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John D. Holbrey is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple aspects of chemistry and chemical engineering, with a particular focus on ionic liquids and catalysis. Holbrey has contributed extensively to understanding the properties and applications of ionic liquids, as well as to catalytic and oxidation reactions.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Holbrey's research appears frequently in several scientific journals, predominantly in:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Faraday Discussions
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Sustainable Chemistry

Representative recent publications by Holbrey include:

  • Glycolysis of PET Using 1,3-Dimethylimidazolium-2-Carboxylate as an Organocatalyst (2020), ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Hydrophobic functional liquids based on trioctylphosphine oxide (TOPO) and carboxylic acids (2020), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The structure of protic ionic liquids based on sulfuric acid, doped with excess of sulfuric acid or with water (2023), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Liquid Structure of Ionic Liquids with [NTf2] Anions, Derived from Neutron Scattering (2024), The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Enhanced extraction of phenol from model oils using ionic liquids elucidated with neutron diffraction (2020), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Holbrey's frequent co-authors, reflecting collaborative efforts in their research, include:

  • Małgorzata Swadźba-Kwaśny
  • Emily L. Byrne
  • Leila Moura
  • Anne McGrogan
  • Sam H. McCalmont

Their main fields of study encompass:

  • Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering

Subfields contributing to their research focus are:

  • Catalysis
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy

Best Publications

  • Dissolution of Cellose with Ionic Liquids

    Richard P. Swatloski;Scott K. Spear;John D. Holbrey;Robin D. Rogers

  • The phase behaviour of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborates; ionic liquids and ionic liquid crystals

    John D. Holbrey;Kenneth R. Seddon

  • Controlling the aqueous miscibility of ionic liquids: aqueous biphasic systems of water-miscible ionic liquids and water-structuring salts for recycle, metathesis, and separations.

    Keith E. Gutowski;Grant A. Broker;Heather D. Willauer;Jonathan G. Huddleston

  • Ionic liquids are not always green: hydrolysis of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate

    Richard P. Swatloski;John D. Holbrey;Robin D. Rogers

  • Ionic liquid crystals: hexafluorophosphate salts

    Charles M. Gordon;John D. Holbrey;Alan R. Kennedy;Kenneth R. Seddon

  • Room‐temperature ionic liquids as replacements for organic solvents in multiphase bioprocess operations

    S.G. Cull;John Holbrey;V. Vargas-Mora;Kenneth Seddon

  • Efficient, halide free synthesis of new, low cost ionic liquids: 1,3-dialkylimidazolium salts containing methyl- and ethyl-sulfate anions

    John D. Holbrey;W. Matthew Reichert;Richard P. Swatloski;Grant A. Broker

  • The Heck reaction in ionic liquids: A multiphasic catalyst system

    Adrian J. Carmichael;Martyn J. Earle;John D. Holbrey;Paul B. McCormac

  • Structure of molten 1,3-dimethylimidazolium chloride using neutron diffraction

    Christopher Hardacre;John D. Holbrey;S. E. Jane McMath;Daniel T. Bowron

  • Designing Ionic Liquids: Imidazolium Melts with Inert Carborane Anions

    Anna S. Larsen;John D. Holbrey;Fook S. Tham;Christopher A. Reed

  • Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Studies of Liquid Crystalline 1-Alkyl-3-methylimidazolium Salts

    A. E. Bradley;C. Hardacre;J. D. Holbrey;S. Johnston

  • Ionic liquid salt-induced inactivation and unfolding of cellulase from Trichoderma reesei

    Megan B. Turner;Scott K. Spear;Jonathan G. Huddleston;John D. Holbrey

  • Production of bioactive cellulose films reconstituted from ionic liquids

    Megan B. Turner;Scott K. Spear;John D. Holbrey;Robin D. Rogers

  • Small angle neutron scattering from 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids ([C(n)mim][PF(6)], n=4, 6, and 8).

    Christopher Hardacre;John D. Holbrey;Claire L. Mullan;Tristan G. A. Youngs

  • Liquid clathrate formation in ionic liquid–aromatic mixtures

    John D. Holbrey;W. Matthew Reichert;Mark Nieuwenhuyzen;Oonagh Sheppard

  • Structure and solvation in ionic liquids.

    Christopher Hardacre;John D Holbrey;Mark Nieuwenhuyzen;Tristan G A Youngs

  • 1,3-dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate: the unexpected synthesis of an ionic liquid precursor and carbene-CO2 adduct

    John D. Holbrey;W. Matthew Reichert;Igor Tkatchenko;Ezzedine Bouajila

  • Combustible ionic liquids by design: is laboratory safety another ionic liquid myth?

    Marcin Smiglak;W. Mathew Reichert;John D. Holbrey;John S. Wilkes

  • Extraction of cesium ions from aqueous solutions using calix[4]arene-bis(tert-octylbenzo-crown-6) in ionic liquids

    Huimin Luo;Sheng Dai;Peter V. Bonnesen;A. C. Buchanan

  • Crystal polymorphism in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium halides: supporting ionic liquid formation by inhibition of crystallization

    John D. Holbrey;W. Matthew Reichert;Mark Nieuwenhuyzen;Suzanne Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin D. Rogers
Robin D. Rogers University of Alabama
Christopher Hardacre
Christopher Hardacre University of Manchester
Kenneth R. Seddon
Kenneth R. Seddon Queen's University Belfast
Mark Nieuwenhuyzen
Mark Nieuwenhuyzen Queen's University Belfast
Peter Nockemann
Peter Nockemann Queen's University Belfast
Ji Chen
Ji Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daniel T. Bowron
Daniel T. Bowron Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Margarida F. Costa Gomes
Margarida F. Costa Gomes École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Alan R. Katritzky
Alan R. Katritzky University of Florida
Héctor Rodríguez
Héctor Rodríguez University of Santiago de Compostela

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