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  1. Solution structure of propane and propene dissolved in the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}imide from neutron diffraction with H/D substitution and empirical potential structure refinement modelling

    Article • Molecular Physics, August 2019, Taylor & Francis

    John Holbrey

  2. Association and liquid structure of pyridine–acetic acid mixtures determined from neutron scattering using a ‘free proton’ EPSR simulation model

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  3. ChemInform Abstract: Halometallate Ionic Liquids — Revisited

    Article • ChemInform, April 2014, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  4. Halometallate ionic liquids – revisited

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  5. ChemInform Abstract: Methylation Using Dimethylcarbonate Catalyzed by Ionic Liquids under Continuous Flow Conditions.

    Article • ChemInform, March 2013, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  6. Understanding the Effects of Ionicity in Salts, Solvates, Co-Crystals, Ionic Co-Crystals, and Ionic Liquids, Rather than Nomenclature, Is Critical to Understanding Their Behavior

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  7. Phase Behaviour, Interactions, and Structural Studies of (Amines+Ionic Liquids) Binary Mixtures

    Article • ChemPhysChem, February 2012, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  8. Determining relative rates of cellulose dissolution in ionic liquids through in situ viscosity measurement

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  9. Methylation using dimethylcarbonate catalysed by ionic liquids under continuous flow conditions

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  10. A greener, halide-free approach to ionic liquid synthesis

    Article • Pure and Applied Chemistry, December 2011, De Gruyter

    John Holbrey

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

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  12. Neutron diffraction, NMR and molecular dynamics study of glucose dissolved in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate

    Article • Chemical Science, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Dr Carmine D'Agostino

  13. Small angle neutron scattering from 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids ([Cnmim][PF6], n=4, 6, and 8)

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, August 2010, American Institute of Physics

    John Holbrey

  14. ChemInform Abstract: Optimized Microwave‐Assisted Synthesis of Methylcarbonate Salts: A Convenient Methodology to Prepare Intermediates for Ionic Liquid Libraries.

    Article • ChemInform, July 2010, Wiley

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  15. Structure and Dynamics of 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Acetate via Molecular Dynamics and Neutron Diffraction

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, May 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey, Dr James McGregor

  16. Solid and liquid charge-transfer complex formation between 1-methylnaphthalene and 1-alkyl-cyanopyridinium bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}imide ionic liquids

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  17. Ionic liquid S-alkylthiouronium salts

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  18. Optimised microwave-assisted synthesis of methylcarbonate salts: a convenient methodology to prepare intermediates for ionic liquid libraries

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  19. A Neutron Diffraction and Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Acetate-Based Ionic Liquids as Solvents for Glucose

    Article • January 2010, The Electrochemical Society

    John Holbrey

  20. Kinetic model for the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass in the ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium chloride

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  21. New catanionic surfactants based on 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium alkylsulfonates, [CnH2n+1mim][CmH2m+1SO3]: mesomorphism and aggregation

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, José Nuno Canongia Lopes

  22. Liquid Structure of the Ionic Liquid, 1-Methyl-4-cyanopyridinium Bis{(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl}imide Determined from Neutron Scattering and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, June 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  23. Ion Association in [bmim][PF6]/Naphthalene Mixtures: An Experimental and Computational Study

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  24. ChemInform Abstract: Structure and Solvation in Ionic Liquids

    Article • ChemInform, January 2008, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  25. Desulfurisation of oils using ionic liquids: selection of cationic and anionic components to enhance extraction efficiency

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  26. Designing ionic liquids with boron cluster anions: alkylpyridinium and imidazolium [nido-C2B9H11] and [closo-CB11H12] carborane salts

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  27. Ionic liquid characteristics of 1-alkyl-n-cyanopyridinium and 1-alkyl-n-(trifluoromethyl)pyridinium salts

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  28. Glucose Solvation by the Ionic Liquid 1,3-Dimethylimidazolium Chloride:  A Simulation Study

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, November 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  29. Physicochemical Properties

    Article • October 2007, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  30. Hydrophobic n-Alkyl-N-isoquinolinium Salts: Ionic Liquids and Low Melting Solids

    Article • August 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  31. Structure and Solvation in Ionic Liquids

    Article • Accounts of Chemical Research, June 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  32. Solid-State Analysis of Low-Melting 1,3-Dialkylimidazolium Hexafluorophosphate Salts (Ionic Liquids) by Combined X-ray Crystallographic and Computational Analyses

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, April 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  33. Approaches to Crystallization from Ionic Liquids: Complex Solvents—Complex Results, or, a Strategy for Controlled Formation of New Supramolecular Architectures?

