. Aqueous biphasic systems composed of ionic liquids and sodium carbonate as enhanced routes for the extraction of tetracycline

    Article • Biotechnology Progress, March 2013, Wiley

    Mara Freire

  17. Combining ionic liquids and polyethylene glycols to boost the hydrophobic–hydrophilic range of aqueous biphasic systems

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire, Dr Robin D Rogers

  18. Improved detection of bisphenol A in human fluids

    Article • Analytical Methods, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire, Ana C.A. Sousa

  19. Aqueous biphasic systems: a boost brought about by using ionic liquids

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Mara Freire, José Nuno Canongia Lopes