Overview
- A useful guide for those engaged in the extraction of high-value products and downstream processing
- Provides an overview of aqueous biphasic systems composed of ionic liquids (from fundamentals to their applications)
- Presents an insightful discussion on the respective phase diagrams and on the ability to form aqueous biphasic systems with ionic liquids
- Summarizes several successful applications of ionic-liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems in the extraction and purification of value-added products
- Provides an outline on the developments to date towards achieving sustainable processes, along with further suggestions on the steps-to-follow
Part of the book series: Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology (GCST)
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This book offers comprehensive information on the fundamentals and applications of ionic-liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems, which have predominantly (and successfully) been employed as alternative platforms for the extraction, separation and purification of diverse high-value products. The book consists of an initial introduction providing a brief overview, from fundamentals to applications, followed by nine chapters addressing the respective phase diagrams (interpretation and characterization) and remarkable examples of their applications. It also includes two final chapters focusing on recent developments in the search for more environmentally-benign and biocompatible ionic-liquid-based aqueous biphasic systems, and on the progress made to date concerning the recovery, recycling and reuse of the phase-forming components, the goal being the development of cost-effective and sustainable processes. The book offers an interesting and useful guide for a broad readership in thefields of green chemistry, biotechnology, chemical engineering, and biochemistry, among others.
Mara G. Freire is a Coordinator Researcher at CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal.
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Book Title: Ionic-Liquid-Based Aqueous Biphasic Systems
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications
Editors: Mara G. Freire
Series Title: Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-52875-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52873-0Published: 21 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-57090-6Published: 29 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-52875-4Published: 05 October 2016
Series ISSN: 2196-6982
Series E-ISSN: 2196-6990
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 315
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biochemical Engineering, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Development, Analytical Chemistry