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Alternatives for the extraction of bioactives and biopolymers from Evernia prunastri for the formulation of antimicrobial bio-based films

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Unlocking the potential of microalgae as sustainable bioresources from up to downstream processing: A critical review

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Choline chloride pretreatment on volatile fatty acids promotion from sludge anaerobic fermentation: In-situ deep eutectic solvents-like formation for EPS disintegration and associated microbial functional profiles upregulation

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Combination of a Deep Eutectic Solvent and Macroporous Resin for Green Recovery of Iridoids, Chlorogenic Acid, and Flavonoids from Eucommia ulmoides Leaves

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Hydrogen bond network reconstruction of lignite for efficient moisture removal via deep-eutectic-solvent-assisted hydrothermal treatment

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Effects of the deep eutectic solvent on the co-slurrying properties of municipal sludge and petroleum coke

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Enhanced adipic acid production from sugarcane bagasse by a rapid room temperature pretreatment

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Bioprinted living microalgae-laden polysaccharide-based hydrogels for easy-to-swallow alternative foods

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Microalgae as a feedstock for bio-aviation fuel production: A review of techno-economic feasibility and socio-environmental impacts

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Hydrothermal extraction of bioactives and biopolymers assisted by eutectic mixtures as modifier

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Life cycle assessment of deep-eutectic-solvent-assisted hydrothermal disintegration of microalgae for biodiesel and biogas co-production

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Fabrication of N, O dual-doped ultra-microporous carbon from microalgae for efficient CO2 capture via deep eutectic solvent-assisted hydrothermal carbonization

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CO2 absorption and desorption performance by ChCl-MEA-PZ deep eutectic solvent aqueous solutions

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Process intensification of seaweed biorefinery using reusable natural deep eutectic solvents

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Synergistic effects of hydrophilic function group and micropores on water evaporation in a novel carbon hydrogels for efficient solar steam generation

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Eco-friendly self-templating synthesis of carbon hydrogels with pore-size tunability to balance thermal management and water transport in solar evaporation

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Mechanism of deep eutectic solvent-mediated microalgal biomass disintegration for enhanced lutein extraction

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Efficient extraction of low phospholipid Moringa oleifera seed oil via enzyme synergistic low-melting eutectic mixture solvents based three-phase partitioning

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A new co-production (biogas& biodiesel) plant under a microalgae-to-biofuel process designed under a hydrothermal disintegration/ deep eutectic solvent process

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Sustainable Lipid Recovery from Microalgae via Hydrothermal Pretreatment with Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents: Molecular Design, Mechanistic Insights, and Life Cycle Assessment

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Improving lignite hydrothermal dewatering by deep eutectic solvents regulating carbon migration: theoretical screening and experimental validation

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Efficient fractionation of microalgae biomass as a whole for biodiesel production enabled by deep eutectic solvent and water

Dayong Yu, Hangyu Luo, Jinyu Tan, Junfa Yuan, Jiasheng Chen, Xiaofang Liu and Hu Li

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Efficient and green strategy based on pulsed electric field coupled with deep eutectic solvents for recovering flavonoids and preparing flavonoid aglycones from noni-processing wastes

Jian Li, Wen Chen, Debao Niu, Rui Wang, Fei-Yue Xu, Bo-Ru Chen, Jia-Wei Lin, Zhong-Sheng Tang and Xin-An Zeng

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Mechanistic insights into lipid extraction from wet microalgae using hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents under hydrothermal conditions

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Deep eutectic solvent mild thermal upgrading of lignite: enhancing dehydration and deoxygenation via hydrogen bond network reconstruction

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J Therm Anal Calorim, 2026, 151, 2799
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Insight into the mechanism of efficient extraction of tea saponins from Camellia oleifera shells using deep eutectic solvents

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Destruction of sludge floc and extracellular polymeric substances structure by natural deep eutectic solvent with thermal treatment assistant for synergistic promotion of dewaterability and protein recovery from waste-activated sludge

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Ultrasound-assisted deep eutectic solvents extraction of podophyllotoxins from Juniperus sabina L: Optimization, enrichment, and anti-drug resistant bacteria activity

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Mechanism-Informed Computational Entrainer Selection and Process Design for Biomolecule Extraction from Primary-Concentrated Microalgae in Subcritical Dimethyl Ether Systems

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Green and efficient extraction of Aurantii Fructus Immaturus flavonoids by natural deep eutectic solvents: Component identification, extraction mechanism and biological activity

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Microalgae biorefinery: An integrated route for the sustainable production of high-value-added products

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One-pot production of 5-methylfurfural (5-MF) and enhanced dewaterability of waste activated sludge by hydrothermal treatment with natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES): Experimental and theoretical studies

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Deep eutectic solvents for algal biorefineries: a sustainable solution for a circular economy

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J Appl Phycol, 2025, 37, 3327
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Ternary deep eutectic solvent-mediated dual-crosslinked microalgae eutectogel electrolytes for wide-temperature flexible supercapacitors

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Toward energy-efficient microalgal biorefineries: Microwave-assisted dilute acid pretreatment of wet Nannochloropsis oceanica

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