Robert C. Harris

TL;DR: The physical properties of choline chloride mixtures with glycerol are quantified and it is shown that eutectic mixtures can circumvent some of the difficulties of using Glycerol as a solvent viz. high viscosity and high melting point.

TL;DR: The conductivity, viscosity, density, and surface tension of a number of glycolic mixtures with choline chloride are measured and it is proposed that the composition at which the measured conductivity matches the theoretical value is the point at which hole mobility becomes the dominant mechanism for charge mobility.

TL;DR: The first pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance (PFG-NMR) study of DESs found the diffusion mechanism was found to be the same as for ionic liquids with discrete anions, which highlights that the molecular structure of the hydrogen bond donor can greatly affect the mobility of the whole system.

TL;DR: A Lewis basic mixture of quaternary ammonium salts with glycerol has been used to extract excess glycerols from biodiesel formed from the reaction of triglycerides with ethanol in the presence of KOH as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The results reveal that Reline and Glyceline form mixtures that are inhomogeneous at a microscopic level despite the hydrophilicity of the salt and HBD, showing that PFG NMR is a powerful tool to elucidate both molecular dynamics and inter-molecular interactions in complex liquid mixtures, such as the aqueous DES mixtures.