    Article • ChemInform, March 2007, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  34. Sensor technologies based on a cellulose supported platform

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  35. Ionic liquids via reaction of the zwitterionic 1,3-dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate with protic acids. Overcoming synthetic limitations and establishing new halide free protocols for the formation of ILs

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2007, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Marcin Smiglak

  36. Templated electrodeposition of silver nanowires in a nanoporous polycarbonate membrane from a nonaqueous ionic liquid electrolyte

    Article • Applied Physics A, December 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Holbrey

  37. A Molecular Dynamics Study of Glucose Solvation in the Ionic Liquid 1,3‐Dimethylimidazolium Chloride

    Article • ChemPhysChem, November 2006, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  38. The structure of [Co(H-tptz)Cl3]·H2O (tptz=2,4,6-tri(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine) prepared by crystallization from the ionic liquid, N-butyl-N-methyl-pyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide

    Article • Journal of Chemical Crystallography, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  39. In Search of Ionic Liquids Incorporating Azolate Anions

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, May 2006, Wiley

    John Holbrey, Marcin Smiglak

  40. Separations of metal ions using ionic liquids: The challenges of multiple mechanisms

    Article • Tsinghua Science & Technology, April 2006, Tsinghua University Press

    John Holbrey

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

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Marcin Smiglak, Dr Robin D Rogers

  42. Approaches to crystallization from ionic liquids: complex solvents–complex results, or, a strategy for controlled formation of new supramolecular architectures?

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  43. Strategies toward the design of energetic ionic liquids: nitro- and nitrile-substituted N,N′-dialkylimidazolium salts

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Marcin Smiglak

  44. Prediction of the Formation and Stabilities of Energetic Salts and Ionic Liquids Based on ab Initio Electronic Structure Calculations

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, November 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  45. Ionic Liquid-Reconstituted Cellulose Composites as Solid Support Matrices for Biocatalyst Immobilization

    Article • Biomacromolecules, July 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  46. Applying Ionic Liquids for Controlled Processing of Polymer Materials

    Article • July 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  47. Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Cross-Linked Poly(ethylene glycol) Networks Used for the Gelation of Ionic Liquids

    Article • July 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  48. Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids

    Article • ChemInform, June 2005, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  49. 1‐Butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium 3,5‐Dinitro‐1,2,4‐triazolate: A Novel Ionic Liquid Containing a Rigid, Planar Energetic Anion

    Article • ChemInform, May 2005, Wiley

    John Holbrey, Marcin Smiglak, Dr Robin D Rogers

  50. Effect of Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups on Protein Stability in Ionic Liquid Solutions

    Article • March 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  51. Ionic Liquid Technologies for Utilization in Nuclear-Based Separations

    Article • March 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  52. Ionic liquids as solvent and solvent additives for the synthesis of sol–gel materials

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  53. 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium 3,5-dinitro-1,2,4-triazolate: a novel ionic liquid containing a rigid, planar energetic anion

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Marcin Smiglak, Dr Robin D Rogers

  54. Identical extraction behavior and coordination of trivalent or hexavalent f-element cations using ionic liquid and molecular solvents

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2005, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  55. Application of polyethylene glycol-based aqueous biphasic reactive extraction to the catalytic oxidation of cyclic olefins

    Article • Journal of Chromatography B, July 2004, Elsevier

    John Holbrey

  56. Gelation of Ionic Liquids Using a Cross-Linked Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Gel Matrix

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, July 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  57. Application of Poly(ethylene glycol)-based Aqueous Biphasic Systems as Reaction and Reactive Extraction Media

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, July 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  58. Production of Bioactive Cellulose Films Reconstituted from Ionic Liquids

    Article • Biomacromolecules, June 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  59. Using Caenorhabditis elegans to Probe Toxicity of 1‐Alkyl‐3‐methylimidazolium Chloride Based Ionic Liquids.

    Article • ChemInform, June 2004, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  60. Extraction of Cesium Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using Calix[4]arene-bis(tert-octylbenzo-crown-6) in Ionic Liquids

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, April 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  61. Using Caenorhabditis elegans to probe toxicity of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride based ionic liquids

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  62. Crystal structures of imidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ‘ionic liquid’ salts: the first organic salt with a cis-TFSI anion conformation

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2004, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  63. Heat Capacities of Ionic Liquids and Their Applications as Thermal Fluids

    Article • August 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  64. Selection of Ionic Liquids for Green Chemical Applications

    Article • August 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  65. Polar, Non-Coordinating Ionic Liquids as Solvents for Coordination Polymerization of Olefins

    Article • August 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  66. Liquid and Solid-State Structures of 1,3-Dimethylimidazolium Salts

    Article • August 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  67. Solubility and Solvation in Ionic Liquids

    Article • ChemInform, June 2003, Wiley

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  68. Controlling the Aqueous Miscibility of Ionic Liquids:  Aqueous Biphasic Systems of Water-Miscible Ionic Liquids and Water-Structuring Salts for Recycle, Metathesis, and Separations

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  69. Mercury(ii) partitioning from aqueous solutions with a new, hydrophobic ethylene-glycol functionalized bis-imidazolium ionic liquidThis work was presented at the Green Solvents for Catalysis Meeting held in Bruchsal, Germany, 13–16th October 2002.

    Article • Green Chemistry, March 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  70. Liquid clathrate formation in ionic liquid–aromatic mixturesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: crystallographic information, CCDC 200588–200590. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b212726a/ for crystallographic files in CIF or oth...

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

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

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

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

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

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

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, January 2003, American Institute of Physics

    John Holbrey

  74. New ionic liquids containing an appended hydroxyl functionality from the atom-efficient, one-pot reaction of 1-methylimidazole and acid with propylene oxide

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  75. Crystal polymorphism in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium halides: supporting ionic liquid formation by inhibition of crystallizationElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: packing diagrams for I and II; table of closest contacts for I, I-Br an...

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  76. 1,3-Dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate: the unexpected synthesis of an ionic liquid precursor and carbene-CO2 adductElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental data for 1,3-dimethylimidazolium-2-carboxylate. Supplemental crystal s...

    Article • Chemical Communications, December 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  77. Green Chemistry and Ionic Liquids: Synergies and Ironies

    Article • ChemInform, December 2002, Wiley

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  78. Physicochemical Properties of Ionic Liquids

    Article • November 2002, Wiley

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

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

    Article • Green Chemistry, September 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  80. Green Industrial Applications of Ionic Liquids: Technology Review

    Article • July 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  81. Green Chemistry and Ionic Liquids: Synergies and Ironies

    Article • July 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  82. Small-Angle Scattering from Long-Chain Alkylimidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids

    Article • July 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  83. Polar, non-coordinating ionic liquids as solvents for the alternating copolymerization of styrene and CO catalyzed by cationic palladium catalystsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental details. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdat...

    Article • Chemical Communications, May 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  84. Application of ionic liquids as plasticizers for poly(methyl methacrylate)

    Article • Chemical Communications, May 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  85. Conventional free radical polymerization in room temperature ionic liquids: a green approach to commodity polymers with practical advantages

    Article • Chemical Communications, May 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  86. Dissolution of Cellose with Ionic Liquids

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  87. Alternating copolymerisation of styrene and carbon monoxide in ionic liquids

    Article • Green Chemistry, March 2002, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

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

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, January 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  89. On the solubilization of water with ethanol in hydrophobic hexafluorophosphate ionic liquids

    Article • Green Chemistry, December 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  90. Hydrophobic ionic liquids incorporating N-alkylisoquinolinium cations and their utilization in liquid–liquid separations

    Article • Chemical Communications, November 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Dr Robin D Rogers

  91. Solvation of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate in aqueous ethanol–a green solution for dissolving ‘hydrophobic’ ionic liquids

    Article • Chemical Communications, September 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  92. ChemInform Abstract: Ionic Liquids: The Combinatorial Challenge

    Article • ChemInform, June 2001, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  93. ChemInform Abstract: A Highly Efficient Synthetic Procedure for Deuteriating Imidazoles and Imidazolium Salts.

    Article • ChemInform, May 2001, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  94. Molecular layering and local order in thin films of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquids using X-ray reflectivity

    Article • Molecular Physics, May 2001, Taylor & Francis

    John Holbrey

  95. A highly efficient synthetic procedure for deuteriating imidazoles and imidazolium salts

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  96. A simple colorimetric method for the quality control of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium ionic liquid precursors

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  97. Crystal and liquid crystalline polymorphism in 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloropalladate(ii) salts

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2001, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  98. Designing Ionic Liquids:  Imidazolium Melts with Inert Carborane Anions

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, July 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  99. Solubilization of an Ionic Liquid, l-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Hexafluorophosphate, in a Surfactant-Water System

    Article • Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    John Holbrey

  100. Ionic Liquids — The Combinatorial Challenge

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Holbrey

  101. Ionic Liquids

    Article • Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, December 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Holbrey

  102. The Heck Reaction in Ionic Liquids:  A Multiphasic Catalyst System

    Article • Organic Letters, September 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

  103. A Method for Studying the Structure of Low-Temperature Ionic Liquids by XAFS

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, September 1999, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Holbrey

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

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  105. Ionic liquid crystals: hexafluorophosphate salts

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 1998, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  106. Amphotropic Properties of Multi-Palladium and -Platinum Liquid Crystals [1]

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, January 1997, Taylor & Francis

    John Holbrey

  107. Flat Mesomorphic Metal Organyls

    Article • Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, September 1996, Taylor & Francis

    John Holbrey

  108. Inclusions between large flat organic molecules; the induction of columns and mesophases

    Article • Journal of inclusion phenomena and molecular recognition in chemistry, January 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Holbrey

  109. Amphiphilic terpyridine complexes of ruthenium and rhodium displaying lyotropic mesomorphism

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1995, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  110. ChemInform Abstract: Molecular Modelling of Carboranes Using Distance Restraints: The Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Appended Thioether Macrocycles

    Article • ChemInform, August 1993, Wiley

    John Holbrey

  111. Lyotropic mesomorphism in surfactant bipyridine complexes of Ru II

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 1993, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey

  112. Molecular modelling of carboranes using distance restraints: the molecular dynamics simulation of appended thioether macrocycles

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1993, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Holbrey, Professor Antonio Romerosa