TY  - JOUR
A1  - Salama, Ahmed
A1  - Neumann, Mike
A1  - Guenter, Christina
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - Ionic liquid-assisted formation of cellulose/calcium phosphate hybrid materials
JF  - Beilstein journal of nanotechnology
N2  - Cellulose/calcium phosphate hybrid materials were synthesized via an ionic liquid-assisted route. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis/differential thermal analysis show that, depending on the reaction conditions, cellulose/hydroxyapatite, cellulose/ chlorapatite, or cellulose/monetite composites form. Preliminary studies with MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts show that the cells proliferate on the hybrid materials suggesting that the ionic liquid-based process yields materials that are potentially useful as scaffolds for regenerative therapies.
KW  - biomineralization
KW  - calcium phosphate
KW  - carbohydrates
KW  - cellulose
KW  - hybrid materials
KW  - ionic liquid
Y1  - 2014
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.5.167
SN  - 2190-4286 (print)
VL  - 5
SP  - 1553
EP  - 1568
PB  - Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften
CY  - Frankfurt, Main
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Winter, Alette
A1  - Zabel, Andre
A1  - Strauch, Peter
T1  - Tetrachloridocuprates(II)-Synthesis and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy
JF  - International journal of molecular sciences
N2  - Ionic liquids (ILs) on the basis of metal containing anions and/or cations are of interest for a variety of technical applications e.g., synthesis of particles, magnetic or thermochromic materials. We present the synthesis and the results of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic analyses of a series of some new potential ionic liquids based on tetrachloridocuprates(II), [CuCl4](2-), with different sterically demanding cations: hexadecyltrimethylammonium 1, tetradecyltrimethylammonium 2, tetrabutylammonium 3 and benzyltriethylammonium 4. The cations in the new compounds were used to achieve a reasonable separation of the paramagnetic Cu(II) ions for EPR spectroscopy. The EPR hyperfine structure was not resolved. This is due to the exchange broadening, resulting from still incomplete separation of the paramagnetic Cu(II) centers. Nevertheless, the principal values of the electron Zeemann tensor (g parallel to and g perpendicular to) of the complexes could be determined. Even though the solid substances show slightly different colors, the UV/Vis spectra are nearly identical, indicating structural changes of the tetrachloridocuprate moieties between solid state and solution. The complexes have a promising potential e.g., as high temperature ionic liquids, as precursors for the formation of copper chloride particles or as catalytic paramagnetic ionic liquids.
KW  - tetrachloridocuprate(II)
KW  - electron paramagnetic resonance
KW  - copper(II)
KW  - ionic liquid
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms13021612
SN  - 1661-6596 (print)
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
SP  - 1612
EP  - 1619
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jelicic, Aleksandra
A1  - Yasin, Muttaqin
A1  - Beuermann, Sabine
T1  - Toward the description and prediction of solvent induced variations in Methacrylate Propagation Rate Coefficients on the basis of Solvatochromic Parameters
JF  - Macromolecular reaction engineering
N2  - Benzyl methacrylate (BzMA) propagation rate coefficients, k(p), were determined in ionic liquids and common organic solvents via pulsed-laser polymerizations with subsequent polymer analysis by size-exclusion chromatography (PLP-SEC). The aim of the work is to gain a deeper understanding of the solvent influence on k(p) and to develop a general correlation between solvent-induced variations in k(p) and solvent properties. Applying a linear solvation energy relationship (LSER), which correlates k(p) to solvent solvatochromic parameters, suggests that dipolarity/polarizability determines the solvent influence on k(p). To compare the solvent influence on BzMA k(p) with data for methyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, and 2-ethoxyethyl methacrylate normalized k(p) data were treated by a single LSER, providing a universal treatment of the solvent influence on the propagation kinetics of the four monomers. Further, the predictive capabilities of this universal correlation were tested with additional monomers from the methacrylate family.
KW  - ionic liquid
KW  - kinetics (polym.)
KW  - radical polymerization
KW  - solvent influence
Y1  - 2011
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mren.201000058
SN  - 1862-832X (print)
VL  - 5
IS  - 5-6
SP  - 232
EP  - 242
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Malden
ER  -