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  1. Differences on the impact of water on the deep eutectic solvents betaine/urea and choline/urea

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, July 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho

  2. Recovery of metals from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) using unconventional solvents based on ionic liquids

    Article • Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Nicolas Papaiconomou, Professor Joao AP Coutinho

  3. Aqueous Biphasic Systems Using Chiral Ionic Liquids for the Enantioseparation of Mandelic Acid Enantiomers

    Article • Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho

  4. Glycine-betaine ionic liquid analogues as novel phase-forming components of aqueous biphasic systems

    Article • Biotechnology Progress, August 2018, Wiley

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho

  5. Aqueous biphasic systems in the separation of food colorants

    Article • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, April 2018, Wiley

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho

  6. Potential of aqueous two-phase systems for the separation of levodopa from similar biomolecules

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, February 2018, Wiley

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho

  7. In situ purification of periplasmatic L-asparaginase by aqueous two phase systems with ionic liquids (ILs) as adjuvants

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho

  8. The magic of aqueous solutions of ionic liquids: ionic liquids as a powerful class of catanionic hydrotropes

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

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho

  9. The effect of the cation alkyl chain branching on mutual solubilities with water and toxicities

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

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho

  10. Designing ionic liquids for absorptive cooling

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

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho

  11. “Washing-out” ionic liquids from polyethylene glycol to form aqueous biphasic systems

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

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho, José Gomes

  12. Good's buffers as a basis for developing self-buffering and biocompatible ionic liquids for biological research

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

    Professor Joao AP Coutinho