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Hua Zhao
Researcher at Brunel University London
Publications - 560
Citations - 17611
Hua Zhao is an academic researcher from Brunel University London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Combustion & Homogeneous charge compression ignition. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 445 publications receiving 15695 citations. Previous affiliations of Hua Zhao include Universities UK & Tianjin University.
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Use of ionic liquids as ‘green’ solvents for extractions
Hua Zhao,Shuqian Xia,Peisheng Ma +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review summarizes recent applications of ionic liquids (ILs) as green solvents in extractions of a variety of substances, including metal ions, organic and bio-molecules, organosulfur from fuels, and gases.
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Deep eutectic solvents: sustainable media for nanoscale and functional materials.
TL;DR: An overview of DESs as designer solvents to create well-defined nanomaterials including shape-controlled nanoparticles, electrodeposited films, metal-organic frameworks, colloidal assemblies, hierarchically porous carbons, and DNA/RNA architectures is provided.
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Regenerating cellulose from ionic liquids for an accelerated enzymatic hydrolysis.
TL;DR: Study of chloride- and acetate-based ILs for cellulose regeneration confirmed that all regenerated celluloses are less crystalline and more accessible to cellulase than untreated substrates and that cellulase is more thermally stable in the presence of Regenerated cellulose.
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Ether- and Alcohol-Functionalized Task-Specific Ionic Liquids: Attractive Properties and Applications
TL;DR: This critical review systematically survey the physicochemical properties of the collective library of ether- and alcohol-functionalized ILs, highlighting the impact of ionic structure on features such as viscosity, phase behavior/transitions, density, thermostability, electrochemical properties, and polarity.
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Designing enzyme-compatible ionic liquids that can dissolve carbohydrates
TL;DR: This study designs a series of ILs that are able to dissolve carbohydrates but do not considerably inactivate the immobilized lipase B from Candida antarctica, and performs enzymatic transesterifications of methyl methacrylate with D-glucose and cellulose, both fully dissolved in ionic media.