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Supercritical carbon dioxide: a solvent like no other

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BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages 1878-1895

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BEILSTEIN-INSTITUT
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.196

Keywords

CO2 chemistry; microemulsion; self-assembly; supercritical CO2; surfactant; viscosity

Funding

  1. University of Bristol and the Science and Technology Facilities Council
  2. STFC [ST/L502613/1] Funding Source: UKRI
  3. Science and Technology Facilities Council [1514430, ST/L502613/1] Funding Source: researchfish

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Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO(2)) could be one aspect of a significant and necessary movement towards green chemistry, being a potential replacement for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Unfortunately, carbon dioxide has a notoriously poor solubilising power and is famously difficult to handle. This review examines attempts and breakthroughs in enhancing the physicochemical properties of carbon dioxide, focusing primarily on factors that impact solubility of polar and ionic species and attempts to enhance scCO(2) viscosity.

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