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Chemistry

D-Index
41
Citations
8525
World Ranking
17680
National Ranking
730

Best Publications

  • Complete dissolution and partial delignification of wood in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate

    Ning Sun;Mustafizur Rahman;Ying Qin;Mirela L. Maxim

  • The third evolution of ionic liquids: active pharmaceutical ingredients

    Whitney L. Hough;Marcin Smiglak;Héctor Rodríguez;Richard P. Swatloski

  • Where are ionic liquid strategies most suited in the pursuit of chemicals and energy from lignocellulosic biomass

    Ning Sun;Héctor Rodríguez;Mustafizur Rahman;Robin D. Rogers

  • Temperature and Composition Dependence of the Density and Viscosity of Binary Mixtures of Water + Ionic Liquid

    Héctor Rodriguez;Joan F. Brennecke

  • Demonstration of Chemisorption of Carbon Dioxide in 1,3-Dialkylimidazolium Acetate Ionic Liquids

    Gabriela Gurau;Héctor Rodríguez;Steven P. Kelley;Peter Janiczek

  • Separation of aromatic hydrocarbons from alkanes using the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazoliumbis{(trifluoromethyl) sulfonyl}amide

    Alberto Arce;Martyn J. Earle;Héctor Rodríguez;Kenneth R. Seddon

  • Separation of benzene and hexane by solvent extraction with 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amide ionic liquids: effect of the alkyl-substituent length.

    Alberto Arce;Martyn J. Earle;Hector Rodriguez;Kenneth R. Seddon

  • Reaction of elemental chalcogens with imidazolium acetates to yield imidazole-2-chalcogenones: direct evidence for ionic liquids as proto-carbenes

    Héctor Rodríguez;Héctor Rodríguez;Gabriela Gurau;Gabriela Gurau;John D. Holbrey;Robin D. Rogers;Robin D. Rogers

  • Insight into the Interactions That Control the Phase Behaviour of New Aqueous Biphasic Systems Composed of Polyethylene Glycol Polymers and Ionic Liquids

    Mara G. Freire;Mara G. Freire;Jorge F. B. Pereira;María Francisco;María Francisco;Héctor Rodríguez;Héctor Rodríguez

  • 1 -Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amide as solvent for the separation of aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons by liquid extraction : extension to C7-and C8-fractions

    Alberto Arce;Martyn J. Earle;Héctor Rodríguez;Héctor Rodríguez;Kenneth R. Seddon

  • Physicochemical properties of maize cob cellulose powders reconstituted from ionic liquid solution

    Chukwuemeka P. Azubuike;Chukwuemeka P. Azubuike;Héctor Rodríguez;Héctor Rodríguez;Augustine O. Okhamafe;Robin D. Rogers;Robin D. Rogers

  • Heat Capacities and Excess Enthalpies of 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Water

    Lindsay E. Ficke;Héctor Rodríguez;Joan F. Brennecke

  • Development of Pd and Pd–Co catalysts supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes for formic acid oxidation

    D. Morales-Acosta;J. Ledesma-Garcia;Luis A. Godinez;H.G. Rodríguez

  • Extractive and oxidative-extractive desulfurization of fuels with ionic liquids

    Borja Rodríguez-Cabo;Héctor Rodríguez;Eva Rodil;Alberto Arce

  • Mutually immiscible ionic liquids

    Alberto Arce;Martyn J. Earle;Suhas P. Katdare;Héctor Rodríguez

  • Apparent Molar Volume, Isentropic Compressibility, Refractive Index, and Viscosity of DL-Alanine in Aqueous NaCl Solutions

    Héctor Rodríguez;Ana Soto;Alberto Arce;Mohammad K. Khoshkbarchi

  • Pharmaceutically active ionic liquids with solids handling, enhanced thermal stability, and fast release

    Katharina Bica;Héctor Rodríguez;Gabriela Gurau;O. Andreea Cojocaru

  • Absorption of Carbon Dioxide in Two Binary Mixtures of Ionic Liquids

    Alicia M. Pinto;Héctor Rodríguez;Yamil J. Colón;Alberto Arce

  • Bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}amide ionic liquids as solvents for the extraction of aromatic hydrocarbons from their mixtures with alkanes: effect of the nature of the cation

    Alberto Arce;Martyn J. Earle;Héctor Rodríguez;Héctor Rodríguez;Kenneth R. Seddon

  • Ionic liquid-based preparation of cellulose-dendrimer films as solid supports for enzyme immobilization.

    Mozhgan Bagheri;Héctor Rodríguez;Richard P Swatloski;Scott K Spear

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana Soto
Ana Soto University of Santiago de Compostela
Alberto Arce
Alberto Arce University of Santiago de Compostela
Robin D. Rogers
Robin D. Rogers University of Alabama
Kenneth R. Seddon
Kenneth R. Seddon Queen's University Belfast
John D. Holbrey
John D. Holbrey Queen's University Belfast
Mara G. Freire
Mara G. Freire University of Aveiro
Michael M. Tunney
Michael M. Tunney Queen's University Belfast
Anders Riisager
Anders Riisager Technical University of Denmark
Joan F. Brennecke
Joan F. Brennecke The University of Texas at Austin
Tony McNally
Tony McNally University of Warwick

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