Green Chemistry Blog

Green Chemistry is delighted to announce that our latest themed collection, Green Liquids and Solvents, is now online and free to access until 7^th February 2027. Guest Edited by Zhenzhen Yang (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA), Kecheng Jie (Nanjing University) and Jessica Rimsza (Sandia National Laboratories, USA).

About this Collection

Sustainable liquid media play a crucial role in separation, catalysis, energy storage, and beyond. Ionic liquids (ILs), deep eutectic solvents (DESs), water, supercritical fluids, and bio-based solvents remain at the forefront of green chemistry, demonstrating transformative properties across diverse applications. Recent research has explored innovative strategies to integrate these solvents with other material categories, unlocking new functionalities.

This themed collection showcases recent advances in sustainable liquid technologies, with a particular emphasis on green synthesis strategies, facile fabrication techniques, advanced characterization methods, computational modelling, theoretical frameworks, fundamental structure-function investigations, and cutting-edge applications in separation, catalysis, energy storage, and beyond.

Read the Collection

Explore a selection of articles from the collection below, or discover the complete collection here.

	Polymers in ionic liquids and ionic liquids in polymers: critical factors for compatibility and materialization  M. Watanabe  Green Chem. (2026) 28 (23): 9594–9612.
	Deep eutectic solvents in lignocellulosic biorefineries: a comprehensive review of mechanistic insights, molecular modeling, and artificial intelligence K. Huang, M. Mohan, K. Su, C. Gao, Y. Chen, X. Xu, Y. Cai, J. Guo, Y. Xu, X. Zhou and J. C. Smith Green Chem. (2026) 28 (30): 12505–12548.
	Porous ionic liquids with enhanced nitrogen availability for electrochemical synthesis of ammonia C. Corsini, C. M. Correa, M. C. Gomes, A. Padua Green Chem. (2026) 28 (37): 15064–15074.
	Photocatalytic carbamoylation to access thiocarbonyl amino acid/peptide derivatives in a sustainable solvent F-L. Zeng, Y-X. Luo, J-N. Chen, Z. Jia, B. Yu and T-P. Loh Green Chem. (2026) 28 (6): 2753–2760.
	Ionic liquid capsules for cold-resistant leathers: connecting the three pillars of green chemicals, clean processes and green products K. Selladurai, M. K. Meganathan, S. Ramalingam, N. F. Nishter and R. R. Jonnalagadda Green Chem. (2026) 28 (8): 3731–3744.
	Development and systematic evaluation of aqueous triazole chloride-based deep eutectic solvents for efficient CO2 capture Q. Shi, K. Jia, X. Zhang, C. Wang, P. Cobden, A-M. B. Amnéus, D. Muren and X. Ji Green Chem. (2026) 28 (3): 1804–1816.

